RE:MAKE – Create something wew without using something new

RE – Create something new without using something new is an interactive hands-on workshop for students focused on responsible consumption, reuse and waste reduction.

RE:MAKE – Create something new without using something new is an interactive, hands-on workshop for students focused on responsible consumption, reuse, repurposing and waste reduction.

The workshop follows three connected steps: RE:THINK → RE:USE → RE:MAKE. Students first reflect on everyday choices and their own consumption habits (RE:THINK), then explore ways to reuse existing objects and materials and extend their useful life (RE:USE), and finally give them a new purpose and value through a practical challenge (RE:MAKE).

The central question of the workshop is: “Does something have to become waste once it has lost its original purpose?”

Divided into  groups, students receive different objects and materials and, using primarily what is already available, design and create their own solutions according to the workshop’s main principle: “Create something new – without using something new.”

The workshop concludes with a presentation of the students’ solutions and an activity called “My Small Decision”, in which each student chooses one specific sustainable change they can apply in everyday life. The results of the workshop and the students’ messages will be displayed in the school’s RE:MAKE Corner.

The workshop was designed and will be delivered by Tehnička škola Rijeka teachers Dijana Malinić Mihelić, Suzana Bolić Matešić and Ervin Grujić, together with school pedagogue Jelena Lenac.

The activity primarily contributes to SDG 12 – Responsible Consumption and Production, while also supporting SDG 13 – Climate Action and SDG 4 – Quality Education.

RE:THINK → RE:USE → RE:MAKE

Think. Reuse. Create something new without using something new.

RE:MAKE – Stvori novo bez novog interaktivna je i praktična radionica za učenike usmjerena na odgovornu potrošnju, ponovnu uporabu, prenamjenu i smanjenje nastanka otpada.

Radionica se temelji na tri povezana koraka: RE:THINK → RE:USE → RE:MAKE. Učenici najprije kroz kratki interaktivni izazov promišljaju o svakodnevnim odlukama i vlastitim potrošačkim navikama (RE:THINK), zatim istražuju mogućnosti ponovne uporabe i produljenja životnog vijeka postojećih predmeta i materijala (RE:USE), a potom kroz praktični izazov osmišljavaju njihovu novu uporabnu vrijednost (RE:MAKE).

Središnje pitanje radionice glasi: „Mora li ono što je izgubilo svoju prvotnu namjenu odmah postati otpad?“

Podijeljeni u skupine, učenici dobivaju različite predmete i materijale te, koristeći prvenstveno ono što već postoji, osmišljavaju i izrađuju vlastita rješenja prema glavnom pravilu radionice: „Stvori novo – bez novog.“

Radionica završava predstavljanjem nastalih rješenja i aktivnošću „Moja mala odluka“, u kojoj svaki učenik odabire jednu konkretnu održivu promjenu koju može primijeniti u svakodnevnom životu. Rezultati radionice i poruke učenika bit će predstavljeni u školskom RE:MAKE kutku.

Radionicu su osmislili i provest će je nastavnici Tehničke škole Rijeka Dijana Malinić Mihelić, Suzana Bolić Matešić i Ervin Grujić te školska pedagoginja Jelena Lenac.

Aktivnost je prvenstveno povezana s Ciljem 12 – Odgovorna potrošnja i proizvodnja, uz povezanost s Ciljem 13 – Odgovor na klimatske promjene i Ciljem 4 – Kvalitetno obrazovanje.

RE:THINK → RE:USE → RE:MAKE

Razmisli. Ponovno upotrijebi. Stvori novo bez novog.

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location

Vukovarska 58
Rijeka - Tehnička škola, Rijeka

Date

08-October-2026

AT

11:35 am - 1:10 pm

Organizer

Tehnička škola, Rijeka

Contact

Dijana Malinić Mihelić dijana.malinic@skole.hr