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Contents 1 Selecting a site 2 Construction Steps: 1 - 22 3 Finishing touches 4 The next steps: how YOU can empower a community to build a bottle school 5 Appendices

Welcome to the Bottle School Wiki!

Please, Read This First for information on how to use this Wiki, and how to provide feedback.

Please contact us if you require a PDF version of the Bottle School Manual.

Please email heenal@hugitforward.org if you have any questions or if you need any help.

Selecting a site

1. Community
2. Participation
3. Things to consider
4. Finding a site
5. Collecting bottles
6. Environmental education
7. Skilled & Unskilled Labor

Construction Steps: 1 - 22

This is to serve as a general guide to the execution of bottle school construction. This manual is not designed to teach you how to build a bottle school single-handed. Your job will be to bring many people together with different roles and skills to make the project work well. We're not expecting you to know how to mix cement or tie rebar, but a good understanding of the basic principles will make you a better facilitator.

1. Bottles – collection & collaboration
2. Bottle Size Variation Chart
3. Making “eco-bricks”
4. Clear and level land
5. Foundation
6. Pins
7. Columns and Beams
8. Lower Beams
9. Columns
10. Columns and beams
11. Columns & Beams for Doors
12. Diagrams for Columns & Beams
13. Floor Beam
14. Intermediate and top beam
15. Roof
16. Chicken Wire 1
17. Chicken Wire 2
18. Placing Bottles in the Wall
19. Plaster
20. Floor
21. Doors & Windows
22. Finishes

Finishing touches

1. Decoration
2. Inauguration
3. Bringing volunteers

The next steps: how YOU can empower a community to build a bottle school

1. Getting started
2. Project Requirements
3. Project Timeline
4. Application Packet

Appendices

1. Completed bottle schools
2. About Hug It Forward
3. Bottle Schools in the news
4. Environmental Education Materials
5. How to get in touch