Most kids have their parents buy them a bike. This guys parents said "Want a bike? Go build one". I'm a bit similar to this man in that I do my best to not waste anything. I grew up that way. Sure you get some stares from others and some hassles from time to time, but you save a LOT of money while helping the environment a bit.
never too late for us to start, Debbie. even old like me. if this is what your heart says do, then find small ways to do it and build from there. the world needs us.
Debbie, Mike Reinolds ring a bell? He has been doing it since i was born in 1974 and is doing it all over the world. His teachings made it to Bulgaria and I am not throwing anything out any more. I pay no garbage bills. I pay no septic tank clean up and I compost all my food and paper waste. I even have a compost toilet in a bathroom I built from glass jars. If you want ultimate water usage watch Garbage Warrior movie.
This Warms my Heart 😆 what a Wonderful way for many to have a Home to call their own & building it themselves !! Very Inspirational, A Good Man, An Angel on Earth !!
I've watched meny videos about this project and am so impressed with this man. What a beautiful soul. To be so resourceful and utilize so much that would pollute our planet by ending up in the landfill.take all that and use it to better the lives of others is not just amazing it's a quality that I believe worthy of a noble peace prize. Plus on top of that taking unskilled labor and training them so that they can use the knowledge to support themselves or to educate others and forward the skills and blessings to others and be s link in a chain of loveing and caring for your fellow man.Blessings to Dan and his wife.
bless this person for being in south texas , i am a texan ,also a catholic . we need more project like this for the poor people to stop homelessness!! thus more so of other things too!
Truly inspiring! Your work is incredible! I have wanted to do my own home from recyclables for some time...you have given me a better 'eye' on what can be used for what!!!!
This is helpful, innovative, efficient, creative, and a countless amount of other good things! Dan has devoted his life to this and I think that is amazing. One person really can make a difference :) Hopefully the people he has helped will keep his efforts going after he is no longer able to physically work.
I think this is a wonderful thing, there are so many poor, deserving people who need a helping hand and to be able to help others own there own home is just wonderful, you don't and should not have to pay/have a mortgage for the rest of your life.
If you put a heater in- gas is generally more efficient. Maybe one of those little wall furnaces- their cheap. The stoves are nice if you have access to the wood- otherwise you probably won't be saving much if you have to buy wood and transport it and such. I could be totally wrong and it depends on how much wood you end up using in one winter and such. ALSO you might look up "bottle houses", thats another neat idea. IF your building in the city tho check with code offices on everything!
oh my gosh dude, we need more people like you to help make their dream homes from unwanted stuff. please come to new zealand and start something up for us here
Its truly amazing what he does but without someone like him right along the way and without knowledge and access to the materials- this is literally impossible for the common man to do. My landfill won't let you take ANYTHING out no matter who you are. They don't send anything to storage or whatever this guy did... Then the codes here wouldn't allow half the stuff they do... The common person couldn't begin to make the code office happy... This is impractical unless theres enough help out there.
@GrenadeChick99 well, you may be right about that but this is a sound idea to build homes with available resources, those closest to you. Recycling is a good thing. Sometimes the process of recycling becomes a beautiful art form. The transformational efforts are well rewarding to exercise people's creative energies.
Recycling building materials is a great way to protect the environment. Thank you for sharing this video. We in Canada have another way of constructing green housing. Feel free to view our channel for more details.
Hey look at something called connex bulding homes. That might be your best bet. You can find em on craigslist for a couple thousand sometimes... If you find one thats been used in construction or whatever as an office then you might get one with plywood walls and electrical already in place...
@SheOwnsFrodo I have seen a building inspector turn a blind eye to moldy structures and materials for money. The air was so thick with mold you could hardly breathe and all he was interested in was the thickness of pipe insulation. Inspectors are there to collect your loose cash and to make sure everybody makes the same mistakes the same way every time. Unhealthy or dangerous building is OK as long as the right people get paid. That's the reality in building and planning.
How ironic this program was underwritten by Haliburton. I saw this guy's ted talk. If he would join forces with some green building people - so the houses were energy efficient. Wow frame shop samples - great idea.
