Building Blocks of Peace at Parkway Peace High School, Philadelphia

Peace High School Students, in East Mount Airy, cooperate on
creating bottle bricks filled with electronic waste - 2016

I was invited to present a workshop at the Parkway Northwest High School of Peace and Social Justice at their all-school event on International Peace Day, September 21st.

Remarkably, the day's theme was "Building Blocks of Peace". The school rounded up electronic fill from PAR-Recycle Works. This really makes the bricks win-win, since the electronic cords et al are weighty and not recyclable. They had even cut up all the cords for us into small pieces.

Below, one of the bottle brick fabricators performs the "stress test": can you stand on the bottle without it collapsing? He was sceptical, but the brick held!