New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023

Initiative category

Identify the award category for which this initiative is being submitted
Shaping a circular industrial ecosystem and supporting life-cycle thinking

Email user
as.menininkas@gmail.com

Basic information
Initiative title
Second Steampunk Life

Full initiative Title
Give a second chance your useless things . Sustainability in Steampunk style

Please provide a short, catchy description of your initiative to be used in communication towards the public.
Imagine a world where plastic, wood and metal are no longer used, and with the help of children and young people, they become works of art playing music, emitting light or moving through cities on wonderfully decorated old bicycles.
In essence, all those materials that usually appear in landfills or recycling plants can be used for creation.
My idea about a simple and aesthetic way to turn plastic, metal and wood waste into attractive works of art.

What was the geographical scope of your intiative?
Regional

Where was your intiative implemented?
Member State(s) and Western Balkans
Lithuania

If relevant, insert names of region(s)/municipality(ies) involved
Municipality of Klaipėda city Lithuania

Does your initiative address mainly urban or rural issues?
It addresses urban-rural linkages

Does your initiative refer to a physical transformation of the built environment or other types of transformations (hard or soft investments)?
It refers to a physical transformation of the built environment (hard investment)

Has your initiative benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?
No

Has your initiative won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?
No

Does your initiative has a minimum level of maturity? The minimum level of maturity is exemplified by stakeholder/ initiative promoter commitment to implement the initiative in practice and a clear methodology /approach.
Yes

On whose behalf are you submitting the application?
As a representative of an organisation
Please provide the contact details for the project promoter (the individual or representative of the organisation authorised to represent the project)
- Name of the organisation(s): KIBIRKŠČIŲ MEISTRAI (MASTERS OF SPARKS)
  Type of organisation: Non-profit organisation
  First name of representative: Eugenijus
  Last name of representative: Šuldiakovas
  Gender: Male
  Nationality: Lithuania
  If relevant, please select your other nationality: Lithuania
  Function: Non formal education of kids and young people
  Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: Žagatpurvių k. 9 Šilutės r
  Town: Šilutė
  Postal code: 99390
  Country: Lithuania
  Direct Tel: +370 670 01644
  E-mail: as.menininkas@gmail.com
  Website: http://www.steamspace.net
Social Media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.)
- URL: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009632647613
  Social media handle and associated hashtag(s): #tvarumas #stimpankas #stimpankovaikai #stimpankoateitis
- URL: https://www.facebook.com/steampunkageoflight
  Social media handle and associated hashtag(s): #kidsofsteam #steampunkspiritoflithuania #steampunkageoflight
In case my initiative is selected as a finalist of the NEB Prizes 2023, I agree to share the name (individual and/or organisation’s), email address, website and social media accounts indicated above with other NEB Prizes finalists. I also agree to publish the name (individual and/or organisation’s), website and social media accounts indicated above next to the public description of my initiative in the channels of the European Commission.
Yes

How did you hear about the New European Bauhaus Prizes?
I found out from my colleague

Description of the initiative
Please provide a summary of your initiative
Obsolete lamps and old mechanisms are collected from waste management sites and dismantled with the help of children. This is how they develop their micro motor skills and the desire to find out what is hiding behind the covers of the old TV.
Children aged 9-12 make houses-lamps from plastic and wood parts.
Older 13-19-year-olds make speakers with an exclusive design from old televisions and other metal waste from household appliances. Restores and decorates old bicycles.

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with 5 key words.
Creativity

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
Skills

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
Sustainability

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
Aesthetics

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
Self-confidence

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of sustainability and how these have been/will be met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
Goals:
To popularize sustainability-based creativity among children and young people and adults.

I suggest that the participants bring items from home that they no longer use, and create from them:
1. Remelius with an inspirational quote.
2. Update old wall clocks.
3. Make steampunk style players from old audio speakers.
4. Tuning old bikes using various metal and plastic parts.
5. Production of candlesticks.

All these activities develop an understanding of the valuable ability to conserve nature creatively.

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design, positive emotions and cultural benefits) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
The goal of the initiative is to surprise and show that completely insignificant details can become parts of a wonderful work of art. The activity greatly broadens people's horizons and aesthetic perception. Getting to know the steampunk culture is one of the advantages of this initiative. It is an opportunity to touch a completely unique activity and receive valuable cultural benefits.
In my experience, after conducting more than 200 sessions with storytelling and show elements, after surveying the participants, the first reaction was surprise, children and adults could not believe that real masterpieces of art can be born from garbage. A significant increase in self-confidence is noticeable.