Christina Michele his ideas have taken off, but mostly in third world nations. There are areas with a lack resources to even build a house due to lack of raw material. The end result is using waste from the USA dumped in Africa to build homes. Just Google 2 liter Coke bottle homes.
@GreedIsYourGod agreed. thats why i think i'm going to build me a cob-adobe home. they can't tell me i need a permit to "move dirt around on my own property". recycling is great for other things once the "dirt pile" in the shape of a building has been finished. so long as i never refer to it directly as a building, but instead something else like "dirt sculpture" they can't make me tear it down. that's my idea for passing the first nosy building inspector
I live in Scottsdale Az, where 80% (or more) of the workforce is imported. There is no such thing as a "green house" there with that taken in consideration. Even the landscaping codes prevent planting natural plants. It has become a gravel city. They don't believe anyone under 6 figure income should be allowed to live there, or own a home. "Workforce can live elsewhere", "too poor to own homes" (multihousing assoc). Planning dept is owned by re developers. The 1% like it.
It is really sad that most landfills now forbid anyone from 'gleaning' materials, 'for legal reasons'. Some of this is due to liability, but the authorities and the courts need to make people take responsibility for their own actions - life is lived at your own risk! (A town in NY state stopped making mulch available free to residents from shredded yard waste when a man sued them because he claimed he injured his back while shoveling the mulch into his own vehicle. The residents of the area should have filed a suit against this man for depriving them of their mulch! One wonders if a landscape company in the region may have been behind this... they certainly took advantage of the situation.) Obviously, common sense must be applied; maybe that is the underlying issue.
Yes Jefferdaughter, I believe that this is due to the fact that companies wanted to charge money for it. Any judge would have said no to the man do for the fact that no one made him shoved the world shavens! The business makes more money of having a fall guy and making people pay for. and we know our city officials or bought by big business.
@GreedIsYourGod Anybody who tried to build anything like this in my country would be taken to court and forced to demolish the thing on pain of severe fines. Naturally, he'd have to cover the legal expenses as well. If he refused, the fine would be doubled until he would owe all the money in the world. On top of that would come ridicule on a national scale, probably a trip to a mental institution as well. Building companies own the law around here. You are so right.
@SheOwnsFrodo you cannot build like this without the tools to make it more efficient, his neighbors LOVE him, I know him personally. ALL his houses are inspected and permitted!! Inspections for your information is one of the tactics used to continue the conventional method of shitty home building formed to make sure everyone gets a little padding in their pockets, please be part of the solution and stop with the negativity!
i wish i had known about you before i spent money updating my house and getting burned by shotty work. This is more what i wanted to do :( do you give advice for "Do it yourselfers?:
perhaps i can find links to great ideas for re-purposing items to build homes with which are not sponsored by corrupt and greedy companies,...and then it would be ok with my friend Sleipnir..
holy shit is that ever true!. ive been trying for 9yrs to build an addition onto my parents home so i am not homeless and the red tape ive faced is unimaginable. ironically my city is willingly to pay out thousands in welfare to keep me locked into crushing poverty but will refuse to allow me to build a happy debt free lifestyle with my own hands!
Do you know what's funny? I call the bank to ask a question and can only get a computer but when I call the housing/mortgage loan extension, someone ALWAYS picks up! Banks don't want people waking up to this movement, they would lose out on all that money!
Thank God for this movement! The money system has become a ravenous wolf with the sole purpose of draining every cent from people and placing everyone into permanent debt. It's so shameful I don't even have the words other than evil.
first thing i thought too! However - if he's getting the message out, then he is USING haliburton to make them obsolete. Nothing wrong with that. use the money they made by robbing and killing entire countries, and build a better planet - one person at a time. use them like they use US.
WOOOO-HOOO HAHAHA Bush and Chaney strike again. After all, behind every rock or dark cloud, they are obviously lurking. I mean.. this guy might even be G.W. dressed in disguise... waiting to pounce in a moment of weakness.
I'm shocked too Halliburton? I worked for them ( Brown and Root) and they have the most sorriest foremen. Don't get hurt--cause when you do Brown and Root will turn on you--no matter how good your work was. They're hateful and spiteful > They treat you like a criminal.
