by russs.net | Jun 12, 2013 | - Bottle Building, - Milstein Modules
Walking through the Bontoc Capitol Park yesterday, I came across half a dozen teenagers playing on our giant snake– the one that we made from ecobricks last month. It was so awesome to see them having fun on it. The kids had devised some sort of tag...
by russs.net | May 29, 2013 | - Bottle Building
I am feeling excited and grateful for an amazing window of opportunity. I am working on a simple document, that I feel will have a dramatic effect on Mt. Province, here where I live in the Philippines. The doc is being developed with my friends in the department of...
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 | 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...
by russs.net | Mar 11, 2013 | - Bottle Building, - Milstein Modules
Dozens and dozens of parents joined us to lay the leveling foundation for the inspiration center on Friday. It was truly an amazing event of mandalic collaboration– the whole village coming together to help make something happen. In this case, we...
by russs.net | Feb 2, 2013 | - Bottle Building, - Mandalas, - Milstein Modules, - Reflections, 1Mandala
“We envision building inspiration centers with schools throughout the Cordilleras to empower the upcoming generations to meet the challenges of our times. Inspiration Centers will be open spaces that allow the youth to cultivate creativity, self-learning, and...
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