Eco-Blog
Sharp volunteers enjoy talking with students around the country and learning about your ideas to help the planet. On the Eco-Blog, Sharp Solar Academy volunteers share students' ideas and their own observations about climate change and the environment. Together we can make a difference.
One Man's Trash...
Dan Phillips lives in Huntsville, TX & he builds houses out of 80% recycled, reclaimed materials.
Dan started about 12 years ago by creating his own construcion company & commiting to building low-income housing out of trash.
Dan says he was disturbed by the irony of landfills choked with building materials and yet there was a lack of affordable housing.
Dan uses all types of reclaimed materials. Things like old wine corks, mismatched bricks, pieces of broken tile & glass, and coke bottle bottoms. He says his biggest reward has been giving less-fortunate people an opportunity to own a home and having satifaction in helping it's creation. Dan requires all future owners to participate in the building process.
Click http://www.phoenixcommotion.com/index2.html to view Dan's website & watch the videos about his eco-friendly project.