Guys Halliburton has shit to do with Dan Phillips, he has no tie with them and they ARE NOT part of what he does, Halliburton is a supporter of the PBS channel, nothing more in regards to Dan Phillips.
I think that the new comments on this video are stupid as seeing that this video was posted back in 2007. A lot of business and involvements have changed. So many just maybe at the time of this video things were on the up and up.
Halliburton just sponsors the pbs CHANNELL , its greenwashing, my friend-- i seriously doubt they are paying this man to go to junkyards and pick up stuff to build houses with -- i only wanted you to watch it to see the neat ideas this guy has for recycling and re-purposing, not to piss you off -- peace --
Living Smart (who did this video) is underwritten by Haliburton? "THE" Haliburton? Dick Cheney's company? The company he was with that did the bribary of Nigerian officials and for which he was indicted yesterday in Nigerian Courts? Really?
@vutEwa Excuse me? She had FOUR children before she owned a home. That's cruel to the children, it shouldn't be allowed. People have no right bringing children into the world that they can't afford. Its unfair to taxpayers and more importantly the underprivileged children that will live an impoverished life due to this lady's poor choices.
Yeeeeeeeeah I saw that too. Granted, if Dick Cheny gave me money to build a recycled house Id take it. Strings attached are easiy cut by the 2nd amdnt. :P
less goverment allows to people to try anything they like. we need to be able to suceed and fail with goverment intervention. goverment should be used to make sure your ideas dont put others at risk, but that to can be a slippery slope.
@ryanshecklerrox123 its cruel to bring children into a world when you can't provide for them. My parents had 2 children enough to replace themselves and not contribute to overpopulation. Also they owned a home when I was conceived. They had no intention of bearing children they couldn't provide for. Clearly this women has no concern for the planet, overpopulation, or the well being of the children she can't provide for.
that woman has no business having 4 children she can' t even provide a home for on her own. each of the children will do the same. chill construction tho, i just don't support poor stupid people who contribute to overpopulation.
Ummm, anything that is being built will make noise. Show me any construction project that makes no noise and has nothing laying around while it's being built. You can't. It's impossible. Eventually, the project is finished and complete. Like anything else being built. Now, go back and hide in your neat little box sheep.
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Most kids have their parents buy them a bike. This guys parents said "Want a bike? Go build one". I'm a bit similar to this man in that I do my best to not waste anything. I grew up that way. Sure you get some stares from others and some hassles from time to time, but you save a LOT of money while helping the environment a bit.
I think this is awesome, no child should be without a home.
Elaine Brooks so true elaine
my whole life u have had visions of doing this very thing. Dan has done such a great job of actually doing it. I wish this could happen everywhere.
never too late for us to start, Debbie. even old like me. if this is what your heart says do, then find small ways to do it and build from there. the world needs us.
Debbie, Mike Reinolds ring a bell? He has been doing it since i was born in 1974 and is doing it all over the world. His teachings made it to Bulgaria and I am not throwing anything out any more. I pay no garbage bills. I pay no septic tank clean up and I compost all my food and paper waste. I even have a compost toilet in a bathroom I built from glass jars.
If you want ultimate water usage watch Garbage Warrior movie.
I also found this video very inspiring, there are so many benefits, along with creativity and respect for your property with style.
This Warms my Heart 😆 what a Wonderful way for many to have a Home to call their own & building it themselves !! Very Inspirational, A Good Man, An Angel on Earth !!
I've watched meny videos about this project and am so impressed with this man. What a beautiful soul. To be so resourceful and utilize so much that would pollute our planet by ending up in the landfill.take all that and use it to better the lives of others is not just amazing it's a quality that I believe worthy of a noble peace prize. Plus on top of that taking unskilled labor and training them so that they can use the knowledge to support themselves or to educate others and forward the skills and blessings to others and be s link in a chain of loveing and caring for your fellow man.Blessings to Dan and his wife.
how beautiful. and thank you for helping people. wish could get this kind of help repairing my old place
bless this person for being in south texas , i am a texan ,also a catholic . we need more project like this for the poor people to stop homelessness!! thus more so of other things too!
