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Marwa Jalal AltamimiPalestineI am an architectural engineer from Palestine who graduated from Birzeit University in2012. I currently work as a Fellow Engineer in Global Communities (formerly CHF).I love art and design, specially designing furniture and art pieces, as well as designingbuildings. Since graduating, I have been developing the idea of the Rcube projecttogether with a group of friends.Rcube projectRcube is an environmental project that aims to re-use waste and discarded materials andconvert them into different products.To maintain a clean environment in Palestine, the project aims to collect waste materials from differentareas and transform them into new objects with new uses. The project will consist of two major phases. Atthe beginning, it will focus on reused materials. The project team will create products from waste and usedmaterials that will be collected from several sources, including homes, shops and companies. The newproducts will include furniture, art pieces and accessories, as well as simple and inexpensive interior andexterior work designs. The second phase of the project will begin to recycle materials such as plastic andpaper, since there is a lack of recycling production in Palestine. During both phases of the project, peoplewill gain increased awareness of the environment, helping to create a ‘green’ culture in Palestinian society.9