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📅 Save the Date – Low-Techs: Rethinking Engineering | 9 October | 2 December 2026

Low-Techs: Rethinking #Engineering Through Purpose, #Sustainability and Accessibility

What if innovation wasn’t always about making things more complex?

This autumn, Engineers without borders Luxembourg and Ingénieurs Sans Frontières Belgique (fr.) are joining forces to host two complementary events exploring how low-tech principles can transform engineering practice.

Low-tech solutions invite us to rethink engineering by focusing on what is truly useful, sustainable, robust and accessible. They encourage us to design technologies that respond to real needs while reducing environmental impact while remaining within everyone’s reach.

📍 9 October 2026 | Luxembourg | 10:30am-6pm | English
A full day of inspiring talks, practical workshops and hands-on activities, including building a solar oven and discovering natural water filtration solutions.

This event is made possible with the support of:
University of Luxembourg, hosting the event by providing the venue, lunch, and leading a workshop and presentation on natural water filtration.
CELL, facilitating a workshop, providing workshop materials, and delivering a presentation.

📍 2 December 2026 | Liège | 6pm-9pm | French
An interactive workshop exploring how we can “low-tech” engineering approaches through collective discussion and real-world case studies.

This event is supported by:
University of Liège, providing the venue.
Additional support from our Belgian low-tech partner will be announced soon.

➡️ Whether you’re an engineer, student, researcher or simply curious about designing better solutions for people and the planet, these events are for you.

📢 Registration details will be announced soon

#LowTech#EngineersWithoutBorders#ClimateAction#CircularEconomy#EngineeringForGood

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🚲🍓 From ideas to action: the SmoothieBike project is officially rolling!

Over the past weeks, Engineers without borders Luxembourg has started bringing the SmoothieBike initiative to life together with the children at Day Care Arcus as part of the national BNE – “Bildung fir Nohalteg Entwécklung” programme.

What began as a broken bicycle is gradually transforming into something much bigger:
✨ a hands-on lesson in sustainability,
✨ a creative engineering experience,
✨ and a fun way to explore circular economy in everyday life.

Through the workshops, children are discovering how technical thinking, teamwork, and creativity can give new life to unused materials. Step by step, they are learning that sustainability is not just a concept in a classroom, but something tangible they can build with their own hands.

And soon… the real reward:
Pedal-powered smoothies made by the children themselves! 🍓⚡

Beyond the smoothies, the project encourages discussions around:
🌍 Reducing waste
🔄 Reusing materials
💡 Energy and innovation
💚 Healthy and active lifestyles

Seeing the children’s curiosity and enthusiasm reminds us why projects like this matter: small engineering ideas can plant the seeds for lifelong environmental awareness.

A huge thank you to everyone involved in making this initiative possible. More updates coming soon!

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🚲 Inspiring the Next Generation Through Circular Economy | SmoothieBike Project

Engineers without borders Luxembourg are taking part in the national BNE – “Bildung fir Nohalteg Entwécklung” programme, promoting climate awareness, circular economy, and sustainable development.

As part of this initiative, the SmoothieBike project will soon come to life through hands-on workshops with children aged 8–12 at Day Care Arcus.

More than just a bike, SmoothieBike is a powerful storytelling and learning tool, showing how engineering and material reuse can make sustainability tangible and fun.

The project has two key parts:

🔧 Building the SmoothieBike
Together with the children, we will transform a broken bicycle into a pedal-powered blender, introducing them to:
• Engineering basics and technical thinking
• The value of reuse and circular economy
• Creativity, teamwork, and hands-on problem-solving

🍓 Using the SmoothieBike
The bike will remain at the Day Care, allowing children to turn fruits into smoothies using their own energy, demonstrating how engineering can:
• Reduce food waste
• Promote healthy nutrition
• Encourage active lifestyles
• Make sustainability concrete and engaging

Through this project, we aim to show that simple technical ideas can spark curiosity, empower young minds, and inspire the next generation to think differently about resources and sustainability.

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Circular Economy – Guest Lecture by Dr. Patrick L. Dorvil (EIB)

Engineers Without Borders Luxembourg is honored to host Dr. Patrick L. Dorvil, Senior Sector Economist at the Projects Directorate of the European Investment Bank, for a 45-minute lecture on circular economy and waste management.

This presentation marks the start of a collaboration with master’s students, who will contribute to our Cameroon Circular Economy Project – Plastic Waste Management as part of their academic program.

We warmly invite engineers, students, researchers, and professionals interested in sustainability to join us for this inspiring event.

📅 Sept 30, 6pm | 📍 Campus Kirchberg D17
🔗 Learn more about the project: Cameroon Circular Economy Project – Plastic Waste Management. Learn more about the event on our LinkedIn page.

#CircularEconomy #WasteManagement #Sustainability #Engineering #EIB #EngineersWithoutBorders #ClimateAction

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🌍 Plastic Recycling Workshop – Turning Waste into Purpose ♻️

We recently organised a hands-on plastic recycling workshop, to explore creative, small-scale solutions for tackling plastic waste.

🙏 We extend our sincere thanks to Marc for hosting the event, assembling the injection machine and shredder, and designing and machining the mould. His technical contribution and generous support were essential to the success of the workshop.

We also thank all the participants for their energy, curiosity, and teamwork throughout the day.

At EWBLu, we continue to develop and share practical, sustainable technologies to address global challenges. We welcome new volunteers, whether in engineering, communications, or project support, as well as partners and sponsors interested in helping us scale up initiatives like this.

More details here: Plastic Recycling Workshop

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Monthly Meetings: November 23

Are you interested in social and ecological action with a charitable character?

Join our next EWB Luxembourg meeting on November 23 at 6 pm at Kirchberg Campus room D18.

The main focus will be on the Kenya mission for drinking and irrigation water supply, storage and purification, water pumping using mechanical or solar energy, waste recycling/optimisation, growing vegetables in low water supply etc.

But of course we can discuss other topics as well.

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Monthly Meetings: March

The next EWB Luxembourg meeting will take place on Tuesday March 28th 2023 at 19:00 at C18 Kirchberg Campus (6 Rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, 1359 Luxembourg).

The main focus will be on water: desalination(solar still), humidity catching technologies, water quality verification, simple filters from available materials(e.g. sand filters).

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