Comments on: 12-year-old Makes Homeless Shelter from Trash

By: home interior

home interior — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:11:00 +0000

hahahhaha… he really creative kids… More Home interior

By: home interior

home interior — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:10:00 +0000

hahahhaha… he really creative kids…

By: Skye

Skye — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:48:00 +0000

Where can you buy one of these? Does anyone know?

By: plumbing

plumbing — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:59:00 +0000

Plastics are very hard to eliminate. The molecular bonds of plastic makes it so durable that result to low natural processes of degradation. Likewise, burning plastic can release toxic fumes. Max’ idea of making a house out of trash like plastic is already one way of eliminating plastic and helping our environment.

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By: Jon54125

Jon54125 — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:18:00 +0000

that is really amzing everyday more and moer people turn trash into treasure it is very amazing and creative

By: Dominic

Dominic — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:05:17 +0000

You all fail…

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 03:27:45 +0000

Leave it to a kid to figure out the right way to start thinking about dwellings. Great post and blog.

By: Mel

Mel — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:21:12 +0000

Has anyone else noticed that you put this twice? But anyway, it may be just a “tent” to you but to a homeless person they would really appreciate it, I bet if you became homeless you wouldn’t be saying it’s just a tent and appreciate the effort this kid used to help out others. At least some people actually try to help out other people other than themselves and their pocketbooks. I admire this kid for what he’s done.

By: Rosita

Rosita — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:32:04 +0000

This is a very clever idea from a 13 year old, but cannot compete with the practical solutions of adults.

The dome does not look waterproof: there are gaps between the panels which are not covered. Air can get in, which is important, but so can water.

The plastic skin, and probably also the peanut filling, will disintegrate in the sun after a few months.

The inside is unsuitable for anything but sleeping or resting. It is unsuitable for cooking and would probably not do well as a bathroom.

The bottom line, of course, is that it suffers the same problem as tents – finding free land to put it on.