Truly inspiring! Your work is incredible! I have wanted to do my own home from recyclables for some time...you have given me a better 'eye' on what can be used for what!!!!
This is helpful, innovative, efficient, creative, and a countless amount of other good things! Dan has devoted his life to this and I think that is amazing. One person really can make a difference :) Hopefully the people he has helped will keep his efforts going after he is no longer able to physically work.
What a servant! I hope I can serve others as he has.
I think this is a wonderful thing, there are so many poor, deserving people who need a helping hand and to be able to help others own there own home is just wonderful, you don't and should not have to pay/have a mortgage for the rest of your life.
If you put a heater in- gas is generally more efficient. Maybe one of those little wall furnaces- their cheap. The stoves are nice if you have access to the wood- otherwise you probably won't be saving much if you have to buy wood and transport it and such. I could be totally wrong and it depends on how much wood you end up using in one winter and such. ALSO you might look up "bottle houses", thats another neat idea. IF your building in the city tho check with code offices on everything!
oh my gosh dude, we need more people like you to help make their dream homes from unwanted stuff. please come to new zealand and start something up for us here
Don't live outside the box .......make a box and live in it...............creativity and originality.....thats fucken amazing
He is such a great person! May God Bless him!!
I don't know which is more hilarious, Halliburton funded this film or this brilliant man having a PhD not in construction But dancing! lol!
Its truly amazing what he does but without someone like him right along the way and without knowledge and access to the materials- this is literally impossible for the common man to do. My landfill won't let you take ANYTHING out no matter who you are. They don't send anything to storage or whatever this guy did... Then the codes here wouldn't allow half the stuff they do... The common person couldn't begin to make the code office happy... This is impractical unless theres enough help out there.
@GrenadeChick99 well, you may be right about that but this is a sound idea to build homes with available resources, those closest to you. Recycling is a good thing. Sometimes the process of recycling becomes a beautiful art form. The transformational efforts are well rewarding to exercise people's creative energies.
I love this info .God bless a great man for what he does . I would like to see more info on this.
That treehouse is AWESOME!
This should be coupled with Mike Reinolds. These two should get together and make a show for all of us to watch and learn.
Recycling building materials is a great way to protect the environment. Thank you for sharing this video. We in Canada have another way of constructing green housing. Feel free to view our channel for more details.
Yes. They build infrastructure. Nothing is inconsistent with their partnership with this show.
Those cds can make a beautiful countertop for a bar not to mention a dance floor
on the good side of youtube. happy.
GOOD MAN. EXCELLENT IDEAS.
Hey look at something called connex bulding homes. That might be your best bet. You can find em on craigslist for a couple thousand sometimes... If you find one thats been used in construction or whatever as an office then you might get one with plywood walls and electrical already in place...
@SheOwnsFrodo I have seen a building inspector turn a blind eye to moldy structures and materials for money. The air was so thick with mold you could hardly breathe and all he was interested in was the thickness of pipe insulation. Inspectors are there to collect your loose cash and to make sure everybody makes the same mistakes the same way every time. Unhealthy or dangerous building is OK as long as the right people get paid. That's the reality in building and planning.
How ironic this program was underwritten by Haliburton. I saw this guy's ted talk. If he would join forces with some green building people - so the houses were energy efficient. Wow frame shop samples - great idea.
Christina Michele his ideas have taken off, but mostly in third world nations. There are areas with a lack resources to even build a house due to lack of raw material. The end result is using waste from the USA dumped in Africa to build homes. Just Google 2 liter Coke bottle homes.
i want to get involved in this kind of work somehow, to help the environment and to help make homes for lesser fortunate families and individuals!
Bravo. Just beautiful in every way ...
Wow I would live there anyday, its so beatiful!
@GreedIsYourGod agreed. thats why i think i'm going to build me a cob-adobe home. they can't tell me i need a permit to "move dirt around on my own property". recycling is great for other things once the "dirt pile" in the shape of a building has been finished. so long as i never refer to it directly as a building, but instead something else like "dirt sculpture" they can't make me tear it down. that's my idea for passing the first nosy building inspector
I live in Scottsdale Az, where 80% (or more) of the workforce is imported. There is no such thing as a "green house" there with that taken in consideration. Even the landscaping codes prevent planting natural plants. It has become a gravel city. They don't believe anyone under 6 figure income should be allowed to live there, or own a home. "Workforce can live elsewhere", "too poor to own homes" (multihousing assoc). Planning dept is owned by re developers. The 1% like it.
