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type='text'>Il y a de l'argent dans les poubelles !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/S3PvsKEGHOI/AAAAAAAAAFc/Y0MOB_zMJlY/s1600-h/waste+Weavers.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/S3PvsKEGHOI/AAAAAAAAAFc/Y0MOB_zMJlY/s320/waste+Weavers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436952717061135586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El periodico de Guatemala&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;" &gt;par Lucía Escobar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Traduction avec "correction"&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Il y a de l'argent dans les poubelles !&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;La culture du recyclage et le commerce équitable s'unissent à la tradition indigène du tissage et des couleurs dans le cadre d'un projet qui trouve sa matière première dans les poubelles.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Plus de 260 femmes de quatre villages parmi les plus pauvres de Santa Cruz la Laguna, à savoir Jaibalito, Tzununá, Pajomel y Chuitzanchol, ont commencé à se faire un peu d'argent supplémentaire grâce aux paquets jetables de riz, tortillas, petites bouchées de Diana, Sabritas, etc. Elles ont appris à les tresser pour en faire un produit attractif par ses couleurs, sa durabilité et surtout, pour ce qu'il représente : la possibilité de trouver de la matière première dans ce que beaucoup considèrent comme des déchets, et que, par conséquent ils jettent.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Cette idée est venue à la belge Nathalie Verwilghen lorsque elle quitta la valle de Sonoma en Californie pour venir s'installer à Jaibalito, petit village situé sur les rives du lac Atitlan et peuplé d'environ 125 familles, soit 750 personnes. C'est à partir de ce moment, en 2003, qu'elle commença ses expérimentations sur des emballages métalliques, suite à une première recherche sur internet sur les différentes manières de recycler ce type de déchets.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Grâce aux informations qu'elle trouva, elle fit ses premières expérimentations avec les femmes du village. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"Je voulais montrer qu'il y avait de l'argent dans les poubelles et que nous pouvions créer de l'art tout en contribuant à nettoyer le lac".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Une marque propre&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Aujourd'hui, Nathalie Verwilghen possède une ligne de produits, qu'elle vend sous la marque de Waste Weavers et qui comprend des pochettes pour téléphones portables et iPod, des ceintures, des boucles d'oreilles, des bracelets, des chaussures et même des corsets. Les designs sont personnels, mais elle ne rejette pas la possibilité de travailler avec des étudiants en design ou des artistes guatémaltèques ou étrangers qui souhaitent utiliser cette technique et ce type matériel pour créer des œuvres d'art, qui peuvent ensuite être reproduites par les femmes locales et vendues à un prix équitable.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt; Pour une bande d'un mètre de papier métallique tressé, Nathalie offrent six quetzals aux femmes. Mais elle ne les achète seulement a celles qui participent aux formations et aux séances de sensibilisation sur l'hygiène, la nutrition et la santé dispensées par le Secrétariat des Œuvres sociales de la femme du Président. Il ne s'agit donc pas de consommer plus de babioles mais bien d'exploiter une ressource qui ne leur coûte rien.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Nathalie considère que ce type de projet est idéal pour des régions pauvres comme celle-ci car aucun investissement supplémentaire n'est nécessaire pour créer quelque chose d'artistique ; en plus, la matière première abonde. "Elles adorent participer à ce type d'activité car ceci implique deux éléments qu'elles connaissent bien dans leur culture : les couleurs vives et le tissage", affirme-elle tout en montrant les touches finales des nouveaux produits en vente dans trois magasins à Panajachel.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Pour l'instant, l'atelier Waste Weavers vit essentiellement des capitaux personnel, mais Nathalie est sûre que bientôt cette entreprise vivra des recettes générées par la vente de ses produits ; elle considère en effet qu'il y a un marché potentiel aux États-Unis et en Europe, car ce produit n'est pas seulement écologique mais il s'inscrit également dans le commerce équitable.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Elle ne rejette pas non plus la possibilité de vendre des bandes d'un mètre de déchets tressés sur le marché international, pour que des artistes d'autres pays puissent travailler à des fins écologiques.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Un autre volet de ce projet comprend la création et l'entretien de La "Train Station" et du petit hôpital de Jaibalito, des lieux visant à combler les manques/carences qu'ont le Kaqchiquels de l'Atitlan dans le domaine de la santé et du loisir.