W-UP DIGITAL TOOLKIT
Here you’ll find ideas, experiences, techniques that you’ll be able to replicate anywhere and anytime.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
The acronym W_UP Tour stands for Waste Upcycling Tour,which is a mobility scheme to raise people up, make them aware of waste management and upcycling issues and create a positive impact in local communities on this topic.
Upcycling means turning discarded things into something new, usable, useful and beautiful. It’s an improved form of recycling that gives new life to the unused things, giving them a new purpose and a much better quality.
The environmental benefits of upcycling are huge, aside from reducing considerably the volume of waste being sent to landfill each year, it especially reduces the need for
production using new or raw materials which means a reduction in air pollution, water pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and often a conservation of global resources.
All partners involved were expected to acquire skills in the environmental sector and to use non-formal learning competencies for creating W_UP tours within their volunteering opportunities. Moreover to exchange tools and good practices on non-formal learning, social entrepreneurship and waste-upcycling methods.
ACTIVITIES
Training Course
We held a Training Course in Gandia, Spain on Waste Upcycling, social entrepreneurship and Non-formal education in Spain especially to training on waste upcycling methods and technical aspects;
The W-Up tours
The W-Up tours were implemented in each partner country and the Tour lasted 15 days. Each country was matched with a country from the other continent. They took place in Italy, Cambodia, India, Spain, Thailand and Croata
Dissemination Events
In the last days of the W-Up Tour a dissemination event with local authorities and relevant stakeholders was organised to present the outcomes of the mobility and raise awareness in the local communities;
Local Workshops
After each W-Up Tour a local workshop on waste upcycling was run by each partner organisation with the help of a local expert.
OBJECTIVES
ACTIVITIES
OBJECTIVES
THE TEAM
THE TUTORIALS
Seat with old tyres
Materials: 1 tyre, wood pieces for base, fabric, staples, screws (size depends on tyre, check pictures), foam (between 8 and 12 cm wide), wheels (opt.), wood sheet for base sit (2 pieces between 2 -3 cm wide)
Tools: Stapler, screwdriver, cutters, scissors, sawing machine, one drill (6-10)
Difficulty: Medium
Sofa with pallets
Materials: 3 pallets, silicone, 6 long screws for wood, 12 short screws for wood, wood pieces (size to fit the pallets gaps), foam, fabric, varnish or paint (optional), wheels (optional).
Tools: sawing machine or manual saw, drilling machine, screwing machine or screw driver, sanding machine, hammer, pick, silicon
Approximate time for realisation: At least you will need 2-3 hours to build the most basic one.
Difficulty: Depending on the model, but in general it’s medium, basic tools are needed.
Natural soap
Ingredients: 450g coconut oil, 450g olive oil, 133g of lye (Sodium Hydroxide), 297g water, Up to 10g of essential oils of choice (optional)
Supplies:
A slow-cooker or a non- aluminium bowl to heat the oils; A digital scale; A stick blender; A wooden or metal spoon; A spatula; Soap moulds (or an old cardboard box lined with parchment paper); Gloves and sunglasses or eyewear; A large bottle of white vinegar to neutralise the lye mixture if it spills on anything.
Lamp with washing
machine drum
Materials: washing machine drum, cleaning product, cloth, rope or wire of your choice (to hang it), bulb, lamp holder, paint (optional)
Tools: drill, screwdriver
Difficulty: medium
Furniture with
tetra-brics
Materials: clean tetra-brics (same type/size), cutter, newspaper or magazine, glue, hot glue or silicone
Difficulty: Very easy
Watch the video and the story of Marc Barandard
Cardboard Furniture
Materials: Cardboard, pencil, white glue, books or something heavy, a lot of patience.
Tools: Cutter
Difficulty: Very easy
THE WORKCAMPS
TAP ON THE COUNTRIES AND WATCH THE VIDEOS
Guidelines and common quality standards
A W_UP Tour is a mobility scheme with the aim to support young people and non-profit organisations to develop entrepreneurial activities on waste upcycling.
- The tour should last between 10 and 15 days (at least 9 nights and maximum 14 nights) and have the following format:
- min. 40% of upcycling activities
- min. 40% of interaction with local community
- max. 20% of tourism
Tourism should be as sustainable as possible and should aim at discovering the local context.
The tour will be based on non-formal education principles.
- International participants will be required to pay a participation fee that must be as popular as possible and defined by the hosting organisation. Sending organisations are expected to require an additional fee. The participation fee covers:
- Food and accommodation
- Technical workshops about upcycling with the local expert
- Materials to be used during the activities
- Local transport if required for workcamp’s activities
- Administration charge and costs related with the participation in all activities
While are not included international travels, visa costs, transport to reach the venue, health insurance that is compulsory, and any personal expenses.
- Hosting organisations and participants must be green and comply with the following guidelines:
- Using refillable water bottles
- Sorting the garbage
- Doing compost
- Using shopping bags and avoid disposable items
- Consuming local food
- Profiles required to the team staff to run a W_UP workcamp (a staff member might perform multiple tasks):
- 1 workcamp leader
- 1 local expert in upcycling
- 1 volunteer coordinator
- 1 person in charge of visibility to disseminate the results and show the outcomes of the workcamp on a large scale.
- Number of pax:
- Min. 8
- Max 30.
- Each W_UP workcamp will have a slogan that can be chosen between the following:
- No waste is wasted
- Connecting communities globally
- Today together for a greener tomorrow
- In the last days of the W_UP Tour a dissemination event with local authorities and relevant stakeholders will be organised to present the outcomes of the mobility and raise awareness in the local communities. The dissemination event will be held with at least 15 30 participants representing at least 3 members of local authorities and other 5 relevant stakeholders of the civil society and local authorities.
Guidelines and common quality standards for local workshop
After each W_UP Tour, there will be a local workshop on waste upcycling run by each partner organisation with the help of a local expert. The workshop will foster active participation of the local community and will contribute to help local people look for innovative solutions on waste management in their own social contexts.
It should last at least 318 hours (for example in 3 sessions of 6 hours each) and involve at least 630 participants from the local community and ideally… (for example 10 participants for each of the 3 sessions implemented).
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
