Students Learn Weaving
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Update: Thanks to you we were successful with our Global Giving campaign! We will be returning to Guatemala Spring 2012 to continue our work with the women’s weaving cooperative.
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We need to raise just $1,600.00 to make our overall goal of $5,000.00 for the Women Wind Weavers project on Global Giving. Any size donation much appreciated.
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The funds will go to pay the women to learn and teach a new skill – to weave and make wind turbine blades for renewable energy in Guatemala. Funds will also purchase materials and cover a fraction of our expenses. The project will be a model for other groups who want to do the same sort of work in other parts of the world. Our first weaving co-op will help train others to do the same. We have identified eight areas of Guatemala where the wind is good and electricity is scarce.
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We met the student part of our World Challenge Design Team yesterday at the University of MIchigan. An amazing group – they met for a two hour design session in the middle of finals week. Now that is dedication!
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The team has several variations on how to form turbine blades using the unique properties of cloth woven by the back-strap and loom styles in Guatemala. We should have some turbines to test in the fall and then next spring we will have another design review with the women wind weavers.
Please consider a donation to this important project. With this one technology we will create good paying jobs in a new green industry and we will empower women in Guatemala to create new markets for their traditional practices.
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ATC = Empowerment by Design
