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Pictures from Nueva Mente
The last post pictured a 'final prototype' of the trashbins that the youth group at Cooperativa Nueva Menta are producing for the Municipality of Moròn. Clients being what they are, the design has been modified, and these are the actual bins being readied for delivery...
A Formidable Achievement
The final bin prototype (before a final coat of paint) commissioned by the Municipality of Moròn from Cooperativa Nueva Mente. 50 bins to be used around the new Reserva Natural de Municipio de Moròn. A formidable achievement indeed.
Exciting News from Nueva Mente
During the past month, Nueva Mente cooperative members ventured out of Morón and took their wares to two fairs or ferias: the Feria Puro Diseño and the Feria del Cooperativismo. This was a first attempt at selling the products (mostly wallets) they had manufactured...
ASME features Waste for Life
The redesigned American Society of Mechanical Engineers website launched with an article about 'engineering a better world' that features Waste for Life, and the author does a fine job pulling together many of the ideas that drive WFL's practices. Click here to read.
Back to the Beginning
So with the ordering of Hotpress #5 here in Buenos Aires and the departure of two-thirds of the core team of Waste for Life, a natural ending and celebration point has been reached. We are thrilled with the progress we have made so far. But we don't have long to sit...
Radio Netherlands Interviews Cooperativa Nueva Mente and WFL
Radio Netherlands Worldwide Earth Beat devoted this week's broadcast to plastic. Plastic fantastic features interviews with WFL and Cooperativa Nueva Mente about our collaboration. You can listen to the entire broadcast from the Radio Netherlands site here:...