• The Joys of Mission Creep

    Posted on March 26, 2011

    By Scott Boylston OK, so we have our hands full, and our minds are focused on building material reclamation. That’s true. It’s also true that within the operational range of Emergent Structure’s mission, our plate is already very full—we don’t need to look anywhere else in order to find work to do. But how can […]

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  • All in a Day’s Work

    Posted on January 23, 2011

    By Scott Boylston Snow in Savannah. That was the least newsworthy event that took place at the material harvest center this past Saturday. Over 50 volunteers and 10 carpenter apprentices gathered in the large parking lot outside the warehouse to denail materials that were reclaimed from the first phase of the Savannah Gardens redevelopment project. […]

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  • ‘Pulling’ for Shuman Elementary School

    Posted on January 9, 2011

    By Scott Boylston We’re starting 2011 with a bang…and plenty of pulls. On Saturday, January 22nd,  Emergent Structures and the Girls Scouts of Historic Georgia (GSHG) are coordinating a major denailing event. Studs and tongue-and-groove paneling from Phase One of the Savannah Gardens redevelopment will be the subject of our attention. The material is left […]

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  • Putting Pressure Back on the Trusses

    Posted on September 15, 2010

    By Scott Boylston Our last post on the Girl Scouts project provided a total number of trusses harvested over the three day event this past July. That number was 62. What we haven’t been able to report until now was that the Girl Scouts weren’t done after that 3 day weekend; over the course of […]

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  • Hot Times with the Girl Scouts

    Posted on July 25, 2010

    By Scott Boylston We have a whole lot of numbers to share with you about the amount of materials that we helped the Girl Scouts harvest over the weekend from a site otherwise scheduled for the landfill, but we’ll start here: Day One of the Girl Scouts Volunteer Building Material Harvest: 95º, one short of […]

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  • Been Busy: Initiative 4

    Posted on July 21, 2010

    By Scott Boylston Two buildings on the site of Savannah Gardens will give way this weekend to the whim of Girl Scouts. The reclaimed materials will be used for an eco-camp on Rose Dhu Island, a magnificent piece of land surrounded by meandering rivers. The eco-camp is intended to enhance girls’ knowledge of and appreciation […]

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  • In the Zone

    Posted on June 3, 2010

    By Scott Boylston We’re looking forward to our summer. The old saying goes, you get what you ask for, and yes, we most definitely have. We have complexity, oh yes we do. But along with the complexity—along with this wild collaborative network we’ve nurtured—we have excitement, and meaning, and passionate interest from those throughout the […]

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  • Go, Green Girls, Go!

    Posted on November 21, 2009

    By Scott Boylston I am a Girl Scout. I’m not just a believer; not just a supporter; not just willing to do anything I can to make sure that the Girls Scouts get all the reclaimed materials they need to build their eco-village on the magnificent island of Rose Dhu; I am one of them, […]

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