A Story of Spread… from the Philippines to Indonesia, to the UK
The Global Earth Village network, with whom I have worked since the very beginning of ecobricks in the Northern Philippines, recently contacted me to ask for a story for their upcoming GENOA Annual Report. Thank goodness for their persistence (they emailed me three...
A Reflection on Courting & Critiquing
This letter originally went out to our GEA Philippines Trainer Network on January 3rd, 2019. As we move into the new year, I want to share one of the struggles that I have had to deal with personally over the last few years as an ecobrick leader. Ani and I get tons of...
Latest EarthBottles arrived
IMG_8338 Virture icons in place! IMG_8337 Uses varieties of local wine bottles IMG_8336 The grip is taller and more substantial IMG_8334 The cork system now enables and anticipates the owner’s replacement of the cork. The latest EarthBottle prototypes are in! ...
A reflection on the motivations of need, gratitude, and enthusiasm in fund raising and collaboration
I have had the feeling for a long while that Donation based fundraising– with need and charity as motivations– is not the way to go. After much reflection, I distinguish between need, grattitude and enthusiasm based energy raising.
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Russell is a regenerative artist, inventor and philosopher based in Bali, Indonesia. He is one of the principals of global the Ecobrick. His regenerative theories are inspired by his time amongst the Igorot people, his journey with plastic and his work mandalas. Russell is currently working on a new theory of Earthen Ethics and Plastic Sequestration. You can follow him on Facebook