Sustainability at School 2010-2011

REcentre repeated the school projects around new, relevant, and sustainable themes.
In order to generate more economic and market feasible results, the projects were about real questions from real companies. 

In collaboration with external organizations, REcentre wanted to expand the themes, the focus remaining on sustainable challenges relevant to the region.

Therefore REcentre created two interesting pitches in which not only students, also designers, lecturers, researchers, professionals and others interested in sustainability can take part of.

Pitch 1: Les Ardentes is a 4-days festival, which takes place every early summer in Liège.
It is a middle size event with an expected audience of 70.000 for its sixth edition of 2011 (26.000 in 2006). Students were challenged to find practical outcomes that are feasible to implement on how to make a festival like this have a smaller environmental impact.

Moderator: Gauthier de Pierpont www.ahermes.com
Expert: Caroline Gervais www.naturalstep.org

Pitch 2: Dingens Barometers produces internationally renonwed barometers. As mercury is being prohibited in the production of barometers, they had to find other sustainable solutions. Dingens wanted to challenge students to find a way on how to use sustainability and sustainable products as a unique selling point and add power to the marketing force of it. The barometer is an 'old-fashioned' instrument that is being passed on from generation to generation, how can you fit it in in contemporary living rooms and market it as a sustainable instrument?

Moderator: Gauthier de Pierpont www.ahermes.com
Expert: Katja Craeghs www.greenpoint.be

More info on both pitches can be found on your right between the files.

Sustainability@School is a collaboration between REcentre, Saint-Luc, MADfac, GutRosenberg & ABKMaastricht.