This was, in a way, a very heartwarming talk. It showed that a small group of people can indeed start with small changes if they are dedicated to, as Precious Plastic Shangai showed, which can lead to very creative and fun solutions to the . The way the group started seemed humble enough for this…
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Hilina Bayew – Guest Speaker: Adele Hatha
Today’s speaker, Adele Hatha, shed an interesting perspective through her experience with Precious Plastic. She spoke about the various prototypes they had to test out and tweak to find the perfect fit to shred the plastic. I found it quite interesting that the motors were more efficient yet they made use of the bikes since…
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…
Antonios Voulodis at Plastic Fantastic
I first heard about Antonios Voulodis when he was appointed as NYU Abu Dhabi’s inaugural Director of Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship. His talk touched on a broad swath of topics and he discussed it very well by going across the timeline of his career. There were tangential discussions around his experience navigating the working climate…
Ali AlDhanhani – Reflection on Antonios Vouloudis’ talk
Mr. Vouloudis’ talk in class today was not only extremely informative but also very eye-opening. This was my first time being exposed to in-depth and comprehensive information on the efforts taken by our NYUAD campus to push for sustainable measures and to ensure that an overall positive environmental impact is being achieved by students and…
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…
Mohammed Arham: reflection on Antonios Vouloudis’s talk
Antonios Vouloudis talked about the various sustainability projects the UAE have introduced, whether it’s to do plastic waste management to dealing with urban heat island effects. One of the ideas that I resonated with in his talk was when he provided the anecdote about how in the past, there were a limited availability of paint…
Maxim Blinov. Blog about guest speaker: Antonios Vouloudis.
Today’s class speaker was Antonios Vouloudis, an engineer who was a masters degree in engineering and science which was aquired in Greece. He has known our university for about two months and he is currently NYUAD’s inagural director of sustainability. Today I learned form him that there are multiple projects in Abu Dhabi which are…
Pangna Sun – Guest Speaker : Antonios Vouloudis
Vouloudis’ talk about the sustainability projects in Abu Dhabi was very informative and inspiring. Prior to this class, I did not that we have the Ghadan 21 project here, which is quite shocking because I live only 10 minutes away from the site. Just like when I was watching the film Bag It, I felt guilty that…
Ward – Antonios Vouloudis
Today’s class with Antonios Vouloudis was actually very insightful and not only on the topic of the UAE’s environmental plans but also on the topic of working with others which was super interesting to hear. I was shocked to hear about the Ghadan 21 grant because I hadn’t heard of it before and while researching…
Fanisi: A Talk with ANTONIOS VOULOUDIS
Meeting Mr. Vouloudis highlighted (to me) how little I know about Abu Dhabi’s – and even the greater UAE’s current sustainability efforts. Learning about the green building regulations was a real eye opener and I think it is really innovative that the Abu Dhabi government came up with a gamified way to engage companies on…
Ari Almansoori – Guest Speaker Antonios Vouloudis
It was very informative to learn about Antonios’s talk in the context of sustainability and how the UAE has sought a more prosperous future for the world to look to as a guiding principle. An excellent example is the Ghadan 21 grant, which works to deal with issues with the city’s infrastructure. I was surprised…