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De Souche: Designing a Contextually Relevant Biomaterial

De Souche is an interdisciplinary workshop series that aims to transform an invasive aquatic plant species in Quebec – Eurasian milfoil – into a new biomaterial and to inspire the integration of sustainable design practices to Concordia’s students and faculty. These workshops will merge the expertise and imagination of affected communities, cross-sectorial stakeholders, an interdisciplinary…

CARE

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‘CARE : Process and Material Considerations for Sustainability in Fine Arts’ is a research initiative supported by the SOFA Committee to identify and address key issues at Concordia University relating to sustainable material use and taught method(s) within Fine Arts. Resulting in a best practice PDF guide, the first iteration of this project will focus…

Sustainable Energy Harvesting Research Project (SEHRP)

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The Sustainable Energy Harvesting Research Project (hereby, SEHRP), is a six month research project revolving around ultra-low voltage energy harvesting from renewable biological resources such as algae and anaerobic mud (swamp sludge, soil, waste products). The project will be undertaken by four undergraduate research students. The group formed the project out of a discussion pertaining…

Stroller Capstone

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The goal of this Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Project is to design and manufacture an affordable and sustainable baby stroller for low income families that also complies with the requirements and specifications brought on by the client, such as the maximum size of stroller, the need for a reversible and reclining toddler seat that can…

School Schmool

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Beginning in 1994, School Schmool sought to bring together information, profiles of student and community groups, as well as practical tools of use to all students, in particular to those interested in social justice, equity, and sustainability issues. The purpose of School Schmool is to publish an accessible, recyclable, advertising-free, activist day planner for students. Our mandate…

Tired Students

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Tired Students is a sculpture of 26 seats made of end-of-life recycled tires. The grouping of seats will be based on configurations derived from an architectural study of how positioning affects the way humans interact with each other. The sculpture will be situated on the Concordia Visual Arts Courtyard at 395 René-Lévesque Blvd.  For a…

Pledge to Lead

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Under the Paris Agreement, the world has pledged to limit global temperature increases with the aim of avoiding the worst potential impacts of unmitigated global warming. This goal will require a major societal transformation, leading to the rapid elimination of greenhouse gas emissions. We, as individuals in the Concordia community, have a key role to…

SHED

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The SHED aims to promote a culture of change around reuse through furniture upcycling, tool literacy and collaborative consumption. In its full form, the SHED will provide an accessible space to transform and repair usable but previously unwanted materials, with a key focus on furniture. Members will be invited to participate in a series of…

Waste Not, Want Not Compost Project

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“Waste Not, Want Not” is a collaboration between students, faculty (Loyola Sustainability Research Center, LSRC), and administration, to better integrate composting in everything that we do. We propose a 3-track approach to establishing a complete compost cycle at Concordia: a) Access to composters, and qualified operators, within reach (currently Concordia composts at a facility in…

Post-Capitalist Archive

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The goal of this project is to provide an array of viewpoints about how to develop a post-capitalist society by interviewing and making available video interviews with experts in the field. The videos will be hosted on a website (domain to be determined) and on a YouTube channel. Montreal, especially Concordia, has been at the…
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