by russs.net | Jul 29, 2013 | - Permaculture
I visited the remote village of Lakmaan with a friend a month ago. The visit and what I saw had profound effect on me that I haven’t been able to shake. I believe I experienced first hand the salvation of humanity. It was a rather mundane visit to a beautiful...
by russs.net | Jul 28, 2013 | - Mandalas, - Milstein Modules
34 THOUSAND STUDENTS Mobilized. Yesterday was rather epic. I presented the ecobrick Mt. Prov phenomenon to a room packed with teachers, principals and leaders from Caloocan– a densely populated urban poor district of Manila. I explained that just as community...
by russs.net | Jul 20, 2013 | - Bottle Building, - Milstein Modules
Yesterday, we began turning the ugliest corner of Lubas Elementary into a beautiful giant python park! Literally hundreds of students and parents coalesced in digging the jagged and rocky area, preparing clay, mixing cement, laying bottles, and sculpting the giant...
by russs.net | Jul 8, 2013 | - Bottle Building, - Milstein Modules
The other day I visited the humble barrio of Miramonte, Caloocan, one of the many urban poor communities of Manila. I arrived with Doms and Arianne from the Anglican Church with whom I am working this week. The Anglicans have esatablished a thriving and beautiful...
by russs.net | Jul 5, 2013 | - Milstein Modules, co-creation
6000 students mobilized to clean up Caloocan, Manila! Today I had the honor of visiting the densest and the most ecologically progressive school I have yet been to in the Philippines– Camarind National Elementary and High School with 6000 students! Doms...