by efeinblatt | Aug 15, 2007 | argentina, cooperatives
We’ve been in BA for six weeks and during each of those weeks we’ve seen parked cars or pickups with large liquid-filled bottles on their hoods or roofs. At first it was just a curiosity, and we had fun trying to guess what was going on, but eventually the...
by cbaillie | Aug 15, 2007 | argentina, cartoneros, cooperatives
Last week disappeared very quickly in a kaleidoscope of visits to all manner of extraordinary places outside the city. The first visit was to La Vallol where went to visit a ‘Barrios de Pie’ home building project. Except there were no building materials and so no work...
by cbaillie | Aug 2, 2007 | argentina, cartoneros
The question of who owns the waste is a constant theme here in Buenos Aires. It is clear that the residents are made aware that they dont own it once its put in the street. The private/public organisations that run the trucks to collect the waste believe they own it,...
by cbaillie | Aug 2, 2007 | argentina, cartoneros
Today we went to the Bajo Flores recycling centre in another very poor barrio. The collective here has developed a separation plant – the first of four planned in Buenos Aires, where the members buy waste, delivered to them in trucks (which sometimes arrive at...
by cbaillie | Jul 30, 2007 | argentina, cartoneros
Ok so I thought I knew how to use the ‘Guia’ – the incredible bus route map for the whole of the city. I was getting impatient and decided that we had to meet with some more cartoneros. We had contacts and I decided to call them up despite my horrible Spanish. After...
by efeinblatt | Jul 30, 2007 | argentina
Previously we mentioned the friendly welcome we received from Carlos Levinton and his research group at the University of Buenos Aires. We’ll write more about what promises to be a very fruitful collaboration with them in later posts, but want to point back to...
by efeinblatt | Jul 23, 2007 | argentina
Over the last few days we have been completely exhausted, stimulated, moved and frustrated by the conference ‘The Workers’ Economy: Self management and the Distribution of Wealth’. It is not news to the progressive that something interesting has been...
by cbaillie | Jul 22, 2007 | argentina, cartoneros
Last week we also met with Dante Munoz and Carlos Levinton from the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Buenos Aires. Carlos directs the Centro Experimental de la Production (CEP) – Experimental Recycling Centre – and welcomed us as family members...
by efeinblatt | Jul 20, 2007 | argentina, cartoneros
We left North America two weeks ago with a handful of contacts in Buenos Aires, a sample 3inch x 3inch composite tile fabricated in Caroline’s Queens U. lab, years of experience as educational developers, scientific knowledge about waste plastics and natural fiber...
by teach12 | Jun 5, 2007 | argentina, cartoneros
Arriving in San Telmo, BA after a very tiring and annoying journey complete with delays and lost luggage, we opened the doors to our new apartment full of character, shuttered windows, and the charm of new discoveries. The neighborhood, with its cobbled streets,...
