DailyGood: Building Green Houses from Garbage

A society is defined not only by what it creates, but by what it refuses to destroy. --John Sawhill Inspiration of the Day: Texas home builder Dan Phillips transforms trash into artful treasures, creating intricate floor mosaics with wood scraps, kitchen counters from ivory-colored bones and roofs out of license plates. The fantastical houses which spring from his imagination cost as little as $10,000 and are made almost entirely with materials which would otherwise have ended up in a garbage dump. [ more ] Be The Change: Learn more about "upcycling". [ more ] Share A Reflection! tell a friend | archives | unsubscribe a service of CharityFocus 104948 subscribers Rate: