CEMUS – studio Alternative collaborative projects

Scrap Library CEMUS and Uppsala University
Pilot in CEMUS Library.

Scrap Library Bus / Bike / Bag
For schools, universities and educators.

UnContain
Container-based meeting, learning and lab spaces.

Waste Map Uppsala and Beyond

Sonali Phadke Partner and Creative connections studio Alternatives
Sonali comes with an engineering background and her family business in composites and plastics triggered her initial interest in reusing waste. Also, an alumni of The Ecological Society Pune has been a resource person for many environment/socio-economic projects and surveys. She has been an active member of Oikos for Ecological Services and was a part of the Maharashtra Environment Department-funded project on Eco-Education. She is also a team member of the Grassland Trust that works in grassland conservation from both the aspects of human and wildlife concerns. With her background, Sonali brings in the aspect of sustainability from the ecological perspective in the studio’s work.

Daniel Mossberg Lead Outreach and Educational Coordinator CEMUS, Uppsala University
Daniel works as lead outreach coordinator and educational coordinator at CEMUS with a wide range of first-hand experience of student-led education, developing new, interdisciplinary courses and programs, open events in collaboration with different partners, creative projects with focus on local sustainability, critical conversations on current and existential issues, open online courses on climate change leadership and much more. He has worked as course coordinator, director of studies, deputy director, with an academic background in cultural anthropology, philosophy, American studies, environment and development studies and climate and sustainability studies. Engaged as student, staff and union representative over the years, and now safety representative at CEMUS.

daniel.mossberg@cemus.uu.se
073-065 02 28

About studio Alternatives
studio Alternatives is a multifaceted firm working in the areas of creative reuse and design. We have our own workshop with highly skilled and trained craftsmen. In addition to design consultancy, we also execute all scales of projects, products, furniture, accessories, artifacts, installations and customised space-making elements. We believe that along with an interesting and unique concept, it is equally important to have the ability to deliver excellent detailing and very fine quality work.

We love upcycling. Utilising various types of discarded materials to create desirable objects has been our passion. We have been working on upcycling of discarded materials since 2010 and have worked with a varied range of discarded materials such as packaging, thermocol, foil wrappers, glass bottles, tires, plastics, fabric, wood and metal, to name a few. To put it in a nutshell, our work with reclaimed materials, ranges right from coasters to large shipping containers.

Till date, we have executed a vast array of projects such as upcycled shipping container spaces, complete interior design with the theme of upcycling and designing of corporate gifts from discarded materials. Some of the most meaningful projects were those where we could design and make useful furniture/artefacts from the clients’ own discarded materials.

Read more: https://www.studioalternatives.com/

About CEMUS, Uppsala University
The Centre for Environment and Development Studies (CEMUS), is a student-initiated, interdisciplinary centre at Uppsala University, with the explicit ambition to contribute to a more just and sustainable world. Student-faculty collaboration weaves as a golden thread through the history and organization of all activities at the centre.

Since its inception in the early 1990’s, the centre has initiated and expanded the space for transdisciplinary student-led higher education as well as research and collaboration that transcends traditional academic disciplines and boundaries between academia and society at large.

Read more: https://www.cemus.uu.se/about/