Support Nosara’s New Recycling Center

Nosara’s new Recycling Center got off to a good start in summer 2012. Now the students hope to return to Costa Rica to complete it. Architect Tobias Holler explains how you can help on their new Kickstarter campaign:

This past summer my absolute favorite building project, the Nosara Recycling and Education Center, made a huge step toward reality. With the generous support of almost 200 people who backed our first kickstarter campaign, we were able to bring over 30 NYIT architecture students to Costa Rica in July and August who donated their time and skills to help build this important community project.

Under the supervision of local construction professionals we were able to set up the construction site, complete the site grading, concrete foundations and concrete block walls, and even built the first wooden roof truss. The students gained invaluable construction site experience.

At the same time German filmmaker Ayana de Vos recorded every one of our moves for her documentary film project, shooting over 60 hours of footage, with multiple cameras, and conducting countless interviews with the participants.

We are proud and so very happy that this summer was such a great success. We could not have done this without those who supported our first kickstarter campaign, and the wonderful people in Nosara who continue to push this project forward and so graciously supported us during our stay there. Thank you very much!

BUT, the project is far from completed, and much work remains to be done before the building is ready to help with the local waste management problem. The local workers continue to build the project right now, but without help from the student volunteers, construction is progressing at a much slower pace. In order not to loose the momentum of this important community project it is crucial that we go back and help finish the building, and the documentary film about it! For this, we need your support.

We are looking to fund a portion of the student’s expenses while volunteering on the construction site in Nosara for three weeks in January 2013, and to enable Ayana to continue to shoot the construction process, so that the project can be prominently featured in her documentary film about waste management and sustainability in Costa Rica.

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