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...
by russs.net | Jul 3, 2013 | - Bottle Building, - Milstein Modules, Uncategorized
Its one thing to pack plastics into bottles. It is another to solve pollution. You simply cannot solve a problem with the same consciousness that generated it– no matter how much plastics you put into bottles. Fundamentally its spiritual. So, how to make the...
by russs.net | Jun 30, 2013 | - Milstein Modules
This week I was invited to present the concept of community Eco-brick collaboration to 40 Anglican priests in Bontoc for their annual assembly. I was excited to be there– I believe trash and pollution is fundamentally a spiritual/consciousness issue. To...
by russs.net | Jun 12, 2013 | - Bottle Building, - Milstein Modules
It glows! The other day I checked in on our bottle build in Besao. It’s looking good and getting higher! The wall is built with clear wine bottles and in the center, three rows of water/food color filled gin bottles for a little artistic touch. Next, a good...
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