http://www.ecorazzi.com/2008/12/08/pbs-crowns-environmental-12-year-old-trash-to-treasure-winner/ Causes Entertainment Lifestyle Pop Culture Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ecorazzi.com/2008/12/08/pbs-crowns-environmental-12-year-old-trash-to-treasure-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-173634 Mandy Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:59:59 +0000 http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=11140#comment-173634 Perhaps if he doesn't care about the money, he'll donate it to a homeless shelter or a Hurricane Katrina victim. Perhaps if he doesn’t care about the money, he’ll donate it to a homeless shelter or a Hurricane Katrina victim.

]]> http://www.ecorazzi.com/2008/12/08/pbs-crowns-environmental-12-year-old-trash-to-treasure-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-170824 A Home For Plastic Bags, and Plastic Bags For a Home Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:43:25 +0000 http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=11140#comment-170824 [...] Congratulations to 12-year-old Max Wallack — he can now claim the distinct honor of having won PBS Kids Design Squad’s “Trash to Treasure” competition, by giving plastic bags and packing peanuts a worthwhile new purpose. So just what was the brilliant idea Max came up with? Wallack invented a “Home Dome,” a structure made of plastic bags filled with Styrofoam packing peanuts, designed to serve as a temporary shelter for homeless people and disaster victims. It also would help relieve landfill growth. Max was awarded a $10,000 prize provided by the Intel Foundation, but said: “I don’t really care about the money. I care about helping people.” [...] [...] Congratulations to 12-year-old Max Wallack — he can now claim the distinct honor of having won PBS Kids Design Squad’s “Trash to Treasure” competition, by giving plastic bags and packing peanuts a worthwhile new purpose. So just what was the brilliant idea Max came up with? Wallack invented a “Home Dome,” a structure made of plastic bags filled with Styrofoam packing peanuts, designed to serve as a temporary shelter for homeless people and disaster victims. It also would help relieve landfill growth. Max was awarded a $10,000 prize provided by the Intel Foundation, but said: “I don’t really care about the money. I care about helping people.” [...]

]]> http://www.ecorazzi.com/2008/12/08/pbs-crowns-environmental-12-year-old-trash-to-treasure-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-170379 Jen Hamilton Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:40:58 +0000 http://www.ecorazzi.com/?p=11140#comment-170379 What a cute kid and a great idea. I love that he said that the money didn't matter but helping people did. His parents should be proud. What a cute kid and a great idea. I love that he said that the money didn’t matter but helping people did. His parents should be proud.

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