Donation-based adaptive design and build is what we do. We build schools, community centers, and homes. A New Mexico 501(c)(3).
FACTS ON OUR LATEST BUILD IN GUATEMALA:
Our Team
Over 50 volunteers & locals from 14 different countries for 24 days
Locals working, learning, and earning
Over 100 individual financial donations.
The 12 person volunteer ECOHAB team.
Our friends at Long Way Home.
Our Process & Materials
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Over 50 people from 14 different countries came together to make this build happen!
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Over 2.500 glass bottles used and kept out of the local landscape.
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250 automobile tires pounded with earth and used as a foundation.
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160 stick of 1/2" rebar reinforce our seismic resistant classroom.
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Groups of 15-20 local kids from the school worked with us everyday.
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600 breakfasts and 600 lunches were served to crew and volunteers.
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1500 liters of water catchment storage.
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Locally sourced .5K solar electric system powers the classroom.
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1000 Ecobricks (plastic bottles packed with trash) were utilized for walls.
OUR MISSION
ECOHAB is a source of action where ecology meets adaptive design. We build ecological habitations to amplify communities through self-reliance, education and employment.