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
The main goals of the initiative are related to involving as many schools and companies as possible to participate in the sustainability program through art and technical creativity.
Ukrainian, Art schools, youth with special needs and people who are not working or studying anywhere participated in the initiative project.
By participating in municipal projects aimed at promoting the culture of sustainability, the service becomes affordable for all participants.

The project was financed by Klaipėda Municipality and the European Social Fund Agency. So it was free for the participants as a pilot project.
An easy and interesting part of the introduction to the project.
Good job of Funding Organization and Municipality

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the initiative and civil society have been/will be involved in the initiative and what has been/will be the impact of this involvement on the initiative
Young people, children and adults who participated in the project will look at what they throw away at least twice more responsibly and consciously, use things that are no longer needed, use them for creative purposes and share new experiences with those around them.
The participants of the initiative, inspired by the activity, reviewed their habits of throwing things away, brought to the workshop what is no longer needed, and invited others to contribute to the dismantling of lamps and appliances.

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) were engaged in the design and implementation of the initiative.
The municipality of Klaipėda allocated funds for the implementation of the project on the creation of sound speakers and bicycles based on the principle of sustainability with young people aged 14-19 from Lithuania and Ukraine. "Steambike and Steamspeaker" project.
The European Social Fund Agency also funded the creation of bicycle restoration and steampunk-style bicycles together with out-of-school and unemployed youth and youth with disabilities.

Please explain which disciplines and/ or knowledge fields were reflected in the design and implementation of your initiative. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted with each other, and what the added value of this process was
Working in a team, helping each other, gained an understanding of three-dimensional object production. Ability to construct using various materials, basics of working with metal and wood, practice of painting and preparation for painting, development of micro motor skills.
The workshop visitors had a good experience getting to know different groups of young people and enjoying the common bond. Art school youth with disabled youth and unemployed youth.

Helping each other, they created speakers and bicycles together, which will later be sold in the online store.

Please highlight the innovative character of the initiative, when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the initiative
Creative approaches to waste management.
Original production products.
The activity is based on Steampunk cultural values (product aesthetics)

Please describe which elements of your initiative could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and contexts. This may involve, for example, aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings, etc.
Elements of this initiative can be used to:
1. Connecting and integrating Ukrainian residents into urban communities through environmental management actions.

2. Creative use of garbage collected in schools. Creating a school sustainability symbol.

3. Using "mixed media" technology together with seniors to use unnecessary items at home for creativity.

Please describe the methodology or approach used in your initiative.
1. As I mentioned, the artistic creative methodology of "mixed media" is used when creating paintings.
2. Technical creative methodology with the help of no longer needed items by connecting them to each other with a screw and with the help of self-tapping screws imitating ancient machines.

Please explain what kind of global challenges the initiative addresses by providing local solutions
Educates members of society for a conscious approach to consumption.
Encourages the use of creativity as a sustainability tool to conserve nature and recycling.

Please detail the scope of progress in the implementation of the initiative. This can include already demonstrated results/outputs related to the chosen Prizes category, and the already achieved benefits from the initiative for direct and indirect beneficiaries. This can also include a development plan of the initiative, with a particular attention to the steps envisaged in the year following the application, and including envisaged results and benefits from the initiative
To date, 7 bicycles and sound speakers have been made from more than 200 kilograms of metal, plastic and wood waste. 5 project participants earned money from bicycle production and another 15 participants are waiting for the sale of the created work.
1. We will soon employ another employee in our organization.
2. We plan to produce 7 electric bicycles.
3. We will organize the Second Steampunk Sustainability Festival.
4. We will participate with our products in various city organazed events.

Please provide documents that demonstrate the maturity level of the initiative and commitment to implement the initiative in practice (e.g.: evaluation report, final or mid-term initiative report, certification, publications, building permit, grant agreement, letter of support, partnership agreement, etc.)
Web link
Web link
- https://www.15min.lt/naujiena/aktualu/svietimas/po-pamoku-klaipedos-paaugliu-rankose-naujam-gyvenimui-atgyja-dviraciai-233-1654820?fbclid=IwAR3Z1WIGvNhpWew_BkibMJzIkkr5dCWSa7YiuxjyGlLnMWh26kaeIJyuEug
If relevant, please describe how your initiative contributes to developing new competences, especially in the context of the European competence framework on sustainability.
This initiative is a practical combination of training youth work skills, earning opportunities and instilling in young people the understanding that unwanted items can gain value if they are given a second chance.
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Yes

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Yes

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Yes

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