Photo and design Pamela Lindgren. All rights reserved © 2016

This is Örjan Söderberg.
He is a father of three sons and an industrial designer. Örjan works at Chalmers University of Technology where he divides his time between teaching at the Msc program in Industrial Design Engineering and leading the program. As the head of Programme he is responsible for the educational and strategic work in one of Sweden's most sought after educations. The goal is to give students a broad base of design and technology with a lot of knowledge and a strong focus on the user.

Örjan lost his spleen in 1986 and then needed a transfusion of 4,5 liters of blood - so he knows the importance of giving and receiving.

Thank you so much Örjan for your participation with RECYCLE ME LIFE for organ donation awareness!

Remember we can all make a difference by talking about our feelings and wishes about organ donation. Organ donation includes all of us all over the world. One person’s life can save the lives for 8 people - you might be one of them in need for a new organ.

The RECYCLE ME movement is a design proposal for organ donation awareness. The movement is global and we would like to include more countries and organizations working for this cause. All of the people working and contributing to this project are doing it on a non-profit basis in their free time. Let’s work together! Because organ donation includes us all. www.recycleme.life

Thank you ETZIA, for sharing this off stage photo with us!

ETZIA, Born in NY now living in Gothenburg Sweden. ETZIA supports and promotes the RECYCLE ME movement by wearing both the silver jewellery heart and the larger braveheart jewellery on stage. By making your wishes known, you can help others, because organ donation concerns us all! 

The heart usually beats at 50-100 beats per minute. Our hearts beat for organ donation awareness! 

 
More about ETZIA here; https://www.facebook.com/Etziamusic/?fref=ts

More about RECYCLE ME here; www.recycleme.life

and FB https://www.facebook.com/pages/RECYCLE-ME/347641490666

Photo and design Pamela Lindgren. All rights reserved © 2016

This is Isabel Ordoñez from Chile posing for organ donation awareness in a RECYCLE ME t-shirt.

Isabel is a Chilean industrial designer that came to Sweden to do a master program in sustainability and ended up staying longer. As a PhD student she focuses her research in closing the material loop in society by improving municipal solid waste handling using design and participation.

Thank you Isabel for helping promoting organ donation awareness with RECYCLE ME LIFE! RECYCLE ME is a non-profit movement wants to raise awareness for Organ Donation. The t-shirt material that Recycle Me use is made of bamboo and organic cotton. 

“There are over 1600 species found in diverse climates from cold mountains to hot tropical regions. About 40 million hectares of the earth is covered with bamboo, mostly in Asia. The high growth rate of bamboo and the fact that bamboo can grow in such diverse climates makes the bamboo plant a sustainable and versatile resource.” Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_textile

Bamboo is a very special kind of plant, not only because it's the strongest and fastest growing plant on earth but also because of the exceptional natural antibacterial qualities of bamboo. It's these antibacterial qualities that have helped bamboo become so incredibly successful in the wild. Because it's developed an amazing barrier against bacteria, almost all types of bacterial pests that try to grow on the plant are killed on contact. 

What's really astounding, though, is the fact that this particular quality isn't destroyed during the process of turning bamboo culms into fabrics. In fact, a study by the CTITC (China Textile Industry Testing Centre) showed that after introducing bacteria to a sample of bamboo fabric a 99.8 reduction in bacteria occurred over a 24-hour period. Another study by The Japan Textile Inspection Association showed that bamboo fabric could eliminate over 70 of introduced bacteria over a 24-hour period even after 50 industrial wash cycles. The natural antibacterial qualities of bamboo will also help naturally eliminate odours, great isn’t it!

Remember - organ donation concerns us all. Don't let your organs go to waste! www.recycleme.life

Globally - The International Registry of Organ Donation and Transplantation. Click on the countries you are interested in http://www.irodat.org/

Here are some more links to sign up for organ donation:

Chile http://www.minsal.cl/

Sweden https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/donationsregistret/anmalan

Norway http://organdonasjon.no/en/donorcard/

England https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/

India http://www.transplantindia.com/

Australia http://www.donatelife.gov.au/

South Africa https://www.odf.org.za/

Germany http://www.dso.de/