Only the last few days to catch The Greenhouse by Joost! Check out this beautiful film from Lucy at The Design Files.
GREENHOUSE BY JOOST from The Design Files on Vimeo.
The Anganwadi Project Australian volunteers building one school at a time
Dirt floors and stone walls
I was forwarded this inspiring project by a friend of mine in New York. A very clever photographer friend of hers, Jacob Murphy, has started a fantastic project to save India’s schools.
Nothing could be closer to our hearts.
Check out the project, his website and most importantly the kickstarter program where he is trying to fundraise. If he doesn’t meet his goal in a few weeks, none of the pledges will come through.
Help out if you can.
Check out these amazing photos, all courtesy of Jacob Murphy
Bottle Inspiration
We received a lovely email of inspiration from one of our past volunteers, Jillian Hopkins, who has been a great advisory team member on the ground back here in Australia.
“Great news the current volunteers are looking into using plastic bottles for Bholu 10.
I saw some great schools built using plastic bottles in Guatemala that might be good inspiration and couldn’t resist sending you some pics.
Here is the website (in English or Espanol) - there is good construction info and a quick video. The Pura Vida crew got locals to help stuff their bottles with plastic wrappers and used chicken wire to keep everything in place, then rendered it so the plastic would not decay (leaving a peep-hole so you can see how they did it)
I also included a picture of the glass beer bottle temple in Thailand for your interest - amazing!! ”
