So cleaning beaches (and helping hotels thrive), cleaning air (preventing respiratory distress), employing a team (contributing to economy), utilizing sargassum (encasing carbon waste), donating homes(protecting families), honoring his grandparents(praising the family name), inspiring others(making a worldwide impact), ... what a great guy!

I love the fact that he gives away his bricks to people and familys in his community in need for free, even with all the success and hard work hes done you can tell hes never forgotten his humble roots.

The fact that you just have a functionally infinite supply of organic plant matter washing up on the beaches means when you find good uses for it, running out would mean you have mostly solved the problem. Bless this man. Removing invasive species and helping fix the problems humanity has caused itself while also directly helping others is something I want to do. Lonicera maackii, also known as bush honeysuckle, is the most invasive plant where I live. This makes me wonder if I could mulch the plants and do something with it. The wood is not strong and never straight, so I wonder if mulching it would make it useful. I'll have to research that. The plant has taken over so much of my local woods.

My dad was awesome; he bought us a home six months after we arrived in the US. He was just a cook at a cafeteria, and a large part of our nutrition was from leftovers the director, Mrs Occonor, gave him for us. The family cleaned a private school after he came home from work for about a year so he could pay off the second loan on our home. Of 9 kids, 7 of us graduated from university or post-graduate degrees. The others got rich instead. That little house in SBA is close to 2 million today. He was the hardest-working man in Mexico and the US. He reminds me a lot of this man in looks and determination. Gracias Papa.

Dude deserves the Nobel Prize for what he is doing.

I have so much respect for him! Even built his own house using his bricks which means he really believes in it

This guy presented almost two years ago at Playa del Carmen's very first TEDx event .... He's absolutely a hero and so many many people are so so grateful to him !

When I saw the story about this seaweed washing up on beaches, I thought, if only humans could see this as an opportunity instead of a problem. Kudos to Omar to do what the big corporations couldn't even fathom. We need more people like Omar in this world!

It’s amazing what humans are capable of . He came back to Mexico with 55 dollars. And now look at him . Over came addiction and heartache. Gives back to the community. What a wonderful man!

I also returned home, to Mexico. I’m so happy to be back. Love my culture. This guys is creative and it shows the Mexican ingenuity.

The Mexican people NEVER cease to delight and amaze me with their ingenuity. This is a rich culture that I wish Canada had much, much more of.

Do they wear masks to protect themselves from the breathing problems associated with the sargassum? I sincerely hope the rich tourist industry gives Omar and his employees anything they need to stay healthy and streamline their business so there is less "hard" labor. I agree, he should get the Nobel prize or some recognition by the whole world for this! What a wonderful man, inspiring story. Gracias, Omar!

Went to America and was out of a home for thirty years. Went to Mexico and built a business out of $55. That is so wild! What a legend.

I'm impressed that these blocks just need to be dried, and don't require firing, thus saving a lot of energy over traditional fired bricks

Super touching that he made a replica of his childhood home. That's real sweet man, respect to this guy's character. Solid dude

This man has done wonders for his country! He is a very proud but humble man. With his ideas, there is hope.

Stuff like this makes me feel like making my own recycle business

They literally pay him to remove the waste then he sells the bricks he makes from the waste. We’re all in 2023 while this man is in 2077.

I'm American and I love Mexico and her people! We used to go live in Mexico during the summer in the 1970s and we would live on the beaches near small villages and as a kid I would run around all day with the other local kids, it was beautiful. I haven't been in years due to finances but miss it. This man is an inspiration to us all and hopefully his business grows and grows!

Humanitarian innovation like this should be encouraged and shared more!

This is so moving..in my family we never had a home of ourselves until all my siblings grew up and made our own lives, the first house we had was very humble but it was ours and that made such a huge difference from paying a rent even though our house didn't have a floor nor windows. You need to lack something to value what you achieve later.

This guy's a GENIUS. And also an amazing human being. I wonder if a hay baler would work or could be used or modified to bind up the sargasso for transport? Certainly a mulched could be used or modified to chop it and a mill could be used or modified to pulverize it, and then existing industrial brick making techniques could be used. I hope like hell this man doesn't get screwed by a big corporation.

This is the American dream and I'm glad he found it in Mexico! Gracias Omar!🎉❤

I’m glad you gave him the air/UKposts time. He deserves credit for what he is doing. I hope politics doesn’t wipe out the possibilities this (seemingly) simple technology has.

This man's existence is a gift to the world, he will work harder, go farther and beyond many others. Keep it up, one brick at a time.

So great to see Mexican entrepreneurs serve the country and use the natural resources of Mexico for a great purpose! I really love this! Thank you for making this documentary!!

It’s cost effective, environmentally friendly innovations like these that make me want to be a materials scientist

Eres un héroe nacional ! Más mexicanos como tu

It is said that this stuff would usually go to landfills, it’s awesome to see it not going to waste.

