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FEE in partnership with Lucart Professional has launched E-SPACE (Eco-Schools Project Advancing Circular Economy) project. The project aims to prepare the younger generation with the knowledge of the Circular Economy (CE) and to empower them to take actions for advancing Circular Economy with a Design Challenge. Circular Economy is the sustainability concept of not producing any waste.

THE DESIGN CHALLENGE

Rethink is about changing how you think about things. Break paradigms, include new materials and solutions, and reconsider precedent. This category can range from rethinking merely aesthetic design decisions and minor luxuries to investing in more sustainable practices that can impact the life of the product.

THINK LIKE A DESIGNER

Think about the following concepts while redesigning a product or service:

Optimize Use/Share:

Optimal usage of a product or service can bring down use of resources and production of waste. For example, renting a car instead of owning one can reduce the total number of cars.

Check this inspiring story of a sustainable clothing from Vigga, which ensures the clothes are recycled through a circular system, where every garment is used several times, ensuring 80% less environmental footprint. Read more here

Product Life Extension:

Sadly our electronic items are now produced as one unit. Most of them are not repairable and we tend to replace the entire product. Thankfully, there is a company - Fairphone, which has put sustainability first and manufactures Smartphones that are designed and produced with minimal environmental impact. Read more here

Upcycle and Recycle:

For economic growth it is important to have efficient, intelligent, and sustainable use of materials. Upcycling and Recycling of products ensures environmental equilibrium, just like Lucart Professional which is recycling utility waste products into hygiene products. Read more here

Acceptance criteria – the entry must: