BrainSPACE conducted Trash to Treasure- a summer camp for students at Al Furqan Welfare School to learn about sustainable futures to help bolster the effects of chronic stress and equip with skills required to create and sell upcycled products made from clean waste.

The summer camp concept, design and coordination was led by Fatin Khalil in collaboration with the Department of Textile Design at Indus Valley School and Adcom Pvt Ltd.

Various techniques such as guided creative visualization, mindful breath-work and hope enhancement strategies were used to support awareness about littering, pollution, global warming, and climate change and how it impacts personal and universal health and well-being. Students were encouraged to become a part of the solution by sharing mental exercises to help tap into innate creativity and leverage it through skill-based arts training which can empower them to work towards their socio-economic uplift, creating opportunities for them to flourish and thrive.

The result was creative and fun products like jewellery and coasters as well as learning ways to market and sell the products!

Students from the Textile Department at Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture shared the crafting skills required to create upcycled products. The dynamic team from Adcom Pvt Ltd. shared their media expertise through skills required for marketing and selling such as storytelling, photography, and film.