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5 people are interested
Single studio Dumpster seeking Bookkeeper extraordinaire
ORGANIZATION: Dumpster Project
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5 people are interested
The Dumpster Project needs your help keeping our books in order. We're seeking individuals with non-profit accounting experience.
You can decide your schedule, and working remotely is ideal - although we want someone local to meet with on a regular basis. So, you need to access to a computer and transportation to come over to east Austin for meetings.
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About Dumpster Project
Location:
900 Chicon St, Suite D, Austin, TX 78702, US
Mission Statement
The Dumpster Project’s mission is two-fold. We aim to build the most carefully designed small living space ever constructed, and we aim to educate and inspire the next generation to live in a more sustainable manner via science, technology, engineering, math, film, and interactive media.
Description
The Dumpster Project is many things: a sustainable home for a professor, a portable learning lab, a minimalist experiment and, most importantly, a creative branch of a wider green campus initiative at Huston-Tillotson University, a historically black institution located in the heart of East Austin.
So, how on earth do you transform a dumpster? That’s exactly the question that project lead, Jeff Wilson, asked while staring at a dumpster in a Starbucks parking lot over two years ago. Wilson, an environmental science professor and dean at Huston Tillotson, will be collaborating with students, scientists, engineers and the wider community by taking a used dumpster and retrofitting it into one of the world’s smallest sustainable homes over the course of a year. He’ll be living in the dumpster from start to finish and as the dumpster evolves, the student dorms and wider campus will also undergo a major eco-upgrade.
The Dumpster Project aims to start a conversation around the idea of "less is more" by taking a creative and engaging route instead of a preachy one. Wilson and his students are suggesting that you can be a normal American--drive a car, work a job, be a parent, and contribute to society-- all while living well in a small, low-impact space. The project also hopes to spark interest in the way that fun and forward-thinking innovation can help address the challenges facing both current and future generations as our world becomes increasingly complex.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
900 Chicon StAustin, TX 78702
DATE POSTED
August 20, 2014
SKILLS
- Bookkeeping
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
N/A