by Russell Maier | Mar 10, 2016 | News
The great thing about ecobricks is that they have the potential to go viral– to spread on their own in a community or region exponentially. I’ve seen it happen in the Philippines, now its happening in Jogja, Java, Indonesia. With the support of the... by Russell Maier | Mar 2, 2016 | News
GREAT NEWS FOR THE PLANET! Ecobricks have officially gone viral in Jogja, Indonesia. The Ecobricks.org team revisted Jogja after our first presentation. In only ONE MONTH, the original group of women, from Bank Sampah Badran, have gone on to not only make ecobricks in... by Russell Maier | Feb 24, 2016 | News
“Plastic is poison to our environment” says Park Ngurah a visiting teacher at SMK Abiensemal. “But making an Ecobrick is a way to not only keep it out of the environmental, but to make a batako (brick).” Tuesday, 62 students of SMK... by Russell Maier | Aug 5, 2015 | News
Tremendous news from SMPN 3 Abiensmal Public School here in Bali. This is science teacher Ibu Manis– a modern day environmental hero! She has mobilized her entire school of 1600 students to go dramatically zero waste– and folks, this is in Bali,... by Russell Maier | Jul 14, 2015 | News
After a month of hard work, collaboration and translation our first edition of the Vision Ecobricks Guide in Nepali is ready for Nepal! In the spirit of open source co-creation, we’ve had help from all over to make this translation happen. A big thanks to the... by Russell Maier | Jul 14, 2015 | News
We are stoked to release a super simple animation on the essentials of Ecobricking. As always, keeping it super simple ain’t so easy. Intrepid animator Elena Molchanova has been hard at work– not packing ecobricks in Trinidad and Tobago, but crafting this... by Russell Maier | Jun 24, 2015 | News
After lots of hard work by a passionate team of translators and trash transformers in Madagascar, we are super excited to announce the release of the Vision Écobriques Guide! This guide is already going out to schools in Madagascar and is a cutting edge Indonesian... by Russell Maier | May 10, 2015 | News
Hey everyone– help needed! We’re preparing to mobilize Ecobricking in Nepal to transform plastics from pollutions into solutions! Key to this is having our Vision Ecobrick Guide translated into Nepali. We need help with English to Nepali and with MS... by Russell Maier | May 6, 2015 | News, Team Reflections
Today, Trudy and I met Dr. Milinda Pathiraja, an architect and engineering professor here in Colombo Sri Lanka, to consult with on our vision of building an ecobrick trauma center from ecobricked waste and earth in Nepal. Trudy asked him whether there were any... by Russell Maier | May 2, 2015 | News
The class of Ibu Manis, English teacher at SKM3 Public School in Abiensmal, Depensar, Bali, Indonesia are leading the way! They gathered on Earthday to pack their first ecobricks. And, the first ecobricks of their school of 1800 students. The other...
Recent GEA Workshops