by Russell Maier | Oct 17, 2012 | 1Mandala
I’ve been spending lots of time with our 1Mandala site. I’ve been focused on getting the core concepts refined, getting the Java script, the PHP and the HTML stuff working behind the scenes. The result? A very HEAD-heavy site. But that’s not what...
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...
by russs.net | Sep 20, 2012 | - Reflections, 1Actions, 1Mandala
What’s the best way to make Good stuff happen? I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about this lately. Back when I was in university, my mentor, the campus Chaplin, would look over my weekly articles for the university newspaper. I loved to tackle...
by russs.net | Sep 18, 2012 | - Bottle Building, - Milstein Modules, Trashure
“Russell, we’re going to Natonin tomorrow and we have to speak to 300 youth for two days! Help!” That’s how my adventure to Natonin, a remote village in the mountains began last week. Cell service had been down for several days, and my friend...
by russs.net | Sep 12, 2012 | 1Actions, 1Mandala
I was asked by TrailAdventours, who are supporting the 1Mandala Guina’ang 1Book project, to tell the story of how it all began for their upcoming travel magazine. Here it is! —– The village of Guina’ang is about as far away as you can get...
by russs.net | Sep 10, 2012 | - Bottle Building, - Milstein Modules, Uncategorized
In our house we have about a dozen boxes for segregating our trash. Yet, still, there is trash that just can’t be recycled or put to use as a pillow (our last resort for plastic bags and wrappers!). What to do with the bloody plastic bag that held the frozen...
by russs.net | Sep 1, 2012 | - Bottle Building, - Milstein Modules
Yesterday, was the culmination of six months of experimenting and two weeks of preparation with the local high school. Together, we cleaned up the village, dug out the trash from the school’s garbage pit and dumped everything into the town’s centre plaza....
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