At the end of August the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Lithuania was full of busy artists - participants of the Vilnius workshop known as the Eco Laboratory. The final event had a number of selected items produced by the participants of the project on display. The winner of the first prize Giedrė Šakauskaitė created a pouf and a coffee table from the old washing machine cylinders. An elegant city bicycle - an ecological means of transportation – was a special prize of the British Embassy for the winner.

Director of British Council Lithuania Artūras Vasiliauskas noted addressing the ceremony participants, “I wish such initiatives – making new useful things using waste material - start spreading. This could lead to new trends and new mentality. It is useful to realize that the resources of our planet are fragile and not everlasting and never-ending.”

The event also provided a chance the participants not only to try some Lithuanian traditional ecological food but also to make a sculpture out of papier mache propared from shredded office documents.
The sculpture produced by the vice Mayor, the British Council Country Manager and the Ambassador will be on display at the Vilnius City Municipality along with several other items made by the Eco Lab participants.