The theme for this year’s World Library and Information Congress is “Working together for the future”. We know that collaboration breeds innovation. Many great inventions have come from linking existing ideas. Libraries create analogue and digital spaces that bring creative people together to work on the challenges facing our societies and find solutions together. Two of these challenges are Sustainable Living and Generating Revenue for Start-ups in the Cultural and Creative Industries. Our Upcycling workshop aims to address these two themes.
Image credit: NASA/Apollo 17 crew/Wikipedia/Public Domain
Upcycling (“up” and Recycling / “Reuse”) is the process of transforming waste or (apparently) useless materials into products of new value. In contrast to downcycling, this form of recycling results in the recovery of materials. By recycling or reusing existing materials, the use of raw materials can be reduced (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upcycling). By reusing and converting used materials, unusual and everyday objects will be creatively redesigned and thus upgraded or brought into a different context.
The Goethe-Instituts in the Sub-Saharan Africa Region support the creative exploration of the topic of upcycling and want to contribute to sustainability through various measures. We are therefore launching this Goethe-Upcycling Call for ideas.
Submissions to this Challenge must be received by 12:59 a.m. EEST, Sept. 16, 2021.
Source: Herox
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