by russs.net | Nov 22, 2012 | - Milstein Modules, Charger, Trashure
The concept of the bottle charger is evolving. I realized that I might be trying to do a little too much with my first trash charger by making it both wind and solar. Far wiser, I have realized is to do one right, then move on to integrating the other. So, solar...
by russs.net | Nov 12, 2012 | - Milstein Modules, Charger, Trashure
Wouldn’t it be awesome if you could use readily available trash to make electricity? Now that would be green energy! As an artist I’ve learned that one of the best amplifiers of creativity is limitation. The more you’re limited the more...
by russs.net | Oct 8, 2012 | Trashure
It’s been only 5 days since we inaugurated our bottle compost pit with the first batch of shredded leaves and stalks. My understanding of compost goes back to how we would do it back in Canada. We would just toss all the green stuff into a container, and wait...
by russs.net | Oct 1, 2012 | Trashure
Our first bottle compost pit is complete! The whole school worked together to realize everything from the bricks to the construction to the green material. The other day, we not only added the last layer of bricks, but we also did a major weed pulling clean-up. The...
by russs.net | Sep 27, 2012 | - Bottle Building, - Milstein Modules, Trashure
Wow. Yesterday was a lot of fun. We worked with teams of boys from San Alfonso High School to construct with our arsenal of bottle bricks. Together we’re constructing a segregation centre as designed by the students, Niklaus and I. These are the same bottle...
by russs.net | Sep 26, 2012 | Trashure
Hurray! After three months of work our growing coalition of trash-warrior-weaving-mothers have completed our order for a FairTrade store in Germany. The order is comprised of 20 Chocowen clutches, 20 Gilbraltor wallets and 10 purses. The ladies and I have managed...