Transforming something old into something new: Upcycled flower-pots workshop

On 5 March 2020, our association Go Green collaborated with the association Solem to organize an exciting creative upcycling workshop. 

We noticed that people often choose to buy new products instead of using what they already have to make the same product themselves. Making something from scratch is not only good for the environment, but is great for the creator. The creator gets to use their crafting skills as well es their creativity and imagination to create a one of a kind useful object.

During this workshop the disabled users had the chance to work together with young eco activists from different high schools in Skopje. These volunteers were able to collaborate with the users to create colorful plant pots.

 Everyone brought different tools and at home materials that they don’t use like : cans, plastic bottles, newspaper, twine, rubber bands, ribbon. 


We gathered everything we had into a big pile, we played loud music, rolled up our sleeves and started working.


To customize the plant pots we used markers, paint, chalk, colored pencils, crayons.

Through this workshop everyone was able to learn how we can create less waste, by using old materials we have at home to make a new objects that we can actually use.

Here are some of the finished upcycled plant pots: 

Everyone really enjoyed the workshop, we hope to get a chance in the future to share this experience with our other members and maybe even try upcycling some other objects as well. 

- Go Green <3