The Benefit Album

 

The future of the Print the Future campaign lies with this album.

To aid in the raising of funds for the “Print the Future” project, I've reached out to musicians in the area. Utah County has produced many successful artists in the recent past that would love to help assist the towns that they call home.

As an example, Imagine Dragons, a Grammy-winning band that started at the Velour in Provo, recently launched a campaign called the One4 Project. They released a song entitled “I Was Me” exclusively on iTunes about the homeless and refugees trying to regain their lives. The band has partnered with Apple and their record label KIDinaKORNER and Interscope so that 100 percent of proceeds can be donated to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to help those trying to recover from the things that have set them back in life.  They have now expanded this to effort to Print the Future campaign, including the song on our benefit album.  All proceeds will go towards the purchasing of large-scale 3D printers for Utah County.  This will  provide jobs and homes to our homeless community.

 

Imagine Dragons explain the purpose of their new benefit single, "I Was Me"

This benefit album, put together by bands that call Utah home, will not only raise the funds for this project, but bring awareness to helping the homeless and emergency preparedness. To test this process, I suggest purchasing one Delta 3D printer as a start and begin working on building temporary homes for the homeless in our area. Any potential kinks could be worked out and we would receive real-life feedback from the recipients of this temporary resource. In exchange for this shelter, the homeless will become part of the workforce that helps produce these homes. To take it a step further this will help solve the problem of many of the homeless population being unemployed, and help build the confidence that many of them need to get back on their feet.

Musician and Song Listing

Imagine Dragons - I Was Me

Fictionist - City at War

Neon Trees - Sins of My Youth

The Moth & The Flame - Sorry

Ryan Innes - Let It Be Me

Mimi Knowles - Lullaby

Dustin Christensen - Man in the Mirror

Joshua James - Ghost in the Town

The Print the Future Benefit Album will be available at the Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce and for immediate digital download on iTunes and Amazon.com.

 

Printing the Way to Recovery

Recently, the Italian innovator Massimo Moretti launched the world’s largest Delta 3D printer which creates nearly zero-cost homes out of mud.  Print the Future has plans to use this technology to not only prepare for natural disaster recovery, but to wipe out homelessness completely in Utah County.

 

Can you imagine a world without homelessness?  How about a world where natural disaster didn't leave millions of lives in devastation?  This is all on the verge of being a reality in Utah County.

 

More than 42 million individuals worldwide were forced to abandon their homes due to natural disasters in the year 2010.

 

Introduction

Utah County has been, and is likely to continue to be, the center of numerous different types of natural disasters. We sit on the edge of an enormous earthquake fault line, we have the potential to flood, experience landslides, wildfires and, of course, avalanches.  While these natural disasters are nearly impossible to fully prepare for due to their unpredictable nature, they are, however, inevitable.

The Facts

During the year 2010 there were more than 42 million individuals worldwide that were forced to abandon their homes due to natural disasters.  Just a few months ago, the most deadly natural disaster in the state of Utah’s history struck when a flash flood claimed nearly 20 lives in southern Utah.

Clearly the loss of life has numerous effects on the lives of those that knew them. However, there are many other effects that can leave life-long scars for those affected by natural disasters. These include homelessness, the spreading of disease, unemployment, and depression, just to name a few.

There is an already existing homeless problem in Utah County. In a 2012 report, it is shown that there are 16,522 homeless people in Utah, or .6% or the state’s population. Within that homeless population 45% are families. 86% of this population lives along the Wasatch Front.

The Objective

Recently, the Italian innovator Massimo Moretti launched the world’s largest Delta 3D printer which creates nearly zero-cost homes out of mud. These 3D printers can also “print” with other materials such as concrete, but mud is available readily (especially after a land slide) at nearly no cost. It also has a low carbon footprint and works as a natural insulator.

While some may argue that mud will hardly do the trick of providing shelter against the elements of rain and snow, keep in mind that this is to provide temporary shelter. In any case, an architect by the name of Nader Khalili, who has been working with earth as a building material for years, has solved this problem. Using fire to seal the mud would essentially create a “ceramic house” that would shield from the elements and waterproof these temporary homes.  Temporary homes could never replace what has been lost by individuals and families, but they do provide protection from potentially spreading diseases and sickness, which could lead to even more loss. This will allow for the community as a whole to be in better health, physically and mentally, which will also aid in the recovery process. There is nothing more empowering than being able to provide assistance for yourself, and then moving on to assist others. Everyone needs to be needed.

A Call to Action

Print the Future wants to provide the communities in Utah County with large scale 3D printers so that when natural disasters strike, we can begin rebuilding. As expected, these printers will not be free, but this investment will provide peace of mind in addition to the other already mentioned benefits.