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Ultimate recyling project: Building a soda bottle classroom
What happens when Peace Corps volunteers, the non-profit organization, Hug it Forward and a bevvy of school children and teachers in Guatemala recycle plastic bottles and trash? A school classroom.
The collected bottles were stuffed with trash and used to form the walls for a classroom addition at a school in Granados, a small mountain town in the Baja Verapaz region of the country. Amazing.
This video shows how the project was done. The music is a fitting addition to a project that brought the widest smiles to dozens of faces.
Imagine what might happen if similar projects happened on a massive scale world wide. There are a lot of plastic bottles on the planet.
For another version of a building project that fits into travel and activism, check out this gallery on house building with teens, college students and adults in Mexico through Amor Ministries, another non-profit that welcomes volunteers.
Gallery: Building houses in Mexico
Filed under: Activism, Arts and Culture, Learning, Stories, Guatemala, Mexico, Video, Ecotourism, Central America
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Derek Falk, Falk Custom Adventures Dec 8th 2009 3:10PM
Fantastic to see! These types of videos inspire me to do something more. I love it!
Derek Falk
www.FalkAdventures.com