Green Cells Program
The Green Future Club is committed to a near future where all products are sustainable. The mission is to bring together the best people to accelerate the sustainable development of materials, products and services.
With the Green Cells program, enrolled in collaboration with the IKEA Stiftung, young designers get support to develop concepts for sustainable products or services with a business case to increase their chances within the Green Concept Award.
Selected Award participants will receive further support to develop their concepts, communication & will join the networking among club members.
PROCESS
The workshops are aimed students, graduates and start-ups. How we work: Workshops take place digitally on Mondays from16.30-18.00 CEST. Participants work on their projects and hand in results until Fridays 12.00 CEST. We provide interim feedback until 18.00 CEST. Participants refine projects until the next workshop and present results for further feedback.
GREEN CELLS WORKSHOPS SCHEDULE
FEBRUARY (BY INVITATION ONLY)
Feb 13th Toolkit introduction based on an example
Feb 20th Presentations by participants & feedback, 2nd part of Toolkit introduction
Feb 27th Pitch deck introduction
Mar. 3rd Pitch deck presentations & feedback
JUNE For fashion, interior and materials solutions
June 5th Toolkit introduction based on an example
June 12th Presentations by participants & feedback, 2nd part of Toolkit introduction
June 19th Pitch deck introduction
June 26th Pitch deck presentations & feedback
AUGUST
Aug. 4th Early Submission to the Green Concept Award
Aug. 14th Toolkit introduction based on an example
Aug. 21st Presentations by participants & feedback, 2nd part of Toolkit introduction
Aug. 28th Pitch deck introduction
Sept. 4th Pitch deck presentations & feedback
From the participants selected projects will present their works at the upcoming travelling exhibition.
NOVEMBER
Nov. 7th Final deadline for submissions to the Green Concept Award.
Nov. 8.-9th Design meets industry matchmaking: The Greener Manufacturing Show, Plastic Waste
Free World Conference & Expo.
Green Concept Award
Test your Green Cells Program’s idea in front of an international jury panel by submitting it to the Green Concept Award. Thanks to the support of the IKEA Stiftung, students and graduates can participate in the Green Concept Award free of charge.
Submit your project at the Green Concept Award website.
Toolkit
The Sustainable Business Model Design - Toolkit is an 8-step process for developing sustainable product and service concepts with a basic business model. It is aimed to creators, who want to create impactful sustainable projects. It was developed by the Green Future Club director, Nils Bader in cooperation with the German Institute for Sustainability- and Quality management. and has been successively developed since then.
Presentation/Pitch deck
Presenting a concept to the public to collaborators, partners, supporters or investors is pretty different from documenting the design process. That is why we have developed a separate presentation guideline that provides guidance on how to integrate, modify and supplement the toolkit's documentation.
Interested in collaborations? Drop us a line to service@gp-award.com.