We live in a time where we’d rather buy a new product than to repair or fully utilise the ones that we already have. Consumer culture also constantly encourages us to replace our perfectly working products with newer ones, all in the name of staying “in-trend and up-to-date”.
All of this creates a futile cycle of neverending waste and spending that later creates problems when it comes to environmental sustainability.
The Biji-biji Initiative—a social enterprise that champions sustainable living, reusing waste creatively and collaborative production—is tackling these issues head on by developing an innovative and alternative education division.
They hope this will challenge the limits of 21st century designing and making, and also teach people skills that’ll one day come in handy.
They registered their education division as Me.reka…
