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January 25, 2015

Eco-Bricks for an Eco-Friendly Future

By Daniel Bushman

For the past 14years, Alvaro Molina and Hacienda Merida have been stuffing water bottles with trash and using them in construction. "Its a great way to get around a trash problem" Alvaro has used these "Plastic Bricks" in place of cement in schools, benches, chairs, and a boat dock; cleaning up trash and saving on building costs.

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For the past 14years, Alvaro Molina and Hacienda Merida have been stuffing water bottles with trash and using them in construction. "Its a great way to get around a trash problem" Alvaro has used these "Plastic Bricks" in place of cement in schools, benches, chairs, and a boat dock; cleaning up trash and saving on building costs.

Authors Bio:
Daniel graduated from the Culinary Arts Le Cordon Bleu Academy and has since worked as a Chef, Farmer, Builder, Writer, and operated businesses from restaurants, to Non-profits. Currently the CEO of a Community Development Organization, Charity Warrior, Daniel focuses his time on figuring out what makes communities successful and how they may struggle. Still an active Chef, Daniel is concerned with sustainability within communities from construction to food production. "Charity is needed only when there is an imbalance in a community. Sustainability just may be how we are able to construct stable, functioning, and charity-free communities everywhere."

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