Be-Karme: A non-urban project autonomously created by Karme Martínez Baiges, who won an European grant at the STAND-Up! European project, Be Karme- Made in Kölors developed a new business model and a new brand working on recovered textile debris.She sells her collections and designs, provides personalised recycling of clothes under demand and recovers all kinds of materials. She is active and vocal in social and environmental advocacy -both regionally and internationally, through in-person activities and digital media- and makes it a habit of collaborating with local people in all her processes (from donation of textiles to photo shootings). She is a young, active climate activist, who has devoted more than twelve years to creating and selling artisanal jewellery, clothing and fashion , always with a triple lens: psychological wellbeing (uniqueness of her designs and the individual who wears it), hand-making (as social empowerment), and environmental awareness (against the planned obsolescence and hiperconsumption of textile industry). All her projects and collections are defined by upcycling techniques. She sells her collections and designs, provides personalised recycling of clothes under demand and recovers all kinds of materials. She is active and vocal in social and environmental advocacy -both regionally and internationally, through in-person activities and digital media- and makes it a habit of collaborating with local people in all her processes (from donation of textiles to photo shootings)
