by russs.net | Apr 25, 2018 | -Ecobricks, co-creation, Relationships
I am super excited this morning headed to the airport with Ani. We’re off to Jombang, East Java, for a long planned, three day, Training of Trainer Workshop in a part of Indonesia where ecobricks have been really taken off. Our friends Shanti and Setio (who...
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...
by Russell Maier | Jul 24, 2012 | - Mandalas, co-creation
How do you know if your ideas are successful? When take a life of their own and turn out if even more beautiful than you had planned! This morning I took some friends down to the river to show our recycling work. To my surprise, I could see as we approached that the...
by Russell Maier | Jul 23, 2012 | - Bottle Building, - Milstein Modules, co-creation, Paintings, Trashure
This is the unfolding of a trash wall built by the village youth and I this month. It is built from bottle bricks stuffed with trash that we salvaged from the river. The humble (yet beautiful!) wall is a community showcase of the potential of this...
by Russell Maier | Jul 22, 2012 | - Bottle Building, - Milstein Modules, co-creation, Trashure
I’ve been surveying the different techniques going on around the world to buy using bottles. The technique of layering bottles in cement and building with them as bricks makes some amazing structures and can be a great way to deal with garbage. In Central...
by Russell Maier | Feb 18, 2011 | - Mandalas, 1Mandala, co-creation
I am really proud to post this one. My partner Sarah and I have been hard at work over the last week. And before that we were hard at work with lots of kids to make this happen. It was so cool how it all came together magically. This time last year, I was writing...
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