Hello all,
This is a preliminary request I’m sending, just to a few of you to start getting the word out about a project we’re busy with…and you can help out in one very simple way.
You can DRINK MORE…and, then, save your bottles OR tetrapaks.
We’re looking for wine bottles, large beer bottles (we’ll also take small beer bottles but large is preferable, so drink up, lads & lasses), and tetrapaks (the asceptic, box containers some juices are packaged in.) We will use the bottles as part of wall construction for the addition we’re going to build for Monica’s house in Khayelitsha. Monica is our domestic worker here in Fresnaye, and for the past few months, we’ve been designing and planning a sustainable, as-green-as-possible addition to her home in Site B (Khay…) that currently houses 10 people in a 2-bedroom RDP house. You can check out more of this at http://www.makedesign.co.za. We’re attempting to source as much material as we can that is local AND that would otherwise be dumped in the landfill OR recycled OR is just sitting people’s houses/garages/etc. We’ll use the tetrapaks as part of the insulation in the roof.
So, if you would be so kind as to set aside a cardboard box or bag, and collect:
wine bottles
beer bottles (large)
tetrapaks
then we’ll make a plan to come collect from you.
You can also help out in other ways if you’re interested, so let me (or Charles -> charles@makesdesign.co.za) know…I’m considering all of you the creative “hub” with your own various networks, so feel free to spread the word.
Hope everyone is well and staying dry…thanks for reading this!
cheers,
Hannah
http://www.morridesign.com
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