Paula Alvarado
Paula Alvarado is a journalist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has been focusing in Latin American sustainable design and environmental issues since 2005, and through that work has become a well known figure in the local green scene.
Apart from covering the Latin American beat for TreeHugger.com, she edits a Spanish and Portuguese version of TreeHugger for Discovery Latin America and co-organizes the monthly meetings for green entrepreneurs and professionals Green Drinks Buenos Aires.
Since 2007 she also shares which designers, artists and places of Buenos Aires inspire her at BA Inspiration, which was named by WGSN one of the Top 10 Design/Interiors Blogs from Latin America.
Previously, she worked as a consumer trendspotter and cultural interpreter for the U.S. company Iconoculture.
Paula has been profiled-in and interviewed-for stories in magazines such as Elle Argentina, Brazil's ABC Design, and LAN Chile's IN, among other media, and invited to give talks on sustainable design at institutions such as the Universidad Catolica Argentina and Universidad de Moron.
Paula is a vegetarian, moves by bicycle, has a special fondness for all kinds of plants and dogs, and she thinks one of the coolest things someone told her was: "Oh, so you're one of those travelers."
Latest Stories from Paula Alvarado - Page 8
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Recovered Cardboard Shaped Into Sleek Wavy Chairs And Tables At FPD In Buenos Aires
One of such findings is
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Fair Trade, Artisan Hand Woven Wicker Lamps And Furniture From Chile
Photos: Paula Alvarado. Made in mimbre is another great example of fruitful collaborations between designers and traditional craftsmen, so common in Latin America over the past years (with cases like Quinua in Argentina or Oficina Nomade in Brazil, to
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Organic Beeswax, Play Dough Tea Cups From Chile To Reflect On Our Relationship With Objects
With the goal of investigating the emotional attachment of people with objects, Chilean designer Mariana Tocornal experiments with biodegradable materials such as beeswax and play dough in these haunting and "not conventionally
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An Aesthetic Case Against Disposables: 8 Timeless Objects Vs. Their Tacky Single-Use Alternatives (Slideshow)
After experiencing the impact of our consumer society on our environment first-hand during my recent sailing trip with the 5 Gyres project, visiting miles of ocean trash, the question hit me: Why can't we get away from our ridiculous
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An Aesthetic Case Against Disposables: 8 Timeless Objects Vs. Their Tacky Single-Use Alternatives
After experiencing the impact of our consumer society on our environment first-hand during my recent sailing trip with the 5 Gyres project, visiting miles of ocean trash, the question hit me: Why can't we get away from our ridiculous consumption of dispos
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Movable Squares To Give Life To Idle Streets During Holidays And Weekends In Buenos Aires
Plaza Movil (Movable Square) is a transportable public space to give neighbors new places to meet and play, occupying streets in days in which transit slows down in Buenos Aires. Designed by Designo Patagonia as an entry to
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Tutuma, The Man That Has Been Picking Plastic From Beaches For 7 Years At Easter Island
Francis Picco arrived in Easter Island, Chile, from France for a vacation 15 years ago and never left. The reason was a local woman who became his wife and a new found peace he couldn't trade for
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Deforestation, Collapse And Plastic Pollution At Easter Island
A peak of wind over 40 knots (a lot) rocked us out of the South Pacific and we finally reached Easter Island, the end point of our trip with the 5 Gyres
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Plastic Bag Companies Now Suing Entrepreneurs: The ChicoBag Case
As awareness about plastic pollution around the world continues to grow, the plastic industry has been busy trying to save its business. This is
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Catch Of The Day: Food Crate, Bucket, And Fishing Net From The South Pacific
It was an eventful day on the Sea Dragon, the boat where TreeHugger is taking part in an expedition with the 5 Gyres Institute in search for plastic pollution in the South Pacific.
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Traversing The South Pacific Gyre: Plastic Marine Pollution Is Officially A Global Issue
Close-up on a sample from the South Pacific gyre. Photo credit: Paula Alvarado Welcome To The South Pacific Garbage Patch: Not A Theatrical Spectacle But A Serious Issue On our eleventh day on board of the Sea Dragon with the 5 Gyres Institute to study
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5 Gyres Partnerships Fostering Pioneering Studies On Plastics And Phytoplankton
One of the most interesting things from our trip with the 5 Gyres Institute through the South Pacific is the variety of interesting people
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Ocean Plastics In Our Food Chain: The Importance Of Lantern Fish And Night Trawling
The process of taking samples from the sea goes on 24/7 in our trip through the South Pacific with the
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First Evidence of Plastic in the South Pacific: Is This a Different Kind of Garbage Patch?
No matter how much one has read or talked about plastic pollution in the oceans, the effect of seeing
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Aboard with 5 Gyres in the South Pacific: The Trawling Begins
It's our fifth day on the Sea Dragon, the sailboat that's taking a crew of 13 people on an expedition with the 5 Gyres project to find out if the South
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Tsunami Ruins, And Music With Impossible Nature Surroundings At Robinson Crusoe Island
Continuing with our trip with 5 Gyres in search of plastic pollution in the South Pacific, our sailboat - the Sea Dragon - stopped at Robinson Crusoe island for a quick look around the place and some relaxing before we hit
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On The Way To The (Possibly) Great South Pacific Garbage Patch
With the Valdivia forest
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And We're Off! Charging Into the South Pacific Gyre for Plastic
Noontime position: 37 54.7 South, 74
