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"How might we use creative and artistic practices to turn waste into new products and services that can catalyze new jobs and businesses for the next generation?"

THE WORKSHOP

This the challenge we set for our Cairo+Waste urban innovation workshop, on september 23rd 2016 at icecairo on the GrEEK Campus.

We are inviting 25 to 30 city changemakers on a deep-dive to reflect on this major urban challenge and to co-create innovative ideas in response.

Participants will be guided through a structured innovation process inspired by the Creation Flow developed by the THNK: School for Creative Leadership.

SIGN UP

You can sign up for the workshop at our EventBrite page. We have limited places, participation is free.

Join us if you:

  • Are passionate about cities,
  • Enjoy collaboration and innovation,
  • Are interested in joining a regional network of like-minded people,
  • Are looking to set up/take part in a local urban lab, and/or
  • Would like to learn about our structured innovation process.
PROGRAM

Morning
09:00 – 9:30 Registration
09:30 – 10:00 Introductions
10:00 – 10:30 Discussion around challenges & opportunities
10:30 – 12:00 Wild Safari (observations & interviews in the streets)
12:00 – 12:00 Team lunch (eat, discuss & share experience)

Afternoon
13:00 – 14:30 Creative pressure cooker (new exercise every 20 minutes)
14:30 – 16:30 Create a prototype in the FabLab
16:30 – 17:00 Pitch preparations
17:00 – 17:30 Pitches
17:30 – 17:45 Workshop wrap-up
17:45 – 19:00 Drinks

LOCATION
icecairo is located at the GrEEK Campus, Basement Floor, below the Blue Room.

Our Workshop Facilitators

Salma is the hub manager and product designer of icecairo – the green technology innovation hub. She graduated from the German University in Cairo, with bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in Product Design. Salma is the co-founder and designer of Menn Baladha – a Cairo based design studio, redefining contemporary Egyptian craft production. She has also been playing a role in the maker scene in Egypt since it’s early days in 2009.

Salma Adel
Hub Manager and Product Designer | icecairo

Urban sustainability catalyst and social entrepreneur with over twelve years of experience in MENA and globally. She worked on a range of projects with focus on policy, sustainable planning and design, entrepreneurship development and social innovation.

Rym Baouendi
Urban Sustainability Catalyst | Medina Works | Cogite | THNK

Urban innovation expert and social entrepreneur, creating smarter cities and do-good communities through civic crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, co-creation, corporate social responsibility, virtual incubation, startup acceleration and open innovation.

Ronald Lenz
Social Innovation & Smart Cities. 1%Club | THNK | Cities Next | Waag Society

The Participants

Alik Mikaelian

Alik Mikaelian

Freelance Designer

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Khaled Ali Mostafa

Khaled Ali Mostafa

Engineering student at CIC - Canadian International College

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Yara Yassin

Yara Yassin

Co-Founder of "Refuse"

An Egyptian Product Designer Who believes that the world can…

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Atef Sherif Ahmed

Atef Sherif Ahmed

Vice President at Draw your future

Draw Your Future is a student activity aims to qualify…

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Yomna Seoudi

Yomna Seoudi

Founder at CAN

Bringing awareness to the community about sustainability through design. Mainly…

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Sevita Rama

Sevita Rama

Presidential Intern at American University in Cairo

Recent graduate from Rice University with a B.A. in Cognitive…

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Rania Rafie

Rania Rafie

Fellow at The Do School

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Farida Omar

Farida Omar

CEO & Founder at NewTurn Foundation For Development

Develops in-depth knowledge of assigned program areas, including current issues…

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Farah Nammar

Farah Nammar

Co Founder at DesignShit

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Shahir Mikhail

Shahir Mikhail

CEO at Gazwareen

I'm currently a wood artist making driftwood furniture which is…

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Anis Mansour Mahmoud

Anis Mansour Mahmoud

Online Marketing (PPC - SEO -Social Media Marketing)

Digital marketing Expert with excellent track record in Online Marketing.…

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Kareem Hisham

Kareem Hisham

Process engineer at Egyptian Projects Operation and Maintenance (EPROM)

Seven years of experience in the field of the providence…

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Omar Heraiz

Omar Heraiz

Media Director & Founder at Drop Studios

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Islam Hamdy

Islam Hamdy

BIM Manager at ECG Engineering Consultant Group S.A.

