TEDx Creative Coast

Counter Clockwise, Victoria Van Arnam, and Renee Chiaverini pose with the Loci Design interns Walter Woods and Clayton Dodd in front of the TEDx sign.

     On Friday, Flagler SIFE and Loci Design exhibited at the TEDx sponsored by Creative Coast in Savannah GA. We were demonstrating innovative ideas on how to give old shipping containers a new life.

     It was an incredible opportunity to go to TEDx, seeing the movers, shakers and thinkers of Savannah really motivated us to implement these ideas in St. Augustine. 

     Containers for a Cause is moving forward on several different fronts.  We are working on several large partnerships with different groups and following several leads from the conference to secure land and money for our containers.

    Containers for a Cause is working to make low income housing out of shipping containers.

Containers for a Cause

Our Containers for a Cause project is moving along rapidly. We already have a container, which will be transformed into our first home shortly in the St. Augustine Record’s parking lot. We are working on several parallel paths that start from our initial container idea and expand out in multiple directions.

Our partners from Loci Designs have arrived in St. Augustine and have set up their equipment alongside our editing station, making it a rather cramped space considering the lack of air conditioning. We are working closely with Loci Design to create a concrete plan for our Containers for a Cause project.

In addition, today, June 9, we presented our idea to Dr. Proctor. Dr. Proctor was supportive and gave us several other exciting directions to consider for the project.

Currently, we are preparing a presentation for the St. John’s County on how our containers can reduce the local recidivism rate. We are also preparing to present at a TEDx conference in Savannah, GA on June 18.