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Trash People
This is my grandfather’s house in Northern California. My little brother (left) and I enjoyed my grandfather’s trash treasures. McDonald family photo collection. I like trash a lot. I am not just...
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Waste pickers, Bluefields, Nicaragua 2011 from Erik Flakoll Alegría on Vimeo. This short movie features the wastepickers of the Nineteenth of July Dumpsite in Bluefields, Nicaragua. The MIT Community...
View ArticleThe Composters of Bluefields
Composteras de Bluefields from Erik Flakoll Alegría on Vimeo. This short movie features three women who work in the municipal dump of Bluefields, Nicaragua. The Community Innovators Lab partners with...
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Window into Organizing Process for Wastepickers at Nicaraguan Dump Site
This movie tells the story of how the wastepickers at the Nineteenth of July dump site in Bluefields, Nicaragua organized in January 2012 when MIT D-Lab Waste students traveled to the region to...
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Paper Radio No. 2 : The Trash Issue
Producing the Trash Edition of Paper Radio has allowed me to put together a series of articles with colleagues and students I’ve had the great pleasure of working with for years now. It has also gotten...
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Waste Management in Kuna Yala, Panama
CoLab is now participating in the design and implementation of a zero-waste program in Panama’s Kuna Yala Islands. In January of 2014, MIT students will be traveling to the islands through the fall...
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The role of the informal sector in waste management in Pune India
This video features a workshop on the role of the informal sector in sustainable management of organic and sanitary waste in Pune India. Stakeholders and representatives from MIT, Pune’s solid waste...
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