Solidarity Economy, Social Technology and Design: sustainable initiatives with residue Cerrado for handicraft production in extractive communities

Abstract

This study seeks to understand the foundations of Solidarity Economy aiming to make possible the work of the Social Design as an alternative to economic development in a sustainable manner. Communities "Bonfinópolis de Minas" and "Chapada Gaúcha", Minas Gerais, Brazil develop the extraction of Cerrado fruits, through associations and cooperatives. In these communities the possibilities of use of vegetable waste in craft production as a local entrepreneurial alternative are checked.

Solidarity Economy; Social Technology; Social Design