Regarding the plastic water bottles project for disaster relief (“Recycling Plastic Bottles for Disaster Relief”): We at Friendship Bottles are getting quite a bit of wind in our sails after the Maker Faire in NYC last fall. CBS is wanting to discuss doing a story in spring, we’re talking to Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York about having a permanent exhibit on the bottle project next year, we heard from a STEM teacher who wants to do a project in his classroom, and a parent volunteer wants to include an exhibit at a science fair that their school is doing.

And it was so fun to watch the kids build with the bottles; the experience center that RPI came up with was fantastic and a huge hit! And it wasn’t just young kids; parents were building with their kids; kids in their early teens were building things. I overheard a couple different parents trying unsuccessfully to coax their kids into leaving the play area to go on to other exhibits.

We so appreciate the tremendous collaboration with RPI; it’s fueling tremendous opportunities for environmental and humanitarian impact.

Tim Carlson, Creator of the Interlocking Water Bottles,
Arlington, Virginia