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8061946130975484740-8587190364507632313?l=waste-weavers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://waste-weavers.blogspot.com/feeds/8587190364507632313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8061946130975484740&amp;postID=8587190364507632313' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8061946130975484740/posts/default/8587190364507632313'/><link rel='self' 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Surtout au bord du lac, et en particulier à Jaibalito, où seul l’accès se fait par bateau. Le manque d’éducation de la population fait qu’il n’y a aucune conscience de la pollution est des risques liés à l’environnement et à la santé. Et le Guatemala est couvert de plastiques ce qui non seulement polluent l’environnement mais aussi crée un risque pour la santé. Il y a de l’argent dans les poubelles, et Nathalie Verwilghen voulait en faire la preuve, elle a ouvert un centre de recyclage à Jaibalito, rapidemment le tissage des paquets de chips s’est distingué des autres techniques, d’une part par l’impact flagrant sur l’environnement et d’autre part par l’interêt que le produit a suscité&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/RzdOLtJ_UsI/AAAAAAAAABk/fB5vY5X87Jg/s1600-h/DSC04934-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; dès son lancement. Les Mayans, bien connus pour leur tissage et leur sensibilité aux couleurs, un gamme de produits s’est développer très rapidement. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Dès les premières semaines, le projet a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/RzdQk9J_UtI/AAAAAAAAABs/s-tKmMdzNyg/s1600-h/100_0596-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;déjà susciter l’interêt des grands du pays, la femme du president, Wendy de Berger a demandé à rencontrer Nathalie et les femmes de Jaibalito lors d’une présentation officielle de l’organisation Crecedios Bien à San Juan.. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Et des les premiers mois dans la press...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://prensalibre.com/pl/2007/octubre/21/185607.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;http://prensalibre.com/pl/2007/octubre/21/185607.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elperiodico.com.gt/es/20070929/14/44157/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;http://www.elperiodico.com.gt/es/20070929/14/44157/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Notre objectif premier etait d’éviter de brûler le plastic, et de nettoyer le village, mais les résultats vont bien au-delà de nos espérances, nous avons créé de l’emploi!"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Aujourd’hui le projet implique 260 femmes et enfants, qui bénéficient chaque semaine d’une formation de nutrition, hygiène et recyclage. Cette formation est donnée par l’organisation Creciendio bien, initiative de Wendy de Berger. Et l’accord est simple, les femmes doivent venir aux formations afin de pouvoir vendre leur travail de tissage. Nous achetons le tissage au mètre via l’organisation, garantissant ainssi non seulement la formation mais aussi un salaire honnorable, les lignes sont en suite assemblées à Jaibalito. Nathalie se charge de la composition et du contrôle de qualité, les lignes assemblées en carré sont ensuite distribuées dans divers ateliers au bord du lac ; du sac a dos aux chassures en passant par le collier pour chien, tout une gamme est developpée à base de notre tissage de paquet de chips. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;A Bientôt la premiere collection online the Waste Weavers.&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie Verwilghen &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/RzdfW9J_UyI/AAAAAAAAACc/OZJzMSvrR6o/s1600-h/wwstamp.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8061946130975484740-126701696317806936?l=waste-weavers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://waste-weavers.blogspot.com/feeds/126701696317806936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8061946130975484740&amp;postID=126701696317806936' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8061946130975484740/posts/default/126701696317806936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8061946130975484740/posts/default/126701696317806936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://waste-weavers.blogspot.com/2007/11/waste-weavers-version-francaise.html' title='Waste Weavers version Francaise'/><author><name>wasteweavers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01702474454088698961</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8061946130975484740.post-2705531671527074241</id><published>2007-11-11T09:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-13T16:16:09.786-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wendy de Berger and Nathalie Verwilghen.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/RzdD_NJ_UqI/AAAAAAAAABU/bak0ZBJbQuY/s1600-h/100_0596-1.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131645053554348706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 106px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 151px" height="165" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/RzdD_NJ_UqI/AAAAAAAAABU/bak0ZBJbQuY/s320/100_0596-1.JPG" width="112" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/RzdD_NJ_UpI/AAAAAAAAABM/BotQ6JJJbMk/s1600-h/100_0586.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/RzdD-tJ_UmI/AAAAAAAAAA0/ns2gaz3BA04/s1600-h/DSC04934.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131645044964414050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 205px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 155px" height="108" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/RzdD-tJ_UmI/AAAAAAAAAA0/ns2gaz3BA04/s320/DSC04934.JPG" width="149" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;July, 2007&lt;br /&gt;Meeting in San Juan with the first lady of Guatemala, Wendy de Berger and Nathalie Verwilghen.&lt;br /&gt;We give thanks to Sociedad de los Obres Social de la Esposa del Pr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/RzdD-9J_UoI/AAAAAAAAABE/DKM1jzZs9uo/s1600-h/DSC04931.