The Flipflopi Toolkit
Recycling solutions for remote communities

Teaching circular design & activism

Documentation & Open Source

Documentation & Open Source 

This session explains what and why to document, introduces the concept and benefits of open source, and gives practical examples like Precious Plastic and Flipflopi’s canoe.

Principles of a Circular Economy

Principles of a Circular Economy (2024)

This session introduces circular economy principles, focusing on reducing plastic waste through better design, reuse, and recycling, and highlights actions needed across the whole system to make lasting change.

Creative Solutions for Global Challenges

Creative solutions for global challenges – Arts-based sensitisation

This lesson explores how art forms like visual art, music and theatre can be powerful tools to raise awareness about plastic pollution and inspire community action.

 

Delivering your training course

For guidance on delivering a flexible, hands-on training course – from finding partners and recruiting students to delivering lessons and tracking outcomes, see the next section: Course delivery.

Art and activism combine at the Flipflopi Project

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Plastic

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Carpentry and boat building

These lessons cover basic carpentry and dhow building skills, taught by local craftspeople, with a mix of theory and hands-on practice.
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Circular design & activism

This group of lessons introduces circular economy thinking, the power of open-source documentation, and the use of art for raising awareness—encouraging learners to think creatively and share knowledge to drive local and global change.
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