When we save, segregate and pack plastics into bottles, we can make building blocks that can be reused over and over again. Together we can build green spaces that enrich our community and the biosphere. Together we can return to harmony with the cycles of life.
An Ecobrick is a bottle packed solid with used plastic to make a re-useable building block. All you need is a plastic bottle and a stick to start. Best of all, you don’t need any fancy machines, special skills, engineers or politicians to get started.
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Ibu Sofi | Jogja, Indonesia
Ibu Sofi couldn’t bear to throw away her plastic and have it dumped in the local river, so she saved it for three years. Then she met the Ecobrick… and she has been packing ever since! Ibu Sofi has gone on to teach hundreds of folks in her city how to go zero waste! Read her Full story
Ecobricks are cradle-to-cradle building blocks that can make all sorts of awesome stuff. Around the world people are using ecobricks to build for themselves and their communities. From indoor furniture, to gardens and parks, to structures– your imagination is the only limit!
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Manung Jane | Besao, Philippines
Every morning, Jane goes around town collecting plastics from the local stores. Every day she makes one Ecobrick. Slow and steady, she rebuilt her old walls with bottles and ecobricks. Now, people come from all over now to see her home! Read Jane’s full story
We ecobrick. Why? Well, because after lots of research we’ve found Ecobricks to be the deepest solution for our own plastic. From raising ecological consciousness to sequestering C02 to transitioning from sustainable to regenerative, there’s a whole bunch of good reasons for Ecobricks.
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Jo Stodgel | Santa Fe, USA
“In America, we might have lots of recycling, but that doesn’t mean the plastic goes away.” Jo came face to face with the reality of plastic’s poison and potential in the dumps of Africa. He has thus been passionately ecobricking for the last 5 years. Read Jo’s full story…
Ecobricking isn’t just a technique. Its a full out social movement! Throughout South East Asia and Latin America, hundreds of thousands of people have adopted ecobricking to take back charge of their plastic from industry and government. Whether they are young or old, from the east or west, one thing connects them: solving the plastic.
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Pak Agung | Bali, Indonesia
Pak Agung has been going around his island of Bali, for the last two years, talking with schools and mayors about the perils of plastic. Then he gives them the Vision Ecobrick Guide, and shows them how to put the plastic to good use. Read Pak Agung’s Full Story
We can’t wait to see your ecobricking. It will mean a little less plastic going into the biosphere! We’ve thus worked hard to craft some awesome resources to help you get start ecobricking right. We want to share with you all or mistakes and insights from the global movement, so you can get straight to the best practices, principles and technique.
