November 2012 trip to Haiti Veteran’s Day: The flight from DFW to Ft Lauderdale and the flight from there to Port Au Prince I was blessed with aisle seats. Not because of the generosity of AA’s ticketing program but happenstance. I was ticketed to sit in the middle of a group of women flying together… Continue Reading
We arrived yesterday, Sunday, Veteran’s Day. The flights were on time and uneventful. When we arrived at customs Marlene Mathurin had arranged VIP treatment. Anyone that has flown into Port Au Prince knows that one of the great frustrations of Haiti is going through customs and collecting baggage. It was a breeze because it was… Continue Reading
There are two reasons to consider using the polypropylene high strength pulling twine instead of 14 gauge wire for making the blocks. First is because the twine is so much easier to work with than the wire. No special tools are required and it is less physically demanding. The second reason is the cost. The… Continue Reading
It’s been 5 months since I left Haiti Communitere and Haiti. I expected to be back in Haiti working with the community down at Wharf Jeremie where We Advance has their clinic and Hands Together has their school by now. My plans were to get the women working on building their own houses as a… Continue Reading
Zac Crain did what he does best; he knocked one out of the park with this story.… Continue Reading
Ilona Berger was at Haiti Communitere during the building of the Ubuntublox house in their compound. She sent us this short clip of collecting and cleaning some of the plastic trash that was used to build the Ubuntublox house. … Continue Reading
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 no… Continue Reading
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 of… Continue Reading
http://www.nbcdfw.com/video/#!/news/local/Turning-Trash-Into-Treasure/140642633 this video went all over North America in one form or another. A lot of stations picked it up. http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Earth-Day-Dallas-2012-Kicks-Off-148393025.html this was from this year’s Earth Day Dallas. http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/02/27/plastic-bag-house-could-be-answer-for-haiti/… Continue Reading