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| Formation | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Founders | Zach Balle, Heenal Rajani, Joshua Talmon |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Purpose | To build schools while reducing waste in communities |
| Headquarters | San Diego[1] |
President | Zach Balle |
| Zach Balle, Adam Flores, Dave Watson[2] | |
Key people | Laura Kutner Tokarski, Zach Balle |
| Website | hugitforward |
Hug it Forward Bottle Schools is a non-profit philanthropic organization based in Guatemala. The organization builds schools for Guatemalan villages using ecobricks, which are plastic bottles filled with collected waste.
History edit
Susanna Heisse of Pura Vida conceptualized the idea of ecobricks.[3] In 2005, after Hurricane Stan struck the village of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, she would use them to repair damaged houses.[4] In 2009, Peace Corps member Laura Kutner Tokarski (née Kutner) was inspired by Heisse and used ecobricks in Granados.[5] Being told to travel to another country, Zach Balle met Tokarski in Guatemala. In 2010, Balle, along with his friends, established Hug it Forward to continue building schools throughout Central America.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Rockwood, Kate (September 28, 2012). "Bottled Up" (PDF). O, The Oprah Magazine. p. 56. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
- ^ "Our Team". Hug it Forward. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
- ^ Hopkins, Rob (May 29, 2014). "EcoBricks and education: how plastic bottle rubbish is helping build schools". The Guardian. Archived from the original on September 27, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
- ^ "Turning trash into building material". The Next List. September 25, 2012. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
- ^ Preusch, Matthew (January 6, 2010). "Portlander uses plastic bottles to build classrooms, community in Guatemala". The Oregonian. Retrieved October 15, 2023.