It is really sad that most landfills now forbid anyone from 'gleaning' materials, 'for legal reasons'. Some of this is due to liability, but the authorities and the courts need to make people take responsibility for their own actions - life is lived at your own risk! (A town in NY state stopped making mulch available free to residents from shredded yard waste when a man sued them because he claimed he injured his back while shoveling the mulch into his own vehicle. The residents of the area should have filed a suit against this man for depriving them of their mulch! One wonders if a landscape company in the region may have been behind this... they certainly took advantage of the situation.) Obviously, common sense must be applied; maybe that is the underlying issue.
ya we would not want the peasant to have freedom. Once you buy a house you are a slave to the bank for 7 to 10 years!
Angela Day Only 7-10? I thought it was at least 30, lol! 😩
Yeah, usually 30, 15 if you're ambitious with payments!
Yes Jefferdaughter, I believe that this is due to the fact that companies wanted to charge money for it. Any judge would have said no to the man do for the fact that no one made him shoved the world shavens! The business makes more money of having a fall guy and making people pay for. and we know our city officials or bought by big business.
a better idea is to have people sign a waiver that they cannot sue if they shovel their own mulch ETC
Bravo!!! Genus at work.
This guy has good ideas.
@GreedIsYourGod Anybody who tried to build anything like this in my country would be taken to court and forced to demolish the thing on pain of severe fines. Naturally, he'd have to cover the legal expenses as well. If he refused, the fine would be doubled until he would owe all the money in the world. On top of that would come ridicule on a national scale, probably a trip to a mental institution as well. Building companies own the law around here. You are so right.
I LOVE how Halliburton paid for it!! What a kick in their ass.
This is a real American Hero and amazing Haliburton doing a good thing.Wow
I love this man.
@SheOwnsFrodo you cannot build like this without the tools to make it more efficient, his neighbors LOVE him, I know him personally. ALL his houses are inspected and permitted!! Inspections for your information is one of the tactics used to continue the conventional method of shitty home building formed to make sure everyone gets a little padding in their pockets, please be part of the solution and stop with the negativity!
nice I could share it with my friends
Awesome! Thank you so much for sharing...
My first thought --- HALLIBURTON ????? RUN - Fast as you can - AWAY!!!
yes, but can you think beyond your first thought? like how rich and funny it would be to use haliburton's death money to actually improve the world.
how do I become a part of this??
i wish i had known about you before i spent money updating my house and getting burned by shotty work. This is more what i wanted to do :( do you give advice for "Do it yourselfers?:
I want one!!
perhaps i can find links to great ideas for re-purposing items to build homes with which are not sponsored by corrupt and greedy companies,...and then it would be ok with my friend Sleipnir..
yes it is a good thing.
so glad I'm not the only person who said "WTF HALLIBURTON?!!?!? They aren't supporting anything green but the almighty dollar bill
AWESOME!!!!
this is my own porch swing made from scrap wood.
holy shit is that ever true!. ive been trying for 9yrs to build an addition onto my parents home so i am not homeless and the red tape ive faced is unimaginable. ironically my city is willingly to pay out thousands in welfare to keep me locked into crushing poverty but will refuse to allow me to build a happy debt free lifestyle with my own hands!
Do you know what's funny? I call the bank to ask a question and can only get a computer but when I call the housing/mortgage loan extension, someone ALWAYS picks up! Banks don't want people waking up to this movement, they would lose out on all that money!
Thank God for this movement! The money system has become a ravenous wolf with the sole purpose of draining every cent from people and placing everyone into permanent debt. It's so shameful I don't even have the words other than evil.
how does this guy win anything when michael Reynolds is building earthships?
BRAVO
u lost me at Halliburton
Likewise
+Sadiyyah Brady Same
first thing i thought too! However - if he's getting the message out, then he is USING haliburton to make them obsolete. Nothing wrong with that. use the money they made by robbing and killing entire countries, and build a better planet - one person at a time. use them like they use US.
