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Demo Garden EVENTS

February 2nd, 2010

The RISD Demo Garden is screening a movie about current food production in the United States. You can’t miss it.

Food, Inc.
When? 7 pm, Wednesday, Feb 3
Where? Tap Room

(Food, Inc. appropriate) snacks provided

In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s
food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been
hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s
regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now
controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of
consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of
workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the
perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes
that won’t go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful
bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans
annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among
children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.

Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food
Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food:
An Eater’s Manifesto) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs
like Stonyfield’s Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms’ Joel Salatin,
Food, Inc. reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we
eat, how it’s produced, who we have become as a nation and where we
are going from here.

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Seed Bomb Workshop
It may be winter but you can always (guerrilla) garden!

Join the RISD Demo Garden as we kick off our ‘How To’ Workshop series
with 2 hours of DIY seed bomb making. It’s an easy, fun way to
green up Providence. Whatever you make is yours to keep.

When? 5-7 pm Thursday, February 4
Where? Nature Lab

Light snacks and drinks will be provided to satisfy guerrilla appetites.

Tags: Events, Film, Food, Free food, Garden, Inc., Meeting, Nature Lab, Tap Room
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IITB:: Resources pt.4

February 2nd, 2010

Getting started
DIY sites and photos to whet your design appetite.
Daily DIY

1. The Plastic Bag Chandelier
2. The Plastic Bag Chair
3. The Plastic Bag Cushions
4. The Plastic Bag Shoes
5. The Plastic Bag Containers

Threadbanger tutorials

How to fuse plastic bags into a laptop case.

Plastic Bag monster!

Tags: DIY, IITB, Resources, tutorials
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IITB:: Resources pt.3

February 2nd, 2010

Other organizations
Conserve, India

CONSERVE, a non-profit organisation, using a blend of creativity, design & innovation has turned, what was once a dull environmental hazard, into a clean, funky, and fashionable material, from which have been crafted a range of appealing handbags and fashion accessories.
We don’t just stop there! With the support of the Asian Development Bank, we are currently working on a project to generate income, through the production of this material, for the less advantaged communities in Delhi.
Read more about them on Treehugger.

Tags: IITB, recycled bags
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IITB:: Resources pt.2

February 2nd, 2010

Resources / Inspirations
Craftzine – Various

How-to’s, fuse your own, get inspired by a patchwork raincoat!

Cathy Kasdan – Apparel

Knit wear like you can’t find in the department store. Good ideas for how to use the material as-is.

Ryan Frank – Furniture

(see limited and bespoke) A recycled plastic bag chair design inspired by African bag chicken art

Tags: IITB, precedents, recycled bags, Resources
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IITB:: Resources pt.1

February 2nd, 2010

Plastic Bag Resources
Good Stuff? – Plastic Bags

Globe-wide facts about the ubiquidous plastic bag. Need inspiration to get into this project? Here you go.

Cartoneros background information
Backstory: Lives recycled in Argentina
Buenos Aires: The Ghost Train of the Cartoneros

Cartoneros are the trash pickers who collect paper informally, in Buenos Aires, through middlemen in warehouses, to executives in large corporate mills. The process exploded into a multimillion dollar industry after Argentina’s latest economic collapse. The film by the same name is both a record of an economic and social crisis and an invitation to audiences to rethink the value of trash.

Waste for Life

Learn more about the original organization working to improve the situation for the Cartoneros through design and engineering. This is the official website that includes background of the organization and the movie trailer for the documentary Cartoneros.

Tags: cartoneros, IITB, plastic bags, recycled bags, Resources, Waste for Life
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January 31st, 2010

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Waste For Life… Opening

January 28th, 2010

Come check out the exhibit at the id gallery. The exhibit will be up for the next couple of weeks… Good Times!

For more information on the exhibit and the It’s In The Bag competition, go to:
http://risdwasteforlife.wordpress.com




Tags: Charlie Cannon, IITB, Its In the Bag, Jessie Shefrin, Waste for Life
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What a BASH!
Nerd Night is back in a big way!

January 27th, 2010

“Awesome” raves one reviewer!
Last night’s Nerd Night was a smashing success indeed. With attendance tipping 100+ students, faculty, staff; alumni, grads and undergrads there was a great range of interest groups and excitement for the presentations.

There was a lot shared; here are some of the highlights.
Devon Miller LDAR’10 told us about the upcoming events of the RISD demo garden: there will be a screening of Food Inc. next Wednesday 7pm and a meeting Thursday 5-7pm in the Nature Lab. Check out their new website at risddemogarden.blogspot.com and look forward to spring seed bomb workshops!

We learned about McRAD- RISD Metcalf, Catering, Retail and Dining whom C.A.R.E.S. about greening their products and services- like new eco-friendly spray fixatives. They are having a drop-in and decorate event this Saturday from 1-4pm in the Met where you can frost cookies that will be donated to the children at the RI food bank.

There was great food courtesy of Nice Slice; music thanks to our DJ; and a light show- thanks to the Tap room. We have tentatively planned two more Nerd Nights for March and April; if you are interested in presenting email us at info (at) respond-design (dot) org! And to those who signed up for the mailing list- we’ll talk to you soon!

Thank you also to our sponsors:

Tags: Meeting Notes, Nerd Night
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We are going hi-tech!

January 27th, 2010

Finally got around to downloading and using the WordPress app for the iPhone.

Can we say hello up to the minute blogging?

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Nerd Night… we are back!

January 20th, 2010

Respond|Design’s acclaimed Nerd Night event… we are back!

Learn what other RISD people are doing, working on, dreaming of, and thinking about. Based on a Japanese program, “pecha kucha”, presenters discuss 20 slides with 20 seconds a slide; quick and dirty. A community event infused with the feeling of a live performance.

Respond|Design is a forum to promote social and environmental responsibility at RISD.
We work with students and administrators, in development and implementation of sustainability methods and goals.

Tags: Alan Cantara, Charlie Cannon, David Zacher, Devon Miller, Free food, Garden, Garrett Seiple, Gordon Moss, IITB, Jessie Shefrin, music, Nerd Night, Party, pecha kucha, Peter Paniccia, presentation, slide show, Yarrow Thorne
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