RISING FROM THE ASHES: Humanitarian engineering as response to the Volcanic Eruption of La Soufriere in St Vincent and the Grenadines

 

I LOVE SHARING GOOD NEWS, specially after months of nerve-wracking news [COVID19, Volcanic eruption, ash fall, torrential rains, floods, lahars, tens of thousands of refugees, a tropical storm...]

I am thrilled to announce that all the hard work carried out over the last months as the Operation Support Specialist for GER3 [Global emergency, Relief, Recovery and Reconstruction] has given its fruits and.....

We have SECURED a generous GRANT from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy [CDP] towards our Community Recovery and Reconstruction project which includes community capacity building, implementation of new sustainable livelihoods, circular economy up-cycling of materials & resources [including volcanic ash] and finally building back better by designing resilient engineered solutions and training local teams within the most vulnerable communities.

Would you like to get additional details about this amazing project?

Would you like to support this holistic project by volunteering your time?

Please do not hesitate to contact me at karla.pazsans@ger3.org

For DONATIONS towards this project, please go to GER3 website. [www.ger3.org]

the growing pavilion: bio-materials

www./thegrowingpavilion.com/

The pavilion is unique in the way in which a large number of biobased materials, such as wood, hemp, mycelium, cattail and cotton, come together to form an extraordinary creation

The Growing Pavilion is a Biobased Creation of Company New Heroes and Dutch Design Foundation.
Design: Pascal Leboucq in collaboration with Krown.bio 
Concept : Pascal Leboucq – Lucas De Man – Biobased Creations | Company New Heroes

The Coral

 home algae farming

[spirulina]

2019

                                     

‘The Coral’ is an indoor micro-algae farm designed to rebuild a relationship with algae, critical for sustainability yet unappreciated part of nature, in our everyday lives. This wall-mounted bioreactor proposes a daily ritual for algae consumption for a sustainable alternative of nutritional diets. The Coral also highlights algae’s environmental benefits through a symbol of revitalizing coral from ‘coral bleaching.’ Besides, the representation augments an indoor experience, allowing us to welcome the algae farm at home for aesthetic purposes. The Coral suggests a socially acceptable way of bringing algae, which helps us take one step forward to a better sustainable way of living.

PRESS || FastCompany / Mashable / DWELL / Dezeen / Designboom / Core77 / Inhabitat / and more…

AWARD || Dezeen Awards 2019 Longlist / Design that Educates 2020 / INDUSTART 2019

EXHIBITION || Dutch Design Week 2019, Dubai Design Week 2019, Elle Deco Italia