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January 26, 2023

crQlr Summit 2023 JAPAN – Exploring Bottom-up Circular Economy through the Five Senses

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January 25, 2023

The School of Fashion Futures, a practical program on design, functionality and circularity

Kyoto

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January 18, 2023

crQlr Meetup Hida: Regenerative business models for the people and the planet

Hida

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January 17, 2023

「Fungicha（菌茶）」 Connecting to the Ecosystem through Mushrooms

Kyoto

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December 20, 2022

A Proposal for the Future: Change and Rediscovery in the Education System

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December 5, 2022

Discover this year’s 53 awarded prizes! Here are the results of the 2022 crQlr Awards, the global award to design a circular economy

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What do you Fab?

What do you Fab? 

FabCafe is a series of ‘Fab’ innovation labs that specialize in creating products, services and experiences of the future. Here, maker enthusiasts, businesses and everyday people can access digital fabrication tools and experiences for fields ranging from fashion to bio. Founded in Tokyo in 2012, FabCafe’s global network now serves and fosters creative communities in 13 locations around the world, including Bangkok, Barcelona, Kuala Lumpur, and many more.

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SPCS Talks vol.1 ｜Creating a Learning Space for Biodiversity Kaomai Estate 1955 (Chiang Mai, Thailand)

Kaomai Estate 1955, a resort facility on a former tobacco factory site in Thailand that is being transformed into an ecological schoolhouse. Founder and project manager Chak Chen and landscape designer Patchara Khongsuphol will visit Japan to introduce their latest efforts and discuss the future of ecotourism, intervention and biodiversity restoration in once-disturbed land. The event will be held both online and offline, but if you would like to exchange opinions with the two guests and other participants, please come to FabCafe Kyoto!

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FabCafe Kyoto / MTRL KYOTO

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Material Meetup KYOTO vol.18 Thinking Local for Ethical Spaces, Buildings and Materials – feat. NaturLoop & Swissnex

This year's Material Meetup, a gathering for the co-creation of materials, will focus on "Ethical Space, Architecture and Materials from a 'Local' Perspective.The development of ethical materials has been remarkable in recent years. Both users and developers will discuss their respective approaches to the future of building materials in the same space.A representative of Naturloop, a Swiss startup that has arrived in Japan for the first time, will also visit Japan this time. This is a valuable opportunity to share the current state of building materials, not only ethical materials.

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FabCafe Kyoto / MTRL KYOTO

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