Dr.
Jeff Wilson, a professor of environmental science at Huston-Tillotson
University, is perfectly okay with throwing away his life — literally.
He recently announced his plan to live in a dumpster for a full year,
all in the name of sustainable living.
As
Mother Nature Network reports, “Wilson will be taking up residence in a
33-square-foot abode — 1 percent the size of the new American home in
2011 as the Dumpster Project website points out — fashioned out of an
authentic used dumpster.” Maybe he was inspired by Dumb as a Blog’s
recent list ofDumb Things Found in the Trash and wanted to include
academia as a contender?
But
to be fair, this isn’t just any dumpster – this is more of a Megatron
Dumpster 3000. With a toilet, a bed, a compact kitchen, wi-fi and air
conditioning, the only thing he’s missing is a reason to leave. And
maybe a hot shower.
Apparently,
this is a guy who really loves to talk trash. In fact, he likes talking
trash so much that he plans to take his dumpster home creation around
the state of Texas and possibly around the country. Though the trash
talk he gets in return might not be so nice: It’s easy to pick on a guy
who lives in a glorified garbage can.
Parents
of environmental science majors at the school must be eager to have
their kids sign up for a course with the dumpster diving doctor. They
can only hope the first lecture will offer a lesson in how to make
enough money to never have to live in a dumpster.
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