The Self-Sustained Community in One of The Biggest Informal Settlements in The World, Manshiyat Naser, Cairo, Egypt
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Rubbish bin inspires Taiwan's plastic bottle building
A building made from recycled plastic PET bottles has been built in the Taiwanese capital, Taipei.
The country is famous for having a large number of convenience stores, but the population's love of fast-food has resulted in residents consuming a vast amount of bottled beverages - up to 4.6 billion a year.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Beer+Sunshine = Hot Water
A Chinese farmer has made his own solar-powered water heater out of beer bottles and hosepipes.
'I invented this for my mother. I wanted her to shower comfortably,' says Ma Yanjun, of Qiqiao village, Shaanxi province. Ma's invention features 66 beer bottles attached to a board. The bottles are connected to each other so that water flows through them.
'I invented this for my mother. I wanted her to shower comfortably,' says Ma Yanjun, of Qiqiao village, Shaanxi province. Ma's invention features 66 beer bottles attached to a board. The bottles are connected to each other so that water flows through them.
The DeBRICK Project
For further information, look at http://the-debrick-project.blogspot.de/
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
In Cairo's Trash City, School Teaches Reading, Recycling
JUDY WOODRUFF: Next: the efforts of two social
entrepreneurs to make something better from garbage.
Special
correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro has our report from Egypt.
Changing the Paradigm of Recycling
First Movie. TEDxEdges - Mário Silva - Changing the Paradigm of Recycling
Marina of the Zabbaleen
Monday, April 23, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
eVolo 2011 Honorable Mention for “Seeds Of Life” by Mekano Studio
A city piled high of trash, they call it ‘garbage city’ and it seems unstoppable. People started to get used to the situation which will lead to a huge trash covering the whole city and from another point, grabage can’t be moved outside the city.
The problem leads to another, as there is lots of diseases and polution.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Manshiyat Naser Urban Vision / Amar Ya Masr Organization
This is an interesting study and design proposal for this slum proposed from one of new social organization "Amar Ya Masr".
The study is in Arabic language basically but in brief, I'll try to write some useful information in the next lines.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
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