For this year’s Christmas, the American University in Cairo (AUC) displayed a Christmas tree created from plastic bottles to raise awareness about plastic consumption. The tree is made of 10,000 plastic bottles, which constitutes only 15% of the monthly plastic consumption on campus. “This 6 meter high tree is a small reminder to people on out daily consumption of plastic,” Seham Sultan, the designer of the tree and AUC’s graphic design program coordinator, reiterates, “If everyone looks for greener alternatives and cuts down their consumption, it does make a difference on a boarder scale.” Inspired by the mosaic of the hanging church in Coptic Quarter in Cairo, the tree was created to reflect the beauty of Egypt’s history by shedding light on Coptic Art. “We decided to celebrate the Christmas season this year by going green for three main reasons : to shed light on the importance of maintaining a green campus, encourage the community to seek greener alternatives in every day life, and bring the community together,” Sultan elaborates. The project was designed, executed and coordinated by alums of the graphic design program of AUC – Sultan, Ahmad Refaee (the execution…
Christmas Done Right: AUC Creates This Year’s Christmas Tree Out of Water Bottles
November 21, 2019
