U Change
U Change is a national funding programme promoted by the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences that supports student initiatives for environmental, economic, cultural and social sustainability.
Students at Swiss universities have the opportunity to receive financial support of up to CHF 10,000 to turn their sustainability idea into a real project.
Send your good idea to supstain@supsi.ch. You will be put in touch with a contact person within your department (or affiliated school) who will assist you in preparing the administrative forms to participate in the next call for applications.
Bachelor, Master or PhD students enrolled at a Swiss university are eligible to apply. Participants in continuing education courses are excluded.
If you would like to get in touch with those responsible for U Change and learn more about how the funding programme works, request a meeting at this address: u-change@scnat.ch.
Send your good idea to supstain@supsi.ch. You will be put in touch with a contact person within your department (or affiliated school) who will assist you in preparing the administrative forms to participate in the next call for applications.
Bachelor, Master or PhD students enrolled at a Swiss university are eligible to apply. Participants in continuing education courses are excluded.
If you would like to get in touch with those responsible for U Change and learn more about how the funding programme works, request a meeting at this address: u-change@scnat.ch.
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By Fanny Déglise e Mathi Le Coultre, BA in Physical Theatre, Accademia Teatro Dimitri
"Minuit moins une" is an inter-university art festival on the theme of water and its issues related to sustainable development. Aimed at students of various artistic disciplines (theatre, dance, music, film, design, etc.), the festival encourages male and female artists to create and reflect on current issues and the role of the arts in sustainable development.
During the creative process, there will be a workshop with a freshwater specialist, Dr. Daniel Küry. This meeting will enable artists to acquire a theoretical basis and stimulate the creative process.
The festival will take place on 2 November 2024 and will be attended by students from the Accademia Dimitri, SUPSI, the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana and the Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi.
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By Matteo Subet and Sofia Petraglio, MA in Interaction Design SUPSI, Department of Environment Constructions and Design
Creative Plastic proposes the creation of design tools for young creatives and students through a collaborative production process that teaches them how to reuse plastic from disposable objects in a sustainable manner. The project aims to involve young students in educational and dissemination activities to make them participate in the process of recycling and putting plastic back into use in new objects; this is done through training workshops where they can gain first-hand experience of the recycling process. The project envisages the mentoring of SUPSI's research institutions such as the FabLab, the Institute for Applied Sustainability in the Built Environment and the Design Institute; it also involves collaboration with civil society associations working on design and sustainability such as Bazaar al Lago, an association that promotes reuse in neighbourhood markets, and Tra(parentesi), an association that promotes creative approaches and points of contact between young people and professionals.
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By Marino Sampayo, BA in Physical Theatre, Accademia Teatro Dimitri
GIVE ME BAG is an art project, developed by and for students, that examines the way our society deals with clothing: the prevailing competitive and consumerist values, as well as the fast fashion industry and its consequences on the environment.
The project is a call to action for all students and fashion enthusiasts who wish to make a difference. The project explores the reality and challenges of sustainable textile production and how each person can contribute to a greener and fairer world.
The event itself aims to raise awareness and collect textile materials to create new works of art in the form of bags and backpacks. In this way, the slow fashion movement becomes a reality and also helps promote jobs for tailors and seamstresses, particularly in the home village in Spain of its creator, Marino Sampayo.
by Julio Yanes and Eva Sotriffer, Accademia Teatro Dimitri
Our project De-Construction is an art project that questions the fundamental principles of our society that clash with sustainability: the dominant values of competition and consumption and the general commercialisation of almost all areas of life.
With our means and our language (body, movement, puppets and objects), we want to create a play that on the one hand visualises the mechanisms of consumerism and on the other hand opposes them to an alternative logic, where producing, selling, buying and consuming are not the fundamental principles.
The exhibition aims to offer a shared collective experience, beyond the spectator as a passive consumer, contributing to a greater awareness of intangible goods and their importance for a more sustainable human future.
* The name De-Construction is the name of the entire project (research, investigation, creation); the name of the performance itself may vary depending on the artistic results.
Our project De-Construction is an art project that questions the fundamental principles of our society that clash with sustainability: the dominant values of competition and consumption and the general commercialisation of almost all areas of life.
With our means and our language (body, movement, puppets and objects), we want to create a play that on the one hand visualises the mechanisms of consumerism and on the other hand opposes them to an alternative logic, where producing, selling, buying and consuming are not the fundamental principles.
The exhibition aims to offer a shared collective experience, beyond the spectator as a passive consumer, contributing to a greater awareness of intangible goods and their importance for a more sustainable human future.
* The name De-Construction is the name of the entire project (research, investigation, creation); the name of the performance itself may vary depending on the artistic results.
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by Andrina Hauri and Simon Wahl, Accademia Teatro Dimitri
The SDGs offer a comprehensive political formulation for global and complex problems, but remain inaccessible to many. With our project we give space to the question: to what extent can movement theatre be used to thematise the SDGs and motivate people to take active action? With our "SusArtLab@ATD" we want to give students the opportunity to become creative mediators of sustainability and promoters of Education for Sustainable Development. In our workshop, small performances and seeds of student projects are created and developed with guidance. A network of various actors integrates the results of our creative experiments into a broader social context and offers professional perspectives.
The SDGs offer a comprehensive political formulation for global and complex problems, but remain inaccessible to many. With our project we give space to the question: to what extent can movement theatre be used to thematise the SDGs and motivate people to take active action? With our "SusArtLab@ATD" we want to give students the opportunity to become creative mediators of sustainability and promoters of Education for Sustainable Development. In our workshop, small performances and seeds of student projects are created and developed with guidance. A network of various actors integrates the results of our creative experiments into a broader social context and offers professional perspectives.
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By Agustina Pezzani, Accademia Teatro Dimitri
Same Ocean is an art project (short film) that addresses the problem of the overproduction and accumulation of plastic in rivers and oceans. The two clownish characters approach the problem from a naive and absurd point of view that opens up the issue from a sensitive and playful perspective. The project is intended as a contribution to education and awareness-raising on sustainable development.
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Same Ocean is an art project (short film) that addresses the problem of the overproduction and accumulation of plastic in rivers and oceans. The two clownish characters approach the problem from a naive and absurd point of view that opens up the issue from a sensitive and playful perspective. The project is intended as a contribution to education and awareness-raising on sustainable development.
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