Bamboo Akademy Nusantara Goes Ecobricking

Akademy Bambu Nusantara is now Ecobrick empowered. ABN is an amazing organic laboratory where they experiment in making just about everything you can imagine with Bamboo.  Located in Tegerang Selatan, near Jakarta Indonesia, Global Ecobrick Alliance Trainers Russell,...

First Ecobrick ToT in Jakarta a Success!

Our first Ecobrick Training of Trainer workshop in Jakarta was a success.  Hosted by Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest Muslim organization in the world, the opening event was attended by the NU president Said Agil Siradj and the directorate general of KLHK (the...

Ecobrick Couch in South Africa

Ecobrickers in Bloemfontein, South Africa have made their own couch! That’s right, using nothing but plastic “waste” and bottles, members of the Boitekong Protective Workshop, made this super funky (and surprisingly comfortable) centerpiece to their...

Ecobricking in Ciliwung Merdeka, Urban Jakarta

GEA Ecobrick trainers Russell and Ani lead an ecobrick workshop in the humble yet vibrant urban community of Ciliwung Merdeka, Jakarta this week.  The community is located in the land gap between the Ciliwung River and a Jakarta commuter line train station and train...

New Ecobricks.org Launched!

Hurray!  Our new Ecobricks.org is launched!  This is the long-rolling culmination of a massive collaboration of artists, designers, engineers, teachers, programmers– all ecobrickers– around the world. Built from the ground up on a fresh server install, the...

“We Burn Plastic!”

“WE BURN IT!” When Ani and Carly asked the room of folks from the village of  Bangli, Bali, Indonesia what they normally do with their plastic wase, the room answered in a loud chorus. There’s a reason we love doing Ecobrick trainings.  In villages...

Grand Ecobrick Unveiling Jogja

BOOM!  Great news for the planet folks!  Twas an epic day in Jogja for Ecobricking that will now reverberate throughout Indonesia. Several hundred people, a dozen media, and various cities dignitaries joined us for the unveiling of 2500 ecobricks.  Our team of...

Jogja Grand Ecobrick Unveiling Press Release

On June 3rd, at the Taman Gajah Wong Educational Park, Umbulharjo Yogyakarta, 2385 ecobricks made of transformed plastic waste will be unveiled as modular seating, furniture and building blocks.  For the last two months, partners Russell and Ani have worked with the...

Preparing for the Jogja Grand Unveiling

The ecobricks team was busy in Jogja today.  All our 2385 ecobricks have been turned into modules.  Today we were busy figuring out what we would build with them for our media event on June 3rd.                    ...