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131645049259381378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 187px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px" height="86" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/RzdD-9J_UoI/AAAAAAAAABE/DKM1jzZs9uo/s320/DSC04931.JPG" width="56" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;esident S.O.S.E.P. They helped us to reach the poorest communities in the Municipio of Santa Cruz La Laguna: Tzujitzancha, Pahomel, Tzununna and Jaibalito. With the help of S.O.S.E.P. Nathalie was able to include the bag weaving training program in The Solola’, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/RzdD-tJ_UnI/AAAAAAAAAA8/MDYM4rR4O68/s1600-h/DSC04946.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131645044964414066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 181px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 136px" height="143" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/RzdD-tJ_UnI/AAAAAAAAAA8/MDYM4rR4O68/s320/DSC04946.JPG" width="206" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Departmental Capacitaccion program.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8061946130975484740-2705531671527074241?l=waste-weavers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://waste-weavers.blogspot.com/feeds/2705531671527074241/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8061946130975484740&amp;postID=2705531671527074241' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8061946130975484740/posts/default/2705531671527074241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8061946130975484740/posts/default/2705531671527074241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://waste-weavers.blogspot.com/2007/11/wendy-de-berger-and-nathalie-verwilghen.html' title='Wendy de Berger and Nathalie Verwilghen.'/><author><name>wasteweavers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01702474454088698961</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/RzdD_NJ_UqI/AAAAAAAAABU/bak0ZBJbQuY/s72-c/100_0596-1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8061946130975484740.post-2444954671269282171</id><published>2007-11-11T09:48:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-11T09:53:40.460-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The "Waste Weavers" made it to Jaibalito.com</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Merci a Maria pour la mise a jour du site jaibalito avec le projet Waste Weavers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;It looks great, check it out! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jaibalito.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;www.jaibalito.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8061946130975484740-2444954671269282171?l=waste-weavers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://waste-weavers.blogspot.com/feeds/2444954671269282171/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8061946130975484740&amp;postID=2444954671269282171' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8061946130975484740/posts/default/2444954671269282171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8061946130975484740/posts/default/2444954671269282171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://waste-weavers.blogspot.com/2007/11/jaibalitocom-up-date-with-waste-weavers.html' title='The &quot;Waste Weavers&quot; made it to Jaibalito.com'/><author><name>wasteweavers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01702474454088698961</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8061946130975484740.post-4455798825929560678</id><published>2007-11-08T19:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-10T11:40:07.698-08:00</updated><title type='text'>El sueno de Nathalie o Como convertir basura en dinero</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/RzYIntJ_UlI/AAAAAAAAAAs/XyGF7HrIh7g/s1600-h/5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131298303664673362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/RzYIntJ_UlI/AAAAAAAAAAs/XyGF7HrIh7g/s320/5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; La cultura del reciclaje y el comercio justo se unen a la tradición indígena del tejido y los colores fuertes en un proyecto que saca la materia prima de la basura.Más de doscientas sesenta mujeres de cuatro de las aldeas más pobres de Santa Cruz la Laguna: &lt;a href="http://www.jaibalito.com/"&gt;Jaibalito&lt;/a&gt;, Tzununá, Pajomel y Chuitzanchol, han comenzado a ganar algunos ingresos extras a través de los empaques desechables de ricitos, tortrix, boquitas Diana, Sabritas, etc que por medio de un sencillo pero estudiado, corte y doblez, se van trenzando para producir un material atractivo por sus colores, durabilidad y sobre todo por lo que representan: la posibilidad de sacar materia prima de lo que muchos consideran basura y por lo tanto desechan.Y esa fue la idea que traía la belga Nathalie Verwilghen cuando cambió su domicilio en Nueva York para ir a vivir Jaibalito una aldea con una población de apenas treinta familias o 200 personas, en las márgenes del lago de Atitlán. Desde ese momento, en el 2003 ella comenzó a experimentar con empaques metálicos a partir de una primera búsqueda en Internet sobre los métodos para reciclar este tipo de basura. Encontró algo de información y comenzó a experimentar con las mujeres. “Yo quería demostrar que la basura vale dinero, y que podemos hacer arte ayudando a limpiar el lago” comenta mientras recuerda que al principio usaban los empaques rotos y sucios, pero poco a poco fueron encontrando la medida adecuada y la técnica para hacer del trenzado algo perdurable para realizar objetos de calidad.Hoy en día, Natalia tiene una línea de productos que vende bajo la marca de Waste Weavers y que incluye bolsas para