by cbaillie | Nov 19, 2010 | argentina
One thing I had not anticipated when Waste for Life started in Buenos Aires, was the whole complication with market. Not that it hadn’t occurred to us – we knew within a few weeks that our preferred position – that of creating a bartering system – cartoneros producing...
by cbaillie | Nov 9, 2010 | argentina, cartoneros, cooperatives, design
Eric was determined that the better market would be the design/art clientele. I decided the local market in San Telmo was our thing. At 35 pesos average price in our survey at the market on Sunday I was satisfied and would need some serious convincing to look...
by cbaillie | Apr 11, 2010 | partners
Brainstorming – What do we have? Where do we go? Our homework from last class was to get together in groups and brainstorm products. The following ideas emerged: bags, toilet seat covers, guitar picks, plastic Armstrong bracelet, book covers, floor mats, pencil...
by cbaillie | Oct 26, 2007 | argentina, cartoneros
Renacer Lanzone or the Pheonix of the barrio Lazone is a social organisation run by Adam Guevara. Adam had an idea over twenty years ago, that CEAMSE should send the trucks to groups of cartoneros, before putting the garbage in the ground, so that they could take the...
by cbaillie | Oct 13, 2007 | argentina, cartoneros, cooperatives
It seems to me that the conversations we are having now with cooperatives about our project are more detailed and to the point than they were when we arrived. Of course, you will say, because you now know more about what you are doing. But in fact, I haven’t noticed...
by cbaillie | Oct 13, 2007 | argentina, technology
We recently developed links with Patricia Eisenberg’s group at the Plastics Department of INTI. Initially we hoped to be able to use the hotpress at INTI to try out some of the local materials but today we met Patricia and she was keen to move beyond this and to work...
by cbaillie | Sep 27, 2007 | argentina, technology
Whilst our partner Darko works away in Canada to try to get funding for future work (to build more hot presses in Africa), here in Buenos Aires I try to understand his design and interpret it for the potential hot press manufacturers that I have been speaking to. Its...
by cbaillie | Sep 11, 2007 | argentina, cartoneros
After an aborted attempt two weeks ago to start our theatre group at Bajo Flores, we were very excited yesterday to meet five shy individuals who wanted to explore what we had to offer. We really had no idea what they had been told at the sorting unit but three women...
by cbaillie | Sep 11, 2007 | argentina, cartoneros, cooperatives
Yesterday Maria Virginia welcomed us again into her home in Ituzaingo. I am not sure why it surprises me that life moves on so quickly for our Urban Recoverer friends. Virginia had mended her van and was about to sell all her current supplies of recyclables as she had...
by cbaillie | Sep 9, 2007 | argentina, cartoneros
Carlos Perini and his cooperative Avellenada was in a much healthier place this week when we visited. I wanted to make sure Carlos did not think we had forgotten him even though we still didn’t have any firm plans for a hotpress so we returned and met with several...
