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Dan Phillips is an American designer and builder from Texas. He is the founder and face of Phoenix Commotion, a construction company established in 1997. Phoenix Commotion focuses on designing Eco-friendly homes for low-income individuals and families〔Mitchell, Stephanie. 29 September 2009. ‘Making Home more Sustainable’. Online Article. Oprah. Accessed on 26 October 2011, http://www.oprah.com/home/Making-Homes-More-Sustainable〕 such as struggling artists and single mothers.〔Thomson, Ann (Interviewer). “One’s Mans Trash is Another Mans House”. Online Video Clip. MSNBC The TODAY Show Online. Accessed on 26 October 2011, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/34126116#34126116〕 The company’s goals include reducing landfill burdens through the use of excess and recyclable materials; providing low-income housing through selection of cheap materials and labor; and allowing opportunities for the unemployed by training unskilled workers. As a profit organization Phoenix Commotion hopes to show the financial and ethical benefits of sustainable building and challenge current standard building codes and building methods, which favor the use of raw materials.〔Ferrell, Jeff. 2005. Salvage Operation: A study of Social Criminology. NYU Press pg 155〕 ==Background== Dan Phillips grew up in Littleton, Colorado. He is the youngest of three children to George Phillips, a former lumber company owner and Phoebe, a homemaker (died in 1979).〔Lynch, Jason. 2005, March. Surreal Estate. People Magazine Vol. 57 No. 11. Article Online. Accessed on 26 October 2011 http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20136668,00.html〕 Phillips undertook a master’s degree in dance at Sam Houston State University. In 1969 Dan Phillips married wife Marsha Phillips a formal high school teacher,〔Murphy, Kate. 3 September 2009. ‘One Man’s Trash’. Online Article. The New York Times. Accessed on 26 October 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/garden/03recycle.html〕 they have two children Ian and Phoebe.〔 Previously Dan Phillips worked as an intelligence officer in the Army, a college dance instructor (during the 1970s),〔 an antiques dealer/restorer (1983)〔 and an organized cryptogram puzzle maker.〔 In 1997 Dan Phillips and his wife mortgaged their family home to establish the construction company (Phoenix Commotion ), based from Huntsville, Texas.〔 Phillips is a self-taught carpenter, electrician and plumber 〔 and has no formal training in design or construction.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dan Phillips」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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