Here's a fun story that I heard on the today show awhile back. It really correlates with the video "Tapped" that we watched on Monday.
Her name is Laura Kutner. She's 25 years old and has been working with the Peace Corp. Recently, she traveled to Guatemala to work in the village of Granados. The school here in this village has slowly been crumbling...so the idea was to rebuild, but the supplies and the cost were too much and out of the question. The idea sparked and the project "Message In A Bottle," came about. The children were to gather plastic bottle and garbage from around the streets in order to use as the foundation of the school. Each child stuffed 20 plastic bottles full of garbage. There are a total of 6,000 plastic bottles that completes the foundation of the school. The children had new motivation to clean up their streets and alleys. The students share pride over their new school and a new-gound excitement about picking up garbage. "You don't need alot of money, and the best thing is that they worked together."
Check out the website. It's pretty inspirational. This girl is not much older than us and proves we are capable of many things! New junking project, maybe?
Wow, what an inspirational story. At first from your description I had no idea how anyone could build a building out of plastic bottles and garbage, but after seeing the video it is totally possible! It's a project to keep them busy, it is helping the environment and it is planting hope for the poor village. Thanks for showing this Jamie, soo cool
ReplyDeleteThat's incredible! I can't believe that this idea would work because well trash is nasty and bottles are hallow. Seeing the picture then made me realize how they are able to do that project. I'm very shocked! I'm so happy that those kids found motivation to help out their school. Thanks for sharing this wonderful story!
ReplyDeleteWow, that's so interesting. Thats a really good solution to not only the plastic problem but also the issue with the school. It's great that everyone stepped up to help out as well, its very inspiring.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! I think that is so interesting. This is such a great example of reusing and recycling. I also love the fact that she was only a few years older than us when this happened.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this Jamie, it is very interesting. This is great way for the kids to help their school and to use recycling techniques at the same time.
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