celular, Ipod, cinchos, aretes, pulseras, zapatos y hasta corsés. Los diseños son sólo de ella pero no descarta la posibilidad de trabajar con estudiantes de diseño o con artistas guatemaltecos o extranjeros que deseen utilizar esa técnica y material para crear obras de arte que puedan ser reproducidas por las mujeres de lugar y vendidas a un precio justo.Por una tira de papel metálico trenzado del largo de un metro, Natalia le paga Q6 a las mujeres. Pero no le compra a todas las que le lleven, si no solamente a las que participan en las capacitaciones y pláticas en higiene, nutrición y salud que imparte de parte de la Secretaría de Obras Sociales de la Esposa del Presidente pues no se trata de que consuman mas chucherías, sino que aprovechen un recurso que no les cuesta dinero.Verwilghen considera que este tipo de proyectos son ideales en regiones pobres pues no se necesita mayor inversión para hacer algo artístico y la materia prima abunda. “A ellas les encanta participar en este proyecto pues implica dos elementos conocidos en su cultura como son los colores fuertes y el tejido” comenta mientras enseña los acabados finales de los nuevos productos que tiene a la venta en las tres tiendas que ofrecen sus productos en Panajachel.Por el momento el estudio y taller Waste Weavers se mantiene a base de donaciones de parientes de Natalia, pero ella no duda que muy pronto se mantendrá por las ganancias de la venta de estos productos ya que considera que sobretodo en Estados Unidos y Europa existen muchos potenciales consumidores de este producto que no solo es ecológico si no que busca el comercio justo. Tampoco descarta mas adelante vender mercado internacional líneas de un metro de basura trenzada para que artistas de otros países puedan trabajar con acabados ecológicos.Parte de este proyecto incluye la creación y mantenimiento de la Estación de Tren y &lt;a href="http://www.jaibalito.com/hospitalito.html"&gt;el Hospitalito&lt;/a&gt;, lugares que buscan llenar de los vacíos en salud y ocio que viven los kaqchiqueles de Atitlán. Lucia Escobar&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8061946130975484740-4455798825929560678?l=waste-weavers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://waste-weavers.blogspot.com/feeds/4455798825929560678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8061946130975484740&amp;postID=4455798825929560678' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8061946130975484740/posts/default/4455798825929560678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8061946130975484740/posts/default/4455798825929560678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://waste-weavers.blogspot.com/2007/11/como-convertir-basura-en-dinero.html' title='El sueno de Nathalie o Como convertir basura en dinero'/><author><name>wasteweavers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01702474454088698961</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/RzYIntJ_UlI/AAAAAAAAAAs/XyGF7HrIh7g/s72-c/5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8061946130975484740.post-3392702156665932707</id><published>2007-11-08T15:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-08T19:32:39.306-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Press Release from Altiplano Inc.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Panajachel, Solola, Guatemala&lt;br /&gt;Noviembre 2007&lt;br /&gt;Altiplano Inc. announces the collaboration with Waste Weavers project of Jabailito Solola. Altiplano will provide importing and marketing of Waste Weavers 2007-08 accessory line.&lt;br /&gt;Altiplano Inc., based in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA, designs and imports handmade fashion accessories and jewelry from Guatemala. With over 15 years experience working with fair trade and ecological projects of Guatemala, Waste Weavers is a natural partner in the promotion of ecologically sustainable projects and fair trade practices in Guatemala. Altiplano will provide broad penetration into the North American and Caribbean markets for Waste Weaver products. According to Waste Weaver project founder Natalie Verwilghen, Waste Weaver project has 260 weavers of recycled snack wrappers prepared to produce for the international marketplace, and now, with the help of Altiplano, is the right time to expand sales to the large North American market.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;John von Wodtke and Shari Zarin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8061946130975484740-3392702156665932707?l=waste-weavers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://waste-weavers.blogspot.com/feeds/3392702156665932707/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8061946130975484740&amp;postID=3392702156665932707' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8061946130975484740/posts/default/3392702156665932707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8061946130975484740/posts/default/3392702156665932707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://waste-weavers.blogspot.com/2007/11/press-release-from-atiplano.html' title='Press Release from Altiplano Inc.'/><author><name>wasteweavers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01702474454088698961</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8061946130975484740.post-3769250613417412760</id><published>2007-11-05T15:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-08T15:40:22.429-08:00</updated><title type='text'>From Guatemalan trash to New York Treasure</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/Ry-phLgFpMI/AAAAAAAAAAU/GjxEDpDD7pc/s1600-h/IMG_1005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129504888086439106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/Ry-phLgFpMI/AAAAAAAAAAU/GjxEDpDD7pc/s200/IMG_1005.