Green Prototype Home Displayed at World Social Forum in Mexico City

A group of 16 Mexican NGOs put together a green prototype home as part of an eco-exhibit at the World Social Forum, which concluded Sunday. While not a complete house (it was missing a roof), the prototype home, set up on Mexico City's Zocalo, or central plaza, served as a kind of shell for demonstrating various eco-technologies and materials such as solar panels and hot water heaters, gray water filters, biodegradable cleaning products, composting, and dry toilets. The project was headed up by

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