by efeinblatt | Dec 5, 2010 | argentina, cartoneros, cooperatives, technology
Three and one-half years after setting this process in motion, documents are signed to release funds to build the first production hotpress in Buenos Aires. The Cooperativa de Trabajo 19 de deciembre will build the press and deliver it to the Cooperativa Neuva Mente...
by | Nov 26, 2010 | argentina, cooperatives, design
Last night we attended the opening of an exhibit at an art gallery here in San Telmo, just a few blocks from our apartment. The artist was named Adriana Gatti, and she had created a dress made of rubber from tires. Most definitely cool. Then she had taken photos of...
by efeinblatt | Nov 21, 2010 | argentina, cooperatives
Today is our second ‘day off’ and a welcome relief from the grueling 14-hour days we’ve maintained since arriving in BsAs three weeks ago. Like our previous trips in 2007 and 2008 we spend a lot of time on trains and buses, and a typical day begins early with one of...
by efeinblatt | Nov 12, 2010 | argentina, cooperatives, technology
It’s been almost exactly three years since we visited the recovered metallurgic factory, Cooperativa de Trabajo ’19 de diciembre’, and spoke with Enrique Iriarte about a possible niche side business: manufacturing hotpresses for the recycling...
by | Nov 12, 2010 | argentina, cartoneros, cooperatives
By Wednesday, day 10 of this visit to Buenos Aires, we were ready to visit the most important stake-holders of all: the cartonero co-operatives that will own and run the businesses that we are helping them start. Caroline and Eric had made contact with a community...
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 | Nov 3, 2010 | argentina, cooperatives, partners
Our second full day in Buenos Aires meant a visit to another important partner – The Working World. They are a unique organization, based in Argentina for the last five years, supporting co-operative businesses through access to low-interest loans and business...
by | Nov 3, 2010 | argentina, cooperatives, design, partners, technology
The first few days of our core team’s implementation visit have been incredibly busy, yet rewarding and so far successful. Having secured working keys to our apartment building and a guia (tiny book to help us navigate the labyrinthine Buenos Aires bus system)...
by efeinblatt | Mar 13, 2010 | cooperatives, engineering, lesotho
Thimothy, who returned to Lesotho in December to become a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the National University of Lesotho (NUL), coordinated the effort to bring a Waste for Life project back to the country where the idea originally...
by efeinblatt | Mar 8, 2010 | argentina, cartoneros, cooperatives, engineering, lesotho
Caroline, Eric, Thimothy, and Emily have just published a book about Waste for Life and the methodology we have honed during the past four years. From the introduction: Engineers can help make the world a better place. We can provide better access to water, health,...
