Low-Income Houses Built from Recycled Materials

As my husband and I were watching a news channel tonight, a story came on that got my attention. The subject of the report was Dan Phillips, a self-taught builder, plumber, and electrician, from Huntsville, Texas. To that description of his talents can be added environmentalist and humanitarian.

How does he tie these talents together? Since 1996, Dan Phillips has been collecting and recycling building materials and anything else he can synthesize into the construction of homes for low-income families in his hometown of Huntsville. …

Nana found Freecycle Network, a free recycling network. This can be of great assistance for grandparents raising grandchildren. Grandparents may be in need of bedroom furniture, tables, chairs, lamps, toys, and other items for your grandchildren now living with you.
Not realizing that there are grandparents raising grandchildren who are in need of household and children’s items, some people would put their unwanted items out to the curb.
So now, instead of putting them to the curb where most likely they’ll end up in a landfill, there is an option to post them for free on Freecycle.org where grandparents raising …