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Domes for Haiti
This
is a grassroots effort in New York to bring geodesic domes to Haiti,
built using metal conduit and recycled vinyl. The group is fabricating
portable geodesic domes made out of recycled and donated materials from
NYC's entertainment & construction industries. The geodesic domes
are 17' in diameter, 9' tall in the center, and are large enough to
house a family of five.
Open to volunteers: YES
Contact: Lopi LaRoe, info@domesforhaiti.org
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Thanks to all the volunteers who have helped on this project so far:
Serra, Larken, Allyse, Dena, Olivia, Will, Janna, Zach, Margaret, Jim,
Christopher, Laura, Duncan, Elizabeth, David, Renee, Catie, Brett,
Angie, Margie, Joe, John and Ryan. Thank you so very much.
I
met with the owner of a large company whose factory is in the Brooklyn
Navy Yards. He is a very intelligent older man who supports the green
movement to the utmost. He is dedicated to using the most innovative
green technology that is available. They are building a huge green
house in the navy yard. He supports artistic expression. He is cool. I
think he likes my project. He gave his blessing for his Art Director to
work with me on creating a prototype cover to see if it's economically
feasible to fabricate the domes in his factory with his machines. I
went the day before meeting with The Boss to the factory in BK NY and
their RF Welder is enormous. They have auto cutting machines and huge
printing machines. So now we have exactly what we needed for this
project. An experienced builder and designer. Thanks! He will be
working up our new pattern this week and we can hopefully get a dry run
done on the prototype by monday, so that we can fabricate it, get all
the kinks out of it, and then get a quote on what the job costs and
start running it.
The frame struts for ten domes will be ready
by the 25th of this month. I will be needing alot of help that week,
packing stuff up to be shipped. If you have time on the 26th, 27th,
28th that would be a great help. Also, I am going to need a companion
to drive the truck back from Miami for me after I bring the stuff down
to be shipped.
I am also still looking for a Kreyol speaking
film maker to document this journey to Haiti. We will pay your airfare
and a small stipend in cash, if we raise enough at the benefits coming
up.
So we are making the real prototype. The first one is, in all honesty,
kind of a dud. Sorry!
I wasted a whole week on this pattern that just didn't work at all. I
feel like an idiot. I wish the learning curve were not so steep on this.
It just sets us back in the whole process. I am keeping my sights on
May 1st.
In
other news, Eric Klein from Can do
called me yesterday and we had a
great talk. He offered to ship my domes for me from Miami on a cruise
ship! But this buys us back some time because shipping the domes from
Yonkers was going to take 18 days. From Miami it takes 2 days. So if I
rent a truck and drive the stuff to Miami, I can fly from there. That
cuts out some time, some of the time that I lost.
Also, funding.
We need donations to buy tools to bring with the dome kits to Haiti. If
you donate money through paypal, you can know that your money is going
to purchase tools to bring to the people who are rebuilding in Haiti.
We have been receiving on average about 1 donation a week and that is
not enough to sustain jack. Please send in a donation today, even
20
bucks helps.
Thanks for reading.
– Lopi LaRoe
info@domesforhaiti.org
http://domesforhaiti.blogspot.com
http://domesforhaiti.org