ECOWEEK ACTIVITY ECOWEEK GREENHOUSE
The GREENHOUSE was created in 2011. It is a platform for entrepreneurship for young professionals for society and the environment, and the framework to pursue ECOWEEK projects after the one-week workshops, and to develop them towards implementation. GREENHOUSE teams are young architects and landscape architects, led by professionals and experts in the practice of architecture, landscape architecture and design. GREENHOUSE teams are active in Greece, Israel, and other locations.
ECOWEEK 92Y GENIUS ECOWEEK is collaborating since 2016 with 92Y in New York in the 7 DAYS OF GENIUS project. Taking place on March 5-12, it is a major week-long inquiry into the idea of genius: what it is, how it impacts, why it matters and how it can be for public good. The festival includes stage events at 92Y in New York City and satellite events organized with partner organizations, including MIT, and Skirball Center. ECOWEEK Genius events take place from England to India and from Germany to Israel.
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ECOWEEK Workshops ECOWEEK is a unique event. It is not like other conferences where people sit in a room and listen to other people. ECOWEEK speakers provide inspiration and practical examples that trigger action. ECOWEEK workshops are also different from workshops organized by academic programs. ECOWEEK gives a taste of the real world: how design ideas can be generated through cooperation among various team members and how they can be implemented. ECOWEEK workshops engage participants in real projects. They work with communities on real sites, and often do hands-on construction of full-scale prototypes, installations or interventions. ECOWEEK workshops put the environmental and social agenda at top priority, and give the opportunity to learn through practice and experience. The workshop projects presented here are inspiring examples of ECOWEEK activity completed in the last decade. These projects tackle the un-tackled potential in real sites through innovative ideas generated by teams of professionals, students and young professionals. The teams are guided by city planners and community leaders and are provided with background and documentation to understand the site and context. The teams then experiment, and through innovation change our way of looking at public spaces. They use alternative materials in new ways, and come up with solutions to old social and environmental problems in creative new ways.
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