by russs.net | May 8, 2013 | - Reflections, Uncategorized
I noticed something strange in the way people speak in the indegenuous Igorot villages here where I live. When the people speak in English they call wrappers and plastics that are on the ground “dirts”. This is strange– I figured it must be...
by russs.net | May 7, 2013 | - Bottle Building, - Milstein Modules
This is the second short documentary on our work in Guina’ang and the bottle brick phenomenon that has been spreading throughout mountain province as a way to deal with the trash. Illac and Alex, two guys from the Manila chapter of Architecture for Humanity,...
by russs.net | May 7, 2013 | - Reflections
I live in one of the poorest parts of the world. It is beset by the “problems” of poverty, overpopulation, corporate exploitation and pollution. The circumstances here are the same for the majority of people on the planet– be they in Africa, South...
by russs.net | Apr 26, 2013 | - Milstein Modules, Charger
We are now at version 0.9 of the Uninhibited Solar Charger. I am now working with a select group of talented guys in Bontoc, on readying the design for community manufacture. In the Philippines, there are all these little stores where you can get your cellphones and...
by russs.net | Mar 31, 2013 | - Bottle Building, - Milstein Modules
What is Garbology exactly? Well, my friend Joel and I came up with the term for the title of a lecture at Xijen College, where he is president. It was just for fun at first, but now the term seems to have stuck. Pi, our intrepid film maker friend put together this...
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