Plastic Waste, Dave Hakkens and Precious Plastic
Plastic waste problem is becoming a bigger crisis globally. Only 9% of the 400 million tons of plastic produced each year can be recycled. Most of it is buried in landfills or accumulates on the surface of the earth by mixing with nature. According to research, approximately 8 million tons of plastic waste enters the […]
Transformation Begins at Home
The concept of upcycling is an application method that we have started to hear frequently recently, but has long existed in our lives. Take the word wasteful, for example; Turkish people define waste with extravagance. “Don’t be extravagant” is also a phrase passed down from village to city. So how can we not be extravagant? […]
How Can We Teach Upcycling to Children?
Sustainability has become a lifestyle, not just a fashion trend. By changing our consumption habits, we started to prefer products with more sustainable and clean ingredients. However, we can make a greater impact as ‘generative-transformative’ individuals, not just as consumers. And now is the time to take action to pass on the awareness of transformation […]
Furniture Upcycling
My desire to evaluate what I found turned into a passion enough to set up a atelier at home after 2021. The Pandemic that we have been through has also shown us that we cannot live by just consuming. Perhaps we simply squandered our depleted resources without thinking about most of the valuation opportunities we […]
What is Decluttering?
The opposite of hoarding is “decluttering“, which I haven’t found a good Turkish equivalent yet. From constantly eliminating unnecessary things; items, documents, pictures, etc. In short, people who like to organize and minimize everything that surrounds them, who feel relieved and relieved by doing this, are called “declutterers”. Once it crosses a certain threshold, it […]