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DAN PHILLIPS, ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST INNOVATIVE GREEN HOME BUILDERS, TO APPEAR AT NEW MEXICO HOME BUILDERS, REMODELERS AND GREEN IDEAS SHOWCASE APRIL 10-11
Dan Phillips has made a name globally for building innovative homes for low-income families using recycled and salvaged materials. He’ll speak to guests at the New Mexico Home Builders, Remodelers and Green Ideas Showcase two times during the weekend:
Saturday, April 10, 12 – 12:45 p.m. Legitimizing Trash and Gentrifying Icky:
Building Recycled Houses
Sunday, April 11, 11 – 11:45 a.m. Building in the 21st Century: A New Toolbox
ABOUT DAN PHILLIPS AND THE PHOENIX COMMOTION
The Phoenix Commotion is a local building initiative created to prove that constructing homes with recycled and salvaged materials has viable place in the building industry. This process uses only apprentice labor and teaches marketable skills to anyone with a work ethic who is willing to swing a hammer. By keeping labor costs low and using donated or found materials, the homes created are truly affordable. No two are alike due to the myriad of materials used, so there is an artistic element that makes Phoenix Commotion homes truly unique. The initiative targets single parents, artists, and families with low incomes. The homeowner is required to be involved with the planning and construction of their own home. The result is a person who is empowered, not only by the use of knowledge and building skills, but by the opportunity to become part of a community as a vested participant.
Building the "after-market" house with this mission in mind addresses three major social problems with one activity.
- Reduction of Landfill Burden
- Low Income Housing
- Trained Unskilled Labor
NOTED FILM PRODUCER AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST CHRIS PAINE TO HIGHLIGHT NEW MEXICO HOME BUILDERS, REMODELERS AND GREEN IDEAS SHOWCASE, APRIL 10-11.
CHRIS PAINE APPEARANCE INFORMATION:
Saturday, April 10, 2010
11:00 – 11:45 AM
Chris Paine
The Making of the Documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car?” And Who Really Did Kill It?
12:00 – 1:30 PM
Alternative Fuel Vehicles Panel Discussion
Panelists: Chris Paine, “Who Killed the Electric Car?”
Frank Burcham, Alt. Fuel Vehicles Network.
1:45 – 3:15 PM
DVD Screening of “Who Killed the Electric Car?”
Introduced by producer Chris Paine.
Chris Paine is the writer/director of “Who Killed the Electric Car?” The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006 before its release by Sony Pictures. It then went on to become one of the most successful documentaries of the last ten years. His next documentary is “Revenge of the Electric Car” due in 2011.
Previously, Chris executive produced the motorcycle racing film “Faster,” with Ewan McGregor and “No Maps For These Territories,” about cyberpunk author William Gibson. On the entrepreneurial front, Chris co-founded Internet Outfitters, an early player on the web and Mondotronics a materials provider for the Mars Pathfinder mission.
Chris has appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Nightline, ABC World News Tonight and even updates his Facebook page.
Chris graduated from Colgate University in New York and was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.
SHOW INFORMATION:
What: Home Builders, Remodelers and Green Ideas Showcase
Location:Albuquerque Convention Center
401 2nd St. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Date and Time: April 9 11, 2010
Business Expo: Cost Effective Marketing in a Tough Economy
Friday, April 9 10 a.m. 5 p.m.
Public Hours: Saturday, April 10 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday, April 11 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Ticket Prices: $8 for adults; $5.00 for Juniors (13-17) Seniors (65+) and Active duty military. 12 under free.
Go Green and take Rail Runner, bus or bike and get in FREE!
For Additional Info: www.hbashowcase.com or www.igishows.com
To Exhibit, Contact: Rick Shoudt, 505-898-0661
For Media Information,
Contact:Kelly Hunter, Shiroma Southwest, 800-382-3054
Produced by Special Events Marketing LLC. Licensee is not an agent for or an affiliate of Home Builders Association of Central New Mexico