January 2011
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Vilcap blog: Oportunidad on the border →
Check out our recent contribution to Vilcap’s blog, with Mark Hand, our friend at Gray Ghost Ventures. We highlight the opportunity for social enterprise on the Texas-Mexico border, where we’ll be launching the Rubina Pilot Project over the course of the next year.
(image from The NEXT American Opportunity)
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India... you're on my mind
In one week from today, I’ll be halfway to one of my favorite places on earth, India. 2011 is our self-proclaimed “year of doing” which has taken us so far to the US-Mexico border at the beginning of January and now to the western state of Gujarat in India.
Rubina is finally at the place where I feel comfortable setting out and meeting with potential partners and artisans that...
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Remembering the women of the civil rights movement...
We all know that Martin Luther King was the most popular figure of the American Civil Rights Movement. His leadership still resonates and inspires almost 50 years later. But today, I’d like to pay tribute to some of the women who worked alongside him (literally or figuratively) in accomplishing great cultural change. The list is long, but here are just a few I ran across that I think deserve...
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"Should I Work for Free?" ... A Flow Chart for All... →
This is awesomely true and hilarious.
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Renegade Craft 2011 Dates →
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“People think that design is styling. Design is not style. It’s not about giving...”
– Paola Antonelli
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Design Impact →
Dowser Interview with Ramsey Ford, co-founder of Design Impact who mobilizes designers through fellowships to come up with innovative solutions to social and environmental issues around the world. You can view Ramsey’s RISD presentation on designing for good here.
via @dowserdotorg
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Rubina's New Website! →
We’ve finally given our poor little website a much overdue facelift. This site will serve as a place to learn Rubina’s story over the last year and about our plans for 2011. We’ll be updating our blog (you’re here!), facebook, and of course twitter for more day-to-day news on our progress.
We’re excited about this new year and new products with actual artisans!
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Printing in 3D →
Yep. You heard that right. This article on the BBC features a company called Freedom of Creation who’s exploring a technology called the RepRap Machine that will allow us to download products from the web and print them in our own homes… A.MAZ.ING.
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WatchThis is a snippet from a documentary film on Microlending to Enterprising Women around the world. Former futures trader, Rachel Cook gave up a cushy job in Chicago to pursue her passion in filmmaking, and has decided to debut with this insightful film about microlending to low-income women around the world. So far, Rachel and her rockstar team have filmed in Paraguay and are about to set out to...
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