It actually makes a ton of sense why it's able to sustain the weather like that and absolutely bless this man and his entire team. I wish I could highlight and help people like this but what they're doing is just so inspiring! It's amazing what people can do and what they do for others with what they got. I hope for him to have success for all the rest of his days, bless what he does. The world needs so many more people like him in it.

He's so kind. He deserves every blessing!

Amazing attitude + incredible ability = Omar's bricks. Omar is one-of-a-kind. The world is lucky to have him. God bless him and keep him healthy and safe.

Thank You 🙏🏾 Mr. Omar for setting the example and returning to your Homeland and Doing Something About It! “VIVA MEXICO”🇲🇽. 🙏🏾☮️👊🏾😎

Incredible work by a thoughtful, hardworking man and his crew. So much of this business model can be encouraged in elementary, secondary, and tertiary school projects. Ingenuity for all of us. Thanks, Omar!

its a blessing to have innovative people living on this planet because 90% of the world wait for someone to come up with ideas

When I saw this story I had to check it out. My respects to this man. Tackling a lot of the world's problems all at once.

The increase in Sargassum seaweed maybe a good thing. and turning them into bricks might be even better. The increase might be from the increase in CO2, and some algae makes Calcium carbonate. I checked and Sargassum does contain Calcium carbonate. That means it is helping reduce atmospheric CO2 and it stores it in a far more permanent form than trees. making it into bricks might pull it away from being put back into the environment.

Omar Vazquez, necesitamos más mexicanos como tú. Admirable tu emprendimiento. Te mereces todo el éxito que coseches con tu invento.

What an inspiring story, un orgullo ser Mexicano.

This is a fantastic story. I love the fact that he went back home because thats where his heart was. And hes making a difference.

Fantastic idea. Using, otherwise useless materials that can withstand hurricanes and adjust to the temperatures. Amazing! True Entrepreneur.

what an amazing man, i hope he can convince his local government to implement sargablock homes.

What an ingenious man! May he live long and prosper!

This is great. Using an invasive species and easily available materials for a durable, renewable, energy efficient material that can be made in any place where it washes up.

I live in Mexico, and there is lots of sargassum. They are making adobe houses here in Baja with recycled tires.

I lived for a while in Mexico and after seeing people taking stuff that could be considered garbage (tin cans, wire, nur shells from walnuts etc, paint , thread, inner tubes and so on) and seeing the people make beautiful items to sell so they could support their families. The creativity, the imagination, making something out of practically nothing, I admire so much. By the way, one item I saw , fell in love with , bought and used and admitted for many years were some little Christmas ornaments made from nut shells with little tiny scenes inside of the nuts. One was a wedding, another was a bullfight and audience. Beautiful little items. Wire was made into tiny hinges for the doors cut into the side of the nuts so you could open them to see the tiny scene inside the nut. A cut piece of tin can made the latch to hold the doors shut. One nut was weird shaped and with imagination they turned it into a little bird. A rooster actually. Inner tube was cut to make the rooster's comb. The inside scene was a wedding. The people were made of wire, string and construction paper. The inside of the nut was painted . The bridesmaid and groomsman were each on a door . With the doors shut it was a rooster and the doors are its wings. A piece of another nut was glued to the bottom of the rooster so it would stand on a flat surface. It is amazing that they can turn something like tin cans and nuts into a thing of beauty. I used to live near a little store that had all kinds beautiful and useful things all made from tin cans and a bit of paint.

This man is a genius. His turning waste into blessings is so heart warming.

This is such an amazing story. The world needs more of this. See a problem, solve a problem and create something new and useful from the problem.

what a kind down to earth man. Success hasn't made him lose sight of whats important. Bless him.

I am so happy he returned and is making such a difference in Mexico!!!!

The world needs more people like this man

What an inspiring an aspirational story. Wish him the best with this business.

NUNCA hay que dudar de la creatividad de los mexicanos e iniciativa de los mexicanos!

Simply amazing. !!!! Gives me hope. Thank you Omar!!!!

He should get a Nobel prize. I watched this video with a smile. Proud of my paisano

Great! All loam-bricks are a combination of clay, sand and plant-fibres. If hemp or wood or Cocos or seaweed doesn*t matter. The more plant fiber, the better for insulation against heat and cold, but at the cost of stability. Therefore a mixture of 40% plant fibres is good. One concern would be the amount of salt, that might cause problems in humid and cold areas. But in mexico and in a small scale business, no problems should arise. Loam is an excellent material and in many ways superior to gypsum or cement, which dominate the housing market today.

What a wonderful story: good for Omar for being such a great entrepreneur, and for you for finding and promoting him. 👏👏👏🙌🏻

Amazing , excellent and I’m so happy to see that Barbados is one of the countries that has reached out for help. Thank you.

