Colombia transforms old tires into green housing

[Judi Lynn]

Colombia transforms old tires into green housing
By Paula Carrillo (AFP) 4 hours ago in World .

The highlands around the Colombian capital are scattered with small buildings that look like out-of-place igloos but are in fact innovative houses made from the tires that litter the country's roads.

The woman behind the project is Alexandra Posada, a 35-year-old environmental activist who sports a cowboy hat and jeans while she works, her buff biceps rippling in her tank top as she slings around old tires and shovels them full of dirt.

"I get these tires for free because it's a huge problem for people to get rid of them," she told AFP.

"They take thousands of years to decompose -- which we've transformed from a problem into an opportunity," she said. "If you use them as construction materials, they become virtually eternal bricks."


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A view of a house built with discarded tires in Choachi, Cundinamarca, Colombia on March 16, 2015

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[Old and In the Way]

1. Pretty damn awesome.

Thanks for posting. I love stories like this where people take crap amd make it something of value for people who have limited rexourcex. Thank you Judy Lynn for posting here amd educating me every day.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Thanks for taking a moment to send a message. I feel the same way regarding personal work

people do to retrieve and improve material instead of adding it to a world-wide trash pile.

It seems to take a very good heart to even consider using these items to help others, doesn't it? Really special people.