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Nek Chand Chandigarh - India

I created the world’s largest work of art made from recycled objects

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The doyen of Shamengo pioneers spent 40 years of his life collecting numberless bits of construction waste from sites around the city.

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  • Nek Chand
    I created the world’s largest work of art made from recycled objects
  • Esteban Chornet
    I fill up my tank with what you throw away
  • Aurelia Wolf
    I created an open-source machine to make natural dyes. 
  • Simon Vélez
    I use bamboo like others use iron
  • Patricia Dutreux
    These wood bricks don't need nails, screws, or glue
  • Phil Morgan
    My restaurant runs on hydroelectric energy
  • Wolfram Palitzsch
    I recycle rare earth metals
  • Javier Fernandez
    I invented a shrimp-based bioplastic
  • Alan Heeger
    I invented flexible solar panels
  • Catia Bastioli
    I harvest thistles to make bioplastic
  • Hommage à Charles-Edouard Oksenhendler, fondateur de la Ferme de la Glutamine
  • Ernesto Gramsh
    My invention could save your skin
  • Bethelem Tilahun
    My soleRebel shoes get extra miles out of old tires
  • Sandra Aguebor
    I keep women off the streets by training them to be mechanics
  • Masaki Takao
    I make bioethanol from your old clothes
  • Peggy Pascal
    I pioneered farming in a bag
  • Tony Meloto
    I’ve helped a million Filipinos out of extreme poverty
  • wong Mun Summ
    I doubled green space by building a hotel
  • Bunker Roy
    I created the Barefoot College
  • Thierry Jacquet
    I use plants to clean toxic soil
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