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;From Guatemala trash to New York Treasure&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The dream of Nathalie Verwilghen is coming true, and the waste weavers are on their way to have a bite of the Big Apple for spring! New York distributors Shari and John, proprietors of ALTIPlANO (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:altiplan@together.net"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;altiplan@together.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;, 802 258 4899 ) will be wholesaling the Waste Weavers line in New York. They will test market the product in museum shops and high end boutiques… &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the amount of trash we produce locally, recycling became one of the community’s main’s concerns. Poverty is still a problem here in Jaibalito. Poverty is very difficult for single mothers and many children. How to transform the trash into wealth? How to transform poverty into abundance? This was the challenge Nathalie was facing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Much of the trash is snack bags. Snack bags collect in drifts like sand dunes. Snack bags are made of VERY DURABLE plastic. The plastic will last several lifetimes. The bags are covered with colorful graphic designs. Many bags have a metallic inner surface.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/Ry-phLgFpLI/AAAAAAAAAAM/uGhxgTNQhfg/s1600-h/IMG_1031.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129504888086439090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/Ry-phLgFpLI/AAAAAAAAAAM/uGhxgTNQhfg/s200/IMG_1031.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;women of Jaibalito are weavers. Nathalie paid women to learn to weave the bags into an attractive fabric. The problem for Nathalie was to design products to make of the fabric. Many things were tried. This Handbag/Wallet idea seems to be the most utilitarian while still taking advantage of the beauty of the woven snack bags.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What really makes Waste Weavers different from other bag weavers, Mexican and Chinese bag weavers, is that we recycle. Others buy unused bags in rolls. Our materiel comes from the dumps in the coffee plantations and the village street.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mayan woman have the talent for color and pattern that is well expressed in the fabrics made for these Handbags.&lt;br /&gt;The Training program has trained 260 women and children. The training program is supported by an NGO, Creciendos Bien-S.O.S.E.P. and the Jaibalito Train Station, an art gallery and training facility Located in Jaibalito.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/Ry-qUbgFpNI/AAAAAAAAAAc/NUgToHnUYl4/s1600-h/IMG_1879.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129505768554734802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/Ry-qUbgFpNI/AAAAAAAAAAc/NUgToHnUYl4/s200/IMG_1879.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Twenty women have been employed to make the bag fabric for this product. They were selected as the best in weaving and color composition. Developing design in the weaving demands constant attention. The results are very rewarding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We give thanks to Sociedad de los Obres Social de la Esposa del President S.O.S.E.P. They helped us to reach the poorest communities in the Municipio of Santa Cruz La Laguna: Tzujitzancha, Pahomel, Tzununna and Jaibalito. With the help of S.O.S.E.P. Nathalie was able to include the bag weaving training program in The Solola’, Departmental Capacitaccion program. Recycling has become a reality.&lt;br /&gt;Th&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/Ry-qUbgFpOI/AAAAAAAAAAk/Uogryf3a01A/s1600-h/IMG_2080.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129505768554734818" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/Ry-qUbgFpOI/AAAAAAAAAAk/Uogryf3a01A/s200/IMG_2080.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;e women are also finding out that eating snacks is not healthy. The Waste Weavers and the Jaibalito Train Station, think trash is in fashion.. Creativity brings a smile to everyone’s face. There is a Recycling movement, it is hip, and it is to everyones’s advantage to contribute and be part of it. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the press recently :&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://prensalibre.com/pl/2007/octubre/21/185607.html"&gt;http://prensalibre.com/pl/2007/octubre/21/185607.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elperiodico.com.gt/es/20070929/14/44157/"&gt;http://www.elperiodico.com.gt/es/20070929/14/44157/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8061946130975484740-3769250613417412760?l=waste-weavers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://waste-weavers.blogspot.com/feeds/3769250613417412760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8061946130975484740&amp;postID=3769250613417412760' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8061946130975484740/posts/default/3769250613417412760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8061946130975484740/posts/default/3769250613417412760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://waste-weavers.blogspot.com/2007/11/from-guatemala-trash-to-new-york.html' title='From Guatemalan trash to New York Treasure'/><author><name>wasteweavers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01702474454088698961</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UOyLgShKtQo/Ry-phLgFpMI/AAAAAAAAAAU/GjxEDpDD7pc/s72-c/IMG_1005.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
