Here some FACTS & FIGURES about the project running during the last two years.

We are happy to look back at numbers and at engaged hackers!

3 creative toolsavailable online

6 team experts  (from multiple domains)

3 exhibitions (in Paris, Ghent and Luxembourg)

3.300 site page views > waterhackers.lu

1 scientific paper > ICT sustainability 2017

3 public lectures

4 co-creation sessions

3 visits to scientific centres

18 secondary classes

1.000 engaged citizens  > creating their own tools during various workshops

Today we animated a Water Hackers workshop for the project «Eco Friendly Greenhouse».  We supported a group of 25 students to analyse and filter water samples from the rivers Alzette and Sûre. Furthermore, some students exchanged their ideas on prototypes for water treatment and ecological agriculture. We are very curious to see how this project will continue!

Participating schools: Germany ( Sindelfingen), France (Dijon), Spain (Almeria) and Luxembourg (Ettelbruck)

Read more info on the page from the Lycée Technique d´Ettelbruck.

We participated to the MudaMini Vernissage where Water Hackers became a “production line” for water filters!  At the end of the day we counted more then 130 filters! Christian Penny (LIST) did info presentations about water to a general public. Thanks to Mudam for the support and we look forward for the next public workshops at MUDAM on the 14^th-15^th July and 8^th– 9^th September where you can discover how to make water filters!

We are happy to be featured on DAMN Magazine, one of the finest newspaper about contemporary design. Kurt Vanbelleghem, the curator of  “Water is Design” Expo in Ghent, put a particular emphasis on the social design practice of the project. Have a look!

Luxemburger Wort interviewed the team for one of  their special issue on Water. To sum up the interview: we’re working around the clock to prepare a new platform that will help everyone to learn, hack and visualise water quality!

Ivan Zapata presented the Watergram development to an interested audience at the FAEL, Federación de Asociaciones de Españoles en Luxemburgo.

Link Here. 

Lynn proposed a workshop with the Service National de la Jeunesse (Ateliers CreActif). A group of young early school leavers were invited to join the workshop in the framework of the Science Club. The activity chosen by SNJ was creating water filters with left-over materials and actually was very much appropriate. Christian supported the group with a special tour of the LIST laboratories and got everyone interested while showing the tools he uses in his everyday activity.

Thanks to summer approaching, we were able to create a full day in the Natur Museé experiencing the Water Hackers tools. After an introduction of the bucket collector and filter the class assisted an analysis field demonstration by Christian. After this, they started analysing the water of the Alzette themselves thanks to the new DIY tool-kit. By mixing hands-on activities with the experience of “meeting the scientist” we finally found a good format to keep the attention of the public on the topic while learning and having fun.