This project was a fitting end to a very fruitful and informative course. During these three weeks, I’ve learned so much information that I was completely unaware of regarding plastics. And this final project was a very hands on cumulation of many of the facts and motives that I have gained throughout the course. We…
Before Plastics: Drinks from Bottles and Straws
Here is a link to a PDF copy of the presentation: Before plastics: Drinks from bottles and straws
Hassan and Maxim: Plastic Roach
In making this project we sought to capture how plastic waste remains in the environment nearly forever. We decided to represent this aspect by relating it to cockroaches. This is because there is this perception that cockroaches can withstand anything and survive forever. As in they were alive at the time of the dinosaurs; dinosaurs…
Plastic Fashion
Learning that many of our clothing items consist mostly of plastic was shocking. I already knew that some materials used for clothes contained plastic, but I did not imagine the extent of it. I thought that some amount of plastic could be added to clothes in order to aid the material or add certain qualities…
Cleaning The Beach
Going to collect plastic on the beach was an interesting experience. We arrived at around 9:30, so the weather was not at it’s hottest yet, but it was not particularly cool either. The beach we went to was a relatively clean one, and yet we still managed to find a good amount of trash. The…
Hassan: Reflection on Adele Foucart’s talk
Today’s speaker was Adele Foucart, cofounder of Precious Plastic Shanghai. She gave an informative talk on her journey with Precious Plastic Shanghai; how it started as a side event to where it is now as a full company. What I took from this talk which reinforces ideas from the previous speaker is how it truly…
Hassan: Reflection on Antonios Vouloudis’ talk
I found the talk by Antonios Vouloudis very informative, as he combined multiple concepts of sustainability with a lot of first hand experience in his professional journey. One really important step in his journey was his work with ESTIDAMA, which is an initiative by the Abu Dhabi Municipality which mandated that all new construction projects…