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"Shelter the homeless poor." --The Book of Isaiah
Give the people a home.
That's our vision. We want homeless people everywhere to have clean, affordable shelter. Not living in doorways or in cardboard boxes or in stacks of garbage, as millions of people do now.
We're designing blueprints for small, sustainable shelters that can be built quickly by volunteers in developing nations for the poorest of the poor. Perhaps these people have lost everything from war, disease or natural disasters. Maybe they've come from their ancestral homes to the cities to find work, but now they have no place to live. We just want to help. That's Phase 1.
If you like this idea, we can talk with you about the rest:
cleangreenstudios [at] gmail [dot] com
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JULY 2008 Clean Green Studios LLC: green product design with the world in mind. We like to collaborate with designers, mechanical engineers, green product manufacturers and other creatives who have their own company. We also like to collaborate, of course, with other organizations with a social justice mission. Let us know who *you* are! Our first green product is a small, sustainable, affordable home for people in developing nations. This will be an ideal home for volunteer teams to build for people living in poverty. Right now we're working with architects on blueprints for Hope Studio, the name chosen for the first home. Hope Studio will have a number of exciting green features that we'll be happy to share with you soon.
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Found our visionary assistant project manager! 1 week ago
And he was right under our nose all this time, attending the same weekly home community group in Portland. He's taking care of some things that have sat, just hoping to be noticed, in the must-do pile for several months. Collaboration and brainstorming work wonders.
Now we're looking for a part-time bookkeeper and some cool design studio space....let us know if you know....
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These first three links are new-age shelter designs for disaster recovery and the homeless: http://www.yankodesign.com/index.php/2007/06/15/water-shelter-sustainable-shelter-solutions-by-robert-nightingale/ http://www.yankodesign.com/index.php/2007/02/15/urban-shell-shelter-for-homeless-by-agustin-otegui/ http://www.yankodesign.com/index.php/2007/08/14/sphere-shaped-emergency-shelter-bonds-community/ Shelters using prefabricated polystyrene cement board: http://jcwinnie.biz/wordpress/?p=1894 Traditional techniques in shelter construction, from: http://www.alternativesmagazine.com/15/kemery.html including mud, adobe, cob, earthbag, earthship, strawbale, bamboo, and the yurt. Structures built out of laminated cardboard: http://sustainableshelters.net/index.html Voices from the Field, feedback from affected villagers: http://www.dainet.org/livelihoods/villagers.htm Extreme examples of sustainable technology from the Cold Climate Housing Research Center:http://www.cchrc.org/SNS-Main.html
posted May 11
May your feet ever walk in the light of two suns. May the moonshadow never fall on you...
posted May 9
hello and thank you...
posted May 7
Just returned from Malawi. We absolutely fell in love with the land and the people. Check out our site for flickr photos! Hope you guys are doing well.
posted May 2
Hey thanks, I like your shots.
posted Apr 16
Bring on the spirit of Jubilee!
posted Apr 15
Hello from Petersburg! Heidi Lee says Hi too! Thanks for contacting me, I love the sound of this project and all the hope it brings! My prayers are with you.
posted Apr 10
Consider your self supported. I'll be praying for this project this morning. I can't imagine that this would fall through. You will receive what you need at or before the moment you need it.
posted Apr 9
Thanks for befriending us! And thanks for what you guys are doing. What a great idea.
posted Apr 9
thanks pope saint victor did it!!! he is my first virb friend if you want to see his other customs! some are done of organizations too! how can i help this org from TN?!
posted Apr 8
Wow, this seems like a beautifully audacious idea. I look forward to hearing more about the details as you follow this out.
posted Apr 8
Great stuff. I look forward to learning more about this!
posted Apr 7
Beautiful project guys. =)
posted Apr 7
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Love Letters says:
we're friends!
posted May 15