What a great story!! What a great man. He found a way to help the world and help others too. I hope for him much more success.

What an amazing man! He has never forgotten his roots and wants to help people and their homes. He is helping the environment, cleaning up the beaches, and giving people jobs.

Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful man's success story! What a wonderful person he his and what a gift to the world.

Genius!!! Create a blessing from a problem! Simple, down to earth honest guy, true inspirational example to imitate. 😍😍😍

This is the most inspiring story I have seen in years! Gracias Don Omar por todo lo que estás haciendo por el mundo 🌎

Imagine how many bricks they can make if they have a machine to collect the sargassum and a factory to process the bricks.

I was on these mexican beaches and i saw people out there every single day shoveling this stuff away. It is insane how much of this seaweed there was. Talk about a money making operation with free almost infinite resources.

What an inspiring story, un orgullo ser Mexicano.. Eres un héroe nacional ! Más mexicanos como tu.

This is what we need more of! Using readily available for resources to meet our growing needs

I like this idea. The smiles that they give are priceless. Your mother and grandparents would be proud of you.

I love the fact that he was able to buy some land working here in México and all the time it was in the US he made it back only with $55, México is beatiful if you are not going to be an employee for a company, if you are a self employee or a buisness owner you are going to have a better life than a US employee

God bless this dude for moving up in the world and in his own country! Glad he is helping our Earth to benefit by helping others. Viva Mexico 🇲🇽😁

What an incredible story, incredible community, and incredible human being. Gave me a giant dose of hope for humanity and for this planet

That what we need more in Mexico. People that believe in themselves and their community. This is a lesson to all entrepreneurs of the world. You can thrive, do well and make your community better. And guess what be HAPPY. Felicidades compatriota. Si requieres un invercionista aqui estoy!

Happy for this guy too have finally found his true purpose in life feeling good and safe about it while helping out the locals and communities cleaning up this waste to be repurposed. :) I hope it goes world wide!

This man we need more of! Finding ways to make something useful out of basically nasty trash - that's amazing!

Apart from everything else, I just love the vibe this man gives in the interview! Really with happiness he does it.

I admire this man so much. He is hard proof that no matter your current situation, it CAN get better with a little bit of elbow grease.

This is an elegant solution to the sargassum problem.

It always bodes well with me that the person making homes lives in one he built out of materials he built. I mean that as in, he trusts his own materials enough to use it himself. I like that.

Truly a Mexican the hardest working people with a heart

This man is what intelligence, hard work and humanity can produce... I did this, and you can too he says! We should see this and be inspired!

Congratulations Omar. It is sad to see people like you leave our country but I understand fully. I am happy for you. Stay strong.

Brilliant and positive use of resources!

what an admirable man and an amazing business model. it ticks all the boxes of what we should do as humans: innovate, clean, build, give back and make lives better. what a wonderful example for all of us. bravo sir!

Great story! He is a blessing to his community, and I hope his project can be replicated worldwide. God Bless him

This is actually amazing, I lived close to beaches for long and many ways were found to recycle, get rid off or even control zargazo but none of them were long lasting or effective to be used forever. Seeing this makes me really happy

Omar is speaking the truth. Mexico is my American dream❤❤❤ Viva Mexico 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 gracias Omar for your work youll be blessed.,..the homes built from your bricks are beautiful

This is truly amazing. One thing I wonder though; is there an easier, more efficient way to capture the sargassum that washes ashore than using pitchforks and a lot of physical labor? I'm sure somebody could invent some kind of collector that spits out the sand but collects the sargassum. Similar to how a lawn mower works with the grass hopper or something. Maybe have some kind of attachment to a 4-wheeler? At any rate, this is awesome and I love hearing about how people turn waste into something useful and/or environmentally friendly.

40% seaweed and 60% dirt is more dirt bricks than seaweed; that being said, seems a good recycle opportunity. I'd worry something with an organic compound might not be completely water-resistant, but if it can stand up to corrosion as good as regular bricks then hey, sounds good to me!

There are two types of people in this world! One who destroys and the other who restores, and people like Omar who is not only restoring our environment but changing many peoples life. He is an absulute climate hero. We would love to add this video to one of our playlist to inspire more people ~Team Planet cents

This man is the gift that keeps on giving. If you want to look up to someone, let it be this guy

Wonderful story, very well done to you, for your brick making venture and building homes and taking the seaweed that is choking the oceans. In my opinion. NSW Australia

Wonderful to see such people do great work for other people and environment 👏👏. The world needs more people like him 👏

What a great man he saw something others didn't and changed lives.

God bless these people that helps others

The inventor is in all of us - all we have to do is dream and work towards making that dream become reality!

What an incredible person -- so generous, creative and innovative.

Could be made into a fertilizer also

We need more people like Omar.

This man is a hero! Many blessings upon you and all you help.

Incredible story and a truly great example of rethinking a problem into an opportunity!