Between 9 and 17 March, Animal Gallery held the exhibition and awards competition of  the third version of the Remade in Chile Design Contest, an initiative that seeks to promote and disseminate the ideas for the reuse of waste materials , giving a new use through an innovative design.
As we posted in our blog last January, Alto Atacama hosted this version of this encounter, which received 250 projects of which 48 were selected by a jury confomed by Ximena Abogabir, Rodrigo Alonso, Felix Maldonado, Douglas Leonard.
The contest had as winner a design student from the University Diego Portales, Montserrat Flores, who through a material “Ewe”, created from the reuse of discarded woolen chain called Noils (grain short that shows remains grass and straw), devised a flexible waterproof sheet for sustainable housings of electronic devices.
We invite you to review the blog Remade in Chile where you will see the second, third place and honorable mention, just click here.
Photo: View of the exhibition at the Galería Animal, by María José Urcelay.

Remade in Chile is a nonprofit entity whose main objective is to promote recycling, reuse and care of the environment through design.
Born in Chile in 2007 thanks to a partnership established between the Lombardy region of Italy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile to encourage domestic firms and chileans designers to generate innovative products with commercial potential, from waste material, both household production processes and waste.
During 2009 Remade in Chile convened for the third time students and professionals to submit projects under the framework of the design, recycling and reuse. Alto Atacama Desert Lodge and Spa continuing his policy of protecting the environment couldnt be out of this version sponsoring the contest, which will expose the selected ones in the Animal Gallery between 9 and 14 March, same instance where the jury conformed by Ximena Abogabir (Director Fundación Casa La Paz), Rodrigo Alonso (Designer), Douglas Leonard (lighting expert, teacher PUC) and Marco Capellini (director of Remade in Italy) will choose the first, second and third place.
We invite you to visit this project and openly comment about this here in your blog.

Link: Remade in Chile

Morro Moreno is the name given to a park near the beach Juan Lopez close to Antofagasta. Property of the Air Force of Chile, this hill is one of the six mist oasis in Chile, this means that it receives moisture from the sea. It is about 1,000 meters above sea level and is noted for a variety of flora and fauna, including some types of cactus and flowers that are unique in the region.

Within the vegetation species that can be found are Eulychnia, Copiapoa, Eriosyce, Echinopsis, Heliotropium, Ephedra, Lycium, Cynanchum, Viola, Argythamnia, Nolana, Tetragonia, all with valuable chemical compounds used to treat diseases.

In terms of fauna, the coastal sector of the hill is inhabited by a number of sea lions, and otters, although these last ones show themselves less.

It is important to mention the arqueological relevance of the site, in which you can find rests of the antique fishermen called changos, and also paleontological tracks.

An important news for its preservation is that now it will become part of the National System of Protected Areas of the State.

Just a couple hours away from San Pedro, this park deserves a visit.

Its scientific name is Browningia candelaris, Britton & Rose gave the name in honor of WE Browning, director of the British Institute in Santiago de Chile. And because of the peculiar form that characterizes it, the common name is Candelabrum Cactus.

With the size of a tree – it can reach 5 meters- it usually has several branches at the top giving the appearance of a candelabrum. It grows naturally in the highlands, from 1700 to 3000 meters above the sea, in conditions of extreme dryness. Only found in regions of Arica, Tarapaca and Parinacota, specifically on the route from Arica to Bolivia and the Valley of Cardones, where more abundant.

This valley, immersed in the desert, is protected by the province of Arica and has a rich biodiversity. Its various species of cacti are clear examples of plant adaptation to a hostile environment.

If you travel around the area, you can not miss them.