by Russell Maier | Nov 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
I was delighted to make the trip this morning into Bontoc to meet with Joel and his students at Xijen IT college. This college runs independently of the government, yet manages to have vibrant bunch of students– even if they were a little shy! I’ve never...
by Russell Maier | Oct 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
I met Floyd and his mum on my walk from one town to another yesterday. A little rain started to fall and so I took shelter with them as they were coming out of the mountains from working their rice fields all day. Despite a long day in the fields Floyd was full of...
by Russell Maier | Oct 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
This is my journey to Delican, a remote village in the Filipino mountains, to deliver a portrait of a family that I met on my last pass through their village. The village is 12 hours bus from Manila. One hour by rough dirt road. Three hours hike on a winding foot...
by Russell Maier | Oct 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
I was talking to a friend the other day. She listed off the various things that have happened to me in the last few months– being hit by a massive Typhpon, landslides isolating my village, getting deathly sick, running out of food, having no connection to the...
by Russell Maier | Oct 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
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