LEAP's first endeavor was a competition called 'Recycle Ike' discovered by member Anthony Manzo. The challenge was to come up with a creative way to recycle and reuse some 700,000 cubic yards of solid waste debris created by Hurricane Ike in Houston. See the website:
With a fresh eagerness, and under the premature name of Pratt Environmental Coalition (which preceded the group actually picking a permanent group name), the team submitted the following submission of building block units created from compressed debris:
