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The ProblemIn 2010, I decided to stop using single-use beverage containers.

Single use containers have a value of $11 billion annually in the United States alone.

Nobody is willing to take ownership of these containers because theyare not worth owning.

Corporations, in an effort to reduce their operating costs, have marginalized these containers by lacing them with chemicals,

and making them with the lowest quality materials.They have not taken responsibility for their disposal costs.

Consumers only value these containers for a single use.

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The Solution

This is a PersonalizedMulti-use

Drinking and Storage Vessel.

It is washable, it protects the user’s hands from hot liquids

and it is easy to hold.

The cover protects the glass from breakage.

It can be repaired.

These vessels have been tested by repeated use over

many years.

The design of this vessel is very specific.

It is made for a particular consumer.

Sometimes, it is made by the actual consumer.

This Vessel is made to foster an acute sense of

ownership. Ownership imparts

responsibility;the greater the ownership

the greater the responsibility.

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Open Source Freemasonware

Mason Jars are open source freeware.Like other forms of open source, the way they make money is implicit.

When John L. Mason patented Mason jars in 1859, he never renewed the patent.Today, anyone can produce and use Mason Jars They are standardized, ubiquitous

and re-usable.

Made of glass: silicon dioxide, sodium dioxide, and calcium oxide;some of the most plentiful element in the earth’s crust.

Glass imparts negligible contamination to the food it containsProperly cared for, glass will last a very long time.

The philosophy of the Mason Jar is to allow the end user to control what goes in the jar.The jar has a standard thread size top and is uniform in size.

A Mason jar is the perfect vehicle for reuse.

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The TechnologyNylon Line

holds the

“in-tension”

technically superior strength

Sacred Geometry

gives the vessel the meaning

provides a link for spiritual and cultural

connectedness

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Marketing Plan

The use of the vessel is the

marketing plan.

It attracts attention, which

elicits conversation, which give an opportunity to

share the idea.

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The Competitors

Anyone who is making a reusable, multi-use drinking

container is my friend and ally.

Anyone who is making a single use,

genericdrinking

container is my target.

Vs.

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About Me

Education:BA in English from UCLA

Master of Architecture from SCI-ARC

Current work experience:Solid Waste Alternatives Program

volunteer

Moved to Lopez Island from California in 2010

Sailor, Surfer, and Bloggerontocaliforniaonbullit.blogspot.com

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Future Plans

Vessels

ofIntention

An infusion of Capital will allow me to produce a book and an instructional video on how to make a Vessel of Intention.

Or maybe a documentary film on how an idea changed the way we think.

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Seastained-ableSeastained is my form of SustainabilityIt is a life where I am stained by the sea

and the sea stains me.

My life in the ocean as a sailor has given me a deep respect for the petroleum

products that make my sailing adventures possible, this substance sustains me when I

am at sea.

Petroleum has a place on this planet. I am in awe of the products and energy

density that fossil fuels give us.I believe this material should be used with

the utmost care and respect.It is a travesty that the majority of fossil fuels are burned and that plastic bottles and cups that will last many hundreds of

yearsare thrown away after a single use.

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vesselsofintention.blogspot.comis a blog which chronicles my exploration into the meaning contained in sacred geometry

lopezknowlegeshare.orgis a school where I have taught classes on how to make a vessel

of intention

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