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OpenWaste.ai

Concordia University is leading an innovative research study called “Open Waste”, a multi-year study that deploys internet of things sensors in community-level waste management infrastructure to accelerate to zero waste targets and gain unprecedented insights into waste behaviours. We are seeking local and international partners to guide and support our research efforts. Why this is…

How Do You Play With Earth?

“How Do You Play with Earth?” is an immersive, interdisciplinary art event that aims to connect the gap between environmental and social sustainability through the bridge of culture. This is realized by exploring the materiality of the earth, celebrating September’s harvest season, and centering QTBIPOC artists while bringing students into nature. The curatorial vision revolves…

Waste Invaders Part 2

Waste Invaders is an open source educational arcade game designed to teach people about best waste management practices (at Concordia). Inspired by gamepley from space invaders, it allows for anyone to play and learn. The first version of the game was educating people about the importance of plastic resin codes with how they relate to…

Exploring Sustainability Across the Arts

Exploring Sustainability Across the Arts (ESA) is a year-long initiative that aims to explore sustainable alternatives to vinyl signage in museums, galleries, and other arts and cultural spaces, as well as examining perspectives on sustainability across the arts. The project contributes to a zero-waste culture at Concordia University with a uniquely-situated artistic focus, by offering…

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…
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