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 | Oct 20, 2010 | argentina
5. Because you love collaborative and creative solutions. We’re a multi-disciplinary, global network of professionals and students working together to execute a creative and elegant solution to fight poverty and reduce waste – at the same time. Our products were...
by efeinblatt | Aug 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
Carlos and his CEP group are getting a lot of airtime recently. The extract below is from a TVPublicaArgentina program entitled Recurso Natural.
by efeinblatt | Jul 5, 2010 | argentina, cartoneros, design, engineering, partners
The online magazine, eGFI, a publication of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), has just published a story about our collaboration with RISD. Take a look. http://students.egfi-k12.org/waste-for-life-making-trash-useful/
by efeinblatt | Jun 17, 2010 | news
Myoo Create, one of David de Rothschild’s Adventure Ecology offshoots, has created a Beat Waste Startup Challenge that we have entered. For better or worse, it’s a popularity contest – though the judges do have final say. The prize fund is $25,000,...
by efeinblatt | May 13, 2010 | engineering, partners, technology
The UWA hotpress is not exactly in action yet – lacking the electrical work and some minor tweaking – but enough is there to see what changes Derek Goad has made to Darko’s original design. Take a look specifically at the counterweight that allows...
by efeinblatt | May 13, 2010 | argentina, partners
Responding to emergency needs in the wake of recent disasters in Haiti and Chile, Carlos Levinton and his group at the CEP (Centro Experimental para la Producción) have been developing architectural + social models that address the ecological and economic disruptions...
by efeinblatt | Apr 27, 2010 | engineering, partners, technology
In conjunction with a winter semester 2010 course being taught by Joshua Pearce at Queens University, MECH 425 – Engineering for Sustainable Development, senior Nate Preston is reviewing, evaluating, and illustrating the Kingston Hotpress design via a public...
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...
