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Arte Útil archive nr:

134

Initiator:

Colectivo Cambalache

Location:

Colombia, Slovenia, Spain, Puerto Rico, France, Switzerland, Turkey.

Category:

economy, social

Users:

Colectivo Cambalache, inhabitants of the neighbourhood.

Maintained by:

Colectivo Cambalache

Certification:

implemented

Duration:

1998 - ongoing

Colectivo Cambalache
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Museo de la Calle

Description:

In the district of El Cartucho, an impoverished area in the city of Bogotà, a group of students of the University of Los Andes, organised themselves in the "Colectivo Cambalache". This group aims to create an economy of sharing and recycling, using recyclers’ filled carts. These recyclers, takes donations and redistributes them.

Goals:

The project “Museo de la Calle”, wants to to create n alternative economy through the donation, exchange and distribution of goods.

Beneficial Outcomes:

Anyone who wants to take something from the cart can do it, as long as they also donate an object to the cart.

Images: