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Maria Marasigan – Community Organizer and Earthship Activist

Maria Marasigan, 35, New York, USA

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Maria Marasigan | Photo by Federica Miglio

So why are you here?

In all the years that these typhoons have been happening in the Philippines, there still isn’t a system, or some kind of preparedness, or a change in how rebuilds happen and what relief is like here. The government supports the people in a very hand out, reactive, short-term way.

Having done the Earthship internship in November, I saw how waste is used for housing, the systems of water catchment, solar, and all of these things that are really looking at the long-term and self-sufficiency. Having less dependency on a government that doesn’t really serve you. Not just here in the Philippines, but everywhere, all over the world, including the United States. After disasters like Katrina and Sandy, people are still waiting for relief when they should already be rebuilding, and that still isn’t happening.

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Michael Reynolds – Creator of Earthship Biotecture

Michael Reynolds:

Earthship Biotecture is sort of like a virus. It starts growing a little bit in some place. It may be squelched due to codes and regulations but it comes right back. It’s kind of happening everywhere. We’re all over the world all the time now. I’m going from here to Alberta and then to Easter Island. It’s everywhere.

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Michael Reynolds | Photo by Federica Miglio

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The Philippines by Windship: Intro to Interview Series

On November 8th, 2013, the people of the Philippines were struck by the most powerful tropical cyclone to ever hit land. Typhoon Haiyan, or Yolanda as the locals call it, ripped through the Eastern Visayas Islands, destroying or damaging nearly every standing structure in some areas as the wind pulled a typical house apart piece by piece. In the village of Batug, a sleepy community subsisting on the local coconut industry, most people’s homes were simply blown into the jungle.

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Installing The Birdcage | Photo by Federica Miglio

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