Recup-Art offers interactive workshops and labs focused on awareness, where people interested in sustainable living can learn the Retextil technique: the creative reuse of discarded clothing and waste materials to transform them into pieces of eco-design. These workshops raise awareness among both children and adults about healthy, sustainable lifestyles and the importance of working together for a harmonious environment.
*A story created to raise awareness among preschool and primary school children about sustainability, born from the workshop “Pedal Your Rope.”
PEDAL YOUR ROPE PROJECT
PEDAL YOUR ROPE PROJECTThe “Pedal Your Rope” project is an educational and sustainable initiative aimed at promoting creativity and sustainability among children. The project offers workshops for preschool and early primary school students, where children can learn how to create sustainable ropes using recycled materials.
Objectives
- Promote sustainability and waste reduction among children.
- Develop children’s creativity and imagination through art and design.
- Provide children with tools and techniques to create sustainable and useful objects.
Activities
- Sustainable Rope-Making Workshop: Children can learn how to create sustainable ropes using recycled materials such as old clothes.
- Ride on the Magic Bike – Eco-Pedala: Children can pedal on the magic bike and produce sustainable ropes using human-powered renewable energy.
- Creation of Sustainable Objects:
- Children can use the ropes they’ve made to create sustainable items such as decorations, toys, or accessories.
Benefits
- Development of creativity and imagination: children can develop their creativity and imagination through art and design.
- Promotion of sustainability: children can learn the importance of sustainability and waste reduction.
- Development of motor skills: children can develop their motor skills through pedaling on the magic bike.
Target audience
Il progetto Pedala la tua corda è rivolto alle scuole dell’infanzia e alla prima elementare, con l’obiettivo di raggiungere i bambini tra i 3 e i 7 anni.
Conclusion
The Pedal Your Rope project is an educational and sustainable initiative that helps children develop their creativity and imagination while learning the importance of sustainability and waste reduction.
HANDMADE TEXTILE RECYCLING WORKSHOPS
With simple manual tools, I will teach you how to make a tactile panel, juggling balls, objects for juggling, pot holders…
DREAM WEAVING ANIMATION AREA
Workshops, setups, and short 15-minute shows featuring the fictional character Laccio di Stracci.
BICYCLE RECYCLING WORKSHOP
With additional equipment, I will teach you how to create the magic rope-making bicycle — which is my own invention and doesn’t exist anywhere else — or a swing, a plant hanger, a jump rope…