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Food For Thought

The Food for Thought Awareness Campaign is an opportunity for us to connect with the students in the Grey Nuns residence in order to better understand their food waste habits. By focusing solely on the cafeteria, we hope to engage with its consumers in meaningful conversations about food, hopefully gaining some insight into their relationship…

MATTEReality: Sustainable Studios

(An extension of the MATTEReality: Reconciling Ceramics and Sustainability) For millennia prior to the industrial revolution, ceramics were produced sustainably in communities around the world. In recent times, however, these locally oriented operations have been all but squashed by an industrial model that produces standardized materials shipped globally. Concordia’s Ceramics Program has taken important steps…

Drywall Recycling Project

    The goal of the project is to make the recycling of drywall easier and more accessible, allowing the products to be reused for other applications. Drywall recycling exists on the industrial scale and is an inconvenient disposal method for the general contractor to use. The team is developing a machine capable of breaking…

Une Laveuse S.V.P.

Une Laveuse S.V.P is a 10min. short film, that follows Romanian immigrant Alina as she faces many obstacles created by a flawed system and French Canadian ideologies when she decides to buy a washing machine. She deals with the struggle of miscommunication. It is a film that explores the inequalities that are born from these…

FDM Printer Material Recycling Machine – Team 20

Additive manufacturing applications have surged in recent years and have become a crucial method for quick prototyping and creating customized structures. FDM printing in particular is the most popular as it comes with affordable prices, adequate sizes, and easy operation. One major disadvantage of 3D printing is the generation of waste; one example would be…

Canopy: The Hidden Life of Humans

Canopy; The Hidden Life of Humans is an interdisciplinary research-creation project that rebirths civilization up in the trees. Aerial villages and sky gardens will be created using a mixture of organic vine structures and tendrils, metal frames, and hand-made artisan objects. It is inspired by the whimsical properties of Cucurbit vines and how they entwine…

Drag Brunch

This year, CASA Cares and JMMA have partnered to create an event targeted to help an organization fighting for LGBTQ+ rights. All proceeds (after expenses) from this collaboration would go towards this cause, and is a window for JMMA to give back to our community. We are currently speaking to L’Interligne, an organization that contributes…

Textile Shredder for CUCCR

Every year, CUCCR (Concordia University Centre for Creative Reuse) receives student association t-shirts from the previous year as well as fabric scraps from theatre costumes. This fabric waste is currently being piled up faster than it can be repurposed. Shredding fabric by hand is labor-intensive, and is not a realistic solution to the amount of…

Hungry Bin Pilot Project

Currently, all greenhouse waste is managed with the university’s compost service, where it is shipped off-site to be processed. With the recent rise of vermicomposting on campus, we see the opportunity to pilot a better system. The Hungry Bin is considered one of the best industrial vermicomposting solutions on the market. Being able to process…

Le Petit Vélo Rouge Returns

Le Petit Vélo Rouge is a community bike shop based out of Concordia University’s Loyola Campus in Notre-Dâme-de-Grâce. It’s run entirely by volunteers – Concordia students and NDG community members – and exists to empower the local community to embrace cycling as a viable mode of sustainable transportation. Following 2 tough pandemic years, LPVR needs…
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