Rural Library made from Plastic Coke Bottles Closer to a Reality

[Jzmackenzie]

Update on What We Have Done to Help Ourselves:

Since 2007, nonprofit 501? 3, Summerland (Tierra de Verano) has had the goal to build a rural library near the Presa de la Prisemia SW of GTO,GTO. The vision turned into a library out of recycled plastic Coke bottles when Steve Carew heard the idea. Steve is working very hard with people he knows in the USA , but grants take a lot of time. We need cash soon to continue with the plans during the dry season.

Please look at the work done in Columbia to create a homeless shelter, etc. .............. http://www.eco-tecnologia.com/portal/intro.php

Local people, including children, will fill 22,000 coke bottles (plastic) with sand and build the structure; UG students and staff have also offered to help. Our entire community will help, they want a library and they want to learn the alternative building techniques.

Steve found a volunteer architect ectorcontreras@gmail.com and construction engineer rolandihoracioF@hotmail.com ready to do the job totally with community volunteer labor. The drawings are done. The size is 1300 sq,. ft. plus a 300 sq. ft patio. The cost is $23,473. We have to raise $5,868.46 in the USA and the Federal Govt. of Mexico will donate the rest $17,605.38 under the tres por uno program. Local reporter Daniel Martinez 011-521-473-732-0191 or 011-521-473-112-65-78 or daniel_martinez89@live.com.mx just wrote an article about our volunteer work.

We?ve held many gourmet dinners here since 2008. We have $1,350 in cash earmarked for this project. We have obtained donated land, donated space to store bottles and fill them with sand, donated space to store books, donated books, used bilingual books ready to be shipped to Central Mexico and donated transportation from the USA to GTO for the books. I?ve written a book on teaching Spanish-speakers so that we can pay for bookshelves, electricity, chairs, etc. after the building is in place.

Help us, help them, help themselves??.

That is what we have done. We need YOU to donate $20+ via PayPal with the comment ?Rural Coke-Bottle Library.? Our websites have PayPal tabs to offer those who want to donate that option (www.summerlandmonastery.org and www.spanishimmersioneducation.org).