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Youssef Essam El-Din

Youssef Essam El-Din

‏‎CO-Founder‎‏ Reefy

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Ahmed Eltally

Ahmed Eltally

Civil Engineer at National Company for Construction and Development-Ministry of Investment

Ahmed Eltally is a Highly motivated fresh graduate engineer seeking…

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Motaz Elewa

Motaz Elewa

Business Development at Biodiesel Misr

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Shorouk El-Zeftawy

Shorouk El-Zeftawy

Student at The German University in Cairo

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Kamal EL Shafey

Kamal EL Shafey

CEO & Founder of Koleex International Group

Senior Level in Business management with more 7 years of…

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Mariam Afifi

Mariam Afifi

Renewables & Environment Professional

Tagaddod is a renewable Energy and Waste Management Egyptian company,…

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Mona Farouk

Mona Farouk

Architect

An architect specialized in design and construction using appropriate and…

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Ulrike von Rücker

Ulrike von Rücker

sparking & supporting innovative & sustainable enterprising ideas for a better city

My dream of bringing together my diverse activities under one…

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Ahmed Elkomy

Ahmed Elkomy

Civil Engineering Graduate

Ahmed is a fresh graduate from faculty of Engineering, Civil…

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Dina Amin

Dina Amin

A Creative Being

Dina Amin is a multi disciplinary designer. Although trained as…

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Hala Higazi

Hala Higazi

Architect and Independent Researcher

Hala Higazi is architect and researcher with a background in…

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Aliaa Noor

Aliaa Noor

Co-founder & Marketing Manager Jereed.

Electrical Engineer, focusing my studies on Environmental engineering and Energy…

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Background Information

Cairo has many urgent urban challenges such as electricity, water, waste and youth unemployment. In this innovation program we will try to connect two of them to explore solutions towards resolving them.

Much has been written about the waste issue in Cairo, such as this excerpt from the Huffington Post: “It is a landfill of interwoven problems. Rival collectors vying for the big business of trash fight over turf that used to be parceled out in an orderly way among a fixed number of garbage-collecting clans. Layers of corrupt and inefficient bureaucracy choke the system. The collapse of police forces in the revolution in early 2011 means that no one is enforcing what few rules there are.

As a result, Cairenes end up dumping much of their daily output of 17,000 tons of garbage on the street.

‘We have designed an unsustainable system for the city,” said Laila Iskandar, an expert in waste management. “It is a chain and no one thinks of the chain. Only the end point … Out of sight out of mind.’”

waste cairo

Some statistics

  • In Egypt, most of the generated municipal solid waste ends up in open, public and random dumpsites, causing a serious threat to public health and the environment.
  • Statistics shows that: Greater Cairo generates 15 Million ton (MT)/year and Egypt totals 21 MT/year (sweep‐net report, April 2014).
  • In urban areas 40% to 90% of solid waste is collected while rural areas this percentage drops to 0% to 35%.
  • Only 2.5% percent of solid waste is recycled in Egypt (sweepnet report, 2010).
  • Recycling based manufacturing creates 25 jobs per year per 10,000 tons of solid waste African Dev. Bank report).
  • Egypt generated 89.03 million tons of solid waste, including: 21 million tons of Municipal solid waste, 30 million tons Agricultural waste, 6 million tons of Industrial waste, 28,300 tons of Hazardous medical waste, 4 million tons of Construction and demolition waste, 25 million tons of Waterway cleansing waste & 3 million tons of Sludge.
  • A large diversity of waste-types is generated across Egypt. It is estimated that 40% of the total waste generated is left uncollected, and that only a fraction of this collected waste is treated and disposed in facilities with a generally acceptable level of environmental control.
  • In urban areas 40% to 90% of solid waste is collected while rural areas this percentage drops to 0% to 35%.

Alternatively, creative entrepreneurs & artists have already found ways to turn this problem into an opportunity, recycling waste and turning it into beautiful and useful objects, that sometimes even turn into businesses. It goes without saying that it’s the artist community that can ‘reframe’ waste and give it new meaning and purpose. Not typical art pieces, but ranging from furniture to playgrounds. Some possible examples include: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/recycled-art-masterpiece-made-from-junks/

A great example is also TerraCycle, an International upcycling and recycling company that collects difficult-to-recycle packaging and products and repurposes the material into affordable, innovative products. So this brings us to our challenge:

Our City Partners

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  • GrEEK Campus
  • Cairo Hackerspace

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