The House that Harvey Built When retired Texas welder Harvey Lacey became a volunteer with Haiti Communitere, he found a solution to the post-earthquake housing crisis all around him. more here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/auren-kaplan/ubuntu-blox_b_1427315.html and here: http://www.haiti.communitere.org/projects/ubuntu-blocks.html
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Tagged with: earthquake, housing materials, Port au Prince, recycling, trash
Posted in Haiti, permanent, training
Posted in Haiti, permanent, training
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Cash for Trash What if people got paid to recycle? That was the question posed by entrepreneurs Ron Gonen and Patrick Fitzgerald in the early 2000s. Recyclebank turned out to be the answer. more here: http://www.fastcompany.com/3017478/most-innovative-companies-2012/37recyclebank
Tagged with: money, recyclables, Recyclebank, recycling bins, reward points, RFID chip, systems, technology, trash, urban
Posted in UK, USA, waste management
Posted in UK, USA, waste management
Your Daily Egg 27
Protecting Titís Is in the Bag Proyecto Tití is an organization dedicated to protecting the cotton-top tamarin, native to parts of Colombia. In an effort to reduce the number of plastic bags which litter tití habitats, Proyecto Tití helped to…
Tagged with: artisans, bags, bolsas, cooperatives, design, garbage, litter, mochilas, plastic bags, recycling, trash
Posted in entrepreneurship, waste management
Posted in entrepreneurship, waste management
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