Labneh&Facts

Hi guys!
MJ here.

I'll be sharing a panel with 2 amazing journalists/filmmakers to talk about Constructive Journalism. We'll be sharing our experiences of trying to build solutions-oriented media platforms in our respective countries. I'll talk about Labneh&Facts. :)

Come and join, it will be fun!
3:00 pm Beirut time.

The event series "Constructive Journalism Dialogues: Dispatches from the field" continues in 2022 | DW | 23.12.2021 How do journalists produce solution-oriented stories? In January, DW Akademie together with partners will host the fourth virtual discussion in the series "Constructive Journalism Dialogues: Dispatches from the field".

Demain et après-demain (et le mardi suivant!) , à 17h, on sera à l'Institut français de Nabatiyeh. On discutera médias au Liban, médias et objectivité, fake news et autres.
Venez!

Le Vrai du Faux des Medias · events that makesense 📣 L'Institut Français de Nabatieh et makesense organisent 3 ateliers animés par des journalistes indépendants pour mieux comprendre le paysage médiatique libanais, les 14, 15 et 21 Septembre à Nabatieh à 17h. Une rencontre informelle, conviviale et participative pour mieux comprendre, analy...

Rami : “In 2019, a Belgian friend told me about Precious Plastic, an organization that is fighting for plastic recycling around the world. As a biochemist, I’m interested in materials, but I didn’t know anything about plastic recycling. I immediately loved the idea of turning waste into a precious resource. It’s a significant paradigm shift; it truly impressed me. For a year, I scoured the web for information, I watched hundreds of videos, it felt like a new world was unraveling in front of me. I took part in a workshop in the Netherlands with a team from Precious Plastic. I realized that beyond their initiative, there was a global movement for recycling. This was what pushed Ralph and I to go on this journey.

Ralph: “It’s the fourth project that we work on together as brothers. At 20 years old, Rami was 22, we opened our first pub in Jounieh, it lasted 4 years, then we opened a small nightclub, two football fields, and a fries kiosk too ! We made mistakes, but all these experiences taught us how to work together, we complement each other. So when Rami came back home one day and told me about the recycling project, I listened carefully.

In the beginning I was a bit skeptical, Lebanon was on the verge of collapsing, it didn’t seem to me like it was the best time to launch a new project. But when we asked around, we realized that the market actually needed such a project.

I am a civil engineer, but I’ve been studying sustainable development for a year now. In Lebanon, many organizations work in waste management, but none are specialized in plastic recycling. They just re-sell it to foreign companies. We want to establish a virtuous cycle where plastic is gathered, recycled, and re-used in Lebanon.

We are working to make 2m by 1m plastic plates for the construction sector to replace the wooden plates used as frames for cement. This alternative has a double advantage : it’s reusable and less expensive. We will also give the constructor the option to return the plates after they use them ; we will recycle them and sell them again at a discounted price. “

Rami and Ralph are the founders of Plastc Lab, which is currently incubated by Omdi, a program financed by the French Institute of Lebanon and the French Embassy, in partnership with makesense incubator. It supports 15 projects made by young people in Lebanon that aim to solve a social and environmental local problem.

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Home - Omdi أمضي The French Embassy and the French Institute of Lebanon with makesense are launching the Omdi أمضي program to support young citizen-based initiatives and startups that are solving a local challenge in Lebanon.