Sunday, October 10, 2010

10:10:10

That positive global climate change only comes about by small actions from all of us is demonstrated by citizens from Fiji to Wales, Lithuania to Sri Lanka, New Zealand to Azerbaijan, who are dedicating their Sunday to baking low carb cupcakes, cleaning up beaches, planting trees, folding tetra packs into wallets, switching off heaters and wearing jumpers instead.
There are many more notable and inspiring examples of people getting creative with materials around them, leaving low carbon footprints throughout the year:
Buddhist monks in Thailand's Sisaket province collected thousands of Heineken and local Chang beer bottles to build a magnificent glass shrine. Meanwhile in Novoshakhtinsk, Russia, Olga Queen spent six months collecting 5,000 glass bottles to built her low-cost, ecofriendly dream house.
In Argentina, a family built its home using more than 1200 PET bottles
1300 Tetra Pak cartons. The house also features 140 compact disk cases in its doors and windows, 120 plastic bottles in couches, and another 200 bottles in a bed. "This is not just a project, but a reality," says Alfredo Santa Cruz, who also offers DIY courses using recycled material. Check out his website.

http://sites.google.com/site/lacasadebotellas2/ecologichouseofplasticbottles
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/temple-built-from-beer-bottles.php
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/russian-woman-5000-glass-bottle-house.php?campaign=th_rss

http://www.1010global.org/

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