Housing the third world - one block at a time.

Monthly Archives: June 2012

“Social Innovation Rockstar”!!!!

Just because it isn’t happening here doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. On the surface it appears nothing much is happening with Ubuntublox these days.  Nothing could be further from the truth. Just yesterday we were named a  Social Innovation Rockstar. Here’s some of the things we are working on.  We are working on using polypropyleneContinue Reading

Haiti Communitere is building an Ubuntublox factory!

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.483211538371693.126170.347684995257682&type=1 Read all about it on Facebook at the above link.  They also have some great pictures of the Ubuntu-blox house we were a consultant on in their compound. The great thing about ubuntublox is it is open source.  That means the idea belongs to the world.  Anyone can do anything with it because noContinue Reading

Ubuntu-blox block’s latest version is now ready

The original Ubuntu-blox was made with all kinds of plastic trash into a block with a two wire restraining feature.  We realized that a third wire was needed in the middle between the two outside wires and modified the machine and process to accommodate that concept. We made the blocks then with all kinds ofContinue Reading