I Love You!
I know of no land fill in OHIO that you could dig in,
...cooler than super....
They're gods to me
WOOOO-HOOO HAHAHA Bush and Chaney strike again. After all, behind every rock or dark cloud, they are obviously lurking. I mean.. this guy might even be G.W. dressed in disguise... waiting to pounce in a moment of weakness.
I'm shocked too Halliburton? I worked for them ( Brown and Root) and they have the most sorriest foremen. Don't get hurt--cause when you do Brown and Root will turn on you--no matter how good your work was. They're hateful and spiteful > They treat you like a criminal.
This guy needs to come to Detroit.
Guys Halliburton has shit to do with Dan Phillips, he has no tie with them and they ARE NOT part of what he does, Halliburton is a supporter of the PBS channel, nothing more in regards to Dan Phillips.
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I think that the new comments on this video are stupid as seeing that this video was posted back in 2007. A lot of business and involvements have changed. So many just maybe at the time of this video things were on the up and up.
you are smart and full of idea that are crazy but they work lol
Remember that under Rome Christian grew. Forget about Halliburton.
They sponsor lots of random stuff, good for imaging, makes them seem less evil.
you should be the President of the World!
Japan
Halliburton just sponsors the pbs CHANNELL , its greenwashing, my friend--
i seriously doubt they are paying this man to go to junkyards and pick up stuff to build houses with -- i only wanted you to watch it to see the neat ideas this guy has for recycling and re-purposing, not to piss you off -- peace --
Living Smart (who did this video) is underwritten by Haliburton? "THE" Haliburton? Dick Cheney's company? The company he was with that did the bribary of Nigerian officials and for which he was indicted yesterday in Nigerian Courts?
Really?
@vutEwa
Excuse me? She had FOUR children before she owned a home. That's cruel to the children, it shouldn't be allowed. People have no right bringing children into the world that they can't afford. Its unfair to taxpayers and more importantly the underprivileged children that will live an impoverished life due to this lady's poor choices.
Uhhhhh, yes there is a huge inconsistency with their involvement in this show. They are huge polluters and are in no way green.
that was my reaction to
Yeeeeeeeeah I saw that too. Granted, if Dick Cheny gave me money to build a recycled house Id take it. Strings attached are easiy cut by the 2nd amdnt. :P
less goverment allows to people to try anything they like. we need to be able to suceed and fail with goverment intervention. goverment should be used to make sure your ideas dont put others at risk, but that to can be a slippery slope.
200.00 swing for 50.00
Well, ya can't pull stuff out of landfills these days, it's now against "the law".
@vutEwa And just one company who are slave masters is HALLIBURTON, who funds this project! Just food for thought. Truth!!
my exact reaction lol
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@ryanshecklerrox123
its cruel to bring children into a world when you can't provide for them. My parents had 2 children enough to replace themselves and not contribute to overpopulation. Also they owned a home when I was conceived. They had no intention of bearing children they couldn't provide for. Clearly this women has no concern for the planet, overpopulation, or the well being of the children she can't provide for.
0:21 - 0:27 LMAO! sponsored by whom?
Problem is getting around the planning and zoning nazis
Not written, underwritten.
I love his work and dedication but a PhD in dance ???? COME THE FUCK ON !
If he builds houses for families in low income then yes they would be paying him in grant money and such...
halliburton funded this for lulls lol
Haliburton? are you kidding me? =\
Are you on drugs???
that woman has no business having 4 children she can' t even provide a home for on her own. each of the children will do the same. chill construction tho, i just don't support poor stupid people who contribute to overpopulation.
Or you could build and not give a shit about the codes. :D
Ummm, anything that is being built will make noise. Show me any construction project that makes no noise and has nothing laying around while it's being built. You can't. It's impossible. Eventually, the project is finished and complete. Like anything else being built. Now, go back and hide in your neat little box sheep.
any ideas - yes is it possible you are a conspiracy theorist
hmm, underwritten in part by halliburton. see you later. i'm out of here.don't need to be told about their good works. it won't wash away the rest.