The BuildBoston Powerpoint is a review of the building with tires process from beginning through November 2009.

3. Typical method of trash disposal

4. Lago Atitlan

5. San Juan Comalapapopulation 39,000 Dept. of Chimaltenango Town center

7. 4 slides of comalapa

8. Why Comalapa? 71%unemployment rate Few educational and work opportunities after 6th grade Guatemala has a population of 14.02 millionand over 400,000 youth are in gangs, which is about 2.8%

11. eco-friendly

12. low-cost structureCurriculum will teach new industries that will keep a cycle of environmental hygiene ongoing and provide jobs for Comalapa today and tomorrow

13. Partnership with community

14. Collaboration with Tecnico Maya staff

15. Masterplan

17. vocational workshops construction: ongoing projected completion : spring 2010 carpentry/masonry/electrical/welding alternative construction

20. primary school classrooms construction: begin winter 2010 projected completion : spring 2011 K-6th , standard government curriculum with additional mayan focus small business entrepurnurship

26. Raw matrials

27. Tires are collected from Chimaltenango, 30 miles away

28. Excavation

29. Retaining wall

30. Foundation trench

32. Foundation is filled with gravel and gravel-filled tires

33. Crew uses sledge hammer to pound tires with earth excavated from site

37. Window with earthbags and bond beam formed

38. Completed bond beam

46. Roof of first rooms

56. “There are more tires than trees on earth. Why not build with something we don’t need to survive?” - Mike Reynolds, The Newshour Show with Jim Lehrer, 2009

57. 6 principles of an “Earthship”: Water / Electricity / Sewage / Comfort / Food

58. Incorporating the CONCEPT of the 6 principles into planning and design. Using second-use materials and heating/cooling with out fuel as much as possible. Incorporating SOME of the METHODS of the Earthship into new design and/or retrofitting existing structures. Incorporating ALL of the METHODS, ie. building an Earthship *one story, small , unattached structures *parks – pavilions, sheds, bleachers *residential homes, garages and sheds, extending into the suburbs 4. Use trash from areas where unable to build earthships to build in locations where earthsips are already being built . A sophisticated recycling + rerouting system would allow cities another way to engage in the effort of using less natural resources in addition to alternative building practices.