1. Challenge: Upcycly Fest upcycles urban waste to transform it into biodiversity in town. How to make it replicable everywhere?
Remix Urban Vegetalisation with UpCycly
2. Upcycly.com removes barriers that prevent individuals to construct their furniture, jewelry, ustensils and decorations, by themselves. To do this Upcycly is providing them necessary materials, techniques and theoretical premises. Upcycly fests are festivals animated by Green Warriors Community where everybody is invited to take part and to share friendly time building green articles.
3. Solution 1 : Pop-up Upcycly festivals in existing urban events
1. Set up an Unpcycly Fest on places such as
Campsites
Food markets
Neighbourhood and town festivals
Flea markets
(…) to beneficiate from momentum and the friendly atmosthpere
4. 2. Gamify Upcycly thanks to competitions between institutions and students: => Organize green battles and competitions with :
Business Schools
School playgrounds
Retirement homes
Companies => Build on the competition spirit of Institutions and make it fun !
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6. 1. Provide manuals to the potential organisers of Upcycly workshops
2. Create an open source database allowing participants and organisers to find local resources such as vegetal resources, pallets and so on
3. Create a « find resources button » on the web site to make the database easily accessible
4. Set up roles among the organizers, one role is to make the newcomers comfortable (godfathers…)
Solution 2: Empower the potential organizers to become Green Warriors
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8. Grassroot attitude!
1.An Upcycly fest has to keep being fun !
2.Use the Warriors passions to be innovative. If a Warrior is realy into music, start building musical instruments => Offer various Upcycly themes (Music Upcycly, Building Upcycly… etc)
3.Offer a special Upcycly ++ for graan warriors where they can do a very special workshop (music instruments)
4.Create cool gimmicks during the festival (self-made wristbands) in order to share and offer them to the friends of friends
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10. Idea 5 : Engage new stakeholders in the Upcycly Fest
1. Retail traders such as restaurants, florists, bakers etc … are likey to be interested by the flows of people and the activites generated by Upcycly.
2. Display inclusive and cool announcements at Pôle Emploi. Revalued the skills of job seekers (handiwork, event planning, playing music ….)
3. Create a dedicated moment for minorities and social animation
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12. Idea 6: Build partnerships & Raise money
1. Use the local investment funds
2. Sell the Upcycly outcomes at off-line and on-line auctions
3. Build partnerships with retail traders
4. Request public funds where Upcycly can revamp public spaces and bring positive impact to the territory
