Happy New Years from Ecojima !!

We would like to thank all of you out there for supporting us in our adventures in the last four months.  With hard work and a very welcoming community we have made great progress with a not so easy job site .  Despite many obstacles this 80 year old house is starting to shape up!  Our goal is to educate ourselves and others to a more sustainable lifestyle and build to support this lifestyle.  Happy New Years!!!

This is the house four months ago

This is how it looks now still lots of work to do but a lot has changed

Wooden doors from scratch

The doors and bottle windows give an idea of the image naturally created from the recycled materials used to rebuild this home.  The bottle windows will be finished with cob on the interior.

リサイクル木材のドアとボトルレンガの窓が出来上がりました。ゴミから出来たアートです😊ボトルレンガの目尻は土で仕上げます。

Inspired by the garbage warrior

Inspired by the garbage warrior Micheal Reynolds we are using bottles bricks to fill in some of the window openings in this house。Although the process is slow and painstaking the outcome is a funky and beautiful piece of art, rather than a purchased factory manufactured window .  We are using anything and everything we have on hand to rebuild this home, inevitability the finished product is completely original.  The incredibly low material cost is just a bonus!!