Mandalas: Ancient Rituals, Modern Mobilizations
Mandalas are an ancient and sacred art that can be found in cultures and religions around the world. In my experience, mandalas are one of the most powerful consciousness raising tools. A mandala can be as simple as a circle drawn in the sand, as beautiful as a...
Jakarta Ho
Ani and I are heading to Jakarta for August 7th. Jakarta is a city of 20 million people. Lots of plastic trash flows out of Jakarta– one of the main reasons Indonesia is the second biggest producer of plastic waste in Asia. Ani and I have been receiving many...
Ani and I
My work sharing ecobricks in Indonesia has been super charged this year through my partnership with Ani Himawati. A movement has been ignited in Jogjakarta which now has a life and unfolding of its own. Tens of thousands of people, soon to be in the hundreds of...
Recycling: The Evil Illusion
Over the last five years, I’ve been working on the front lines of the struggle with plastic. I’ve been visiting dump sites and recycling centers around the world to discover for myself what really happens to plastic. In 2015, I took a job at a recycling facility in Canada, to find out what happens in my own country. I’ve never looked at recycling the same way again.
Going Patreon, Starting with a Manifesto
Manifesto time! So, I am starting to use the online site Patreon site to publish my longer reflections. Patreon not only allows me to share my essays within a dedicated context, but it allows people who resonate to subscribe and thus support the exploration. I am...
Solar Bottle Pixel Project
Tadahhh! Here is the finished installation of our Solar Bottle Pixel Project on Parang Sumo beach, Java, Indonesia. We couldn’t have done it without the Gardu Action Team– they worked even while fasting for Ramadan! Matarnoan Budy Bamboo! I am really...
Glass bottle MD modules, tower of color, in the middle of the street
Check it out! That’s a giant 2.5 meter tower of luminesccent glass bottles in the middle of Jogja’s central street! We had a great impromtu workshop yesterday preparing 30 or so MaierDielman modules (made from Margan 1.5L glass bottles, food...Jogja
Its been a pretty epic last few days here in the city of Jogja. The culmination of several months of working with a small team of avid trash transformers. In under three months, we’ve gone from 20 trainers to hundreds of ecobrickers. A...
MD Module Glass Bottle Toilet Construction
We’re building a prototype toilet/shower with MD modules– 16 glass bottles siliconed together to make a lego like bricks. The MD modules fit one into the other to build without cement or cob mortar. The Mukabumi team and I have been super...Russs.net
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