Connecting the Circular Economy to your home life (and work) Just what is the Circular Economy and what does it mean for the choices you can make at home to support combating climate change? Circular@Home is a free and open week-long challenge to inspire action on Climate Change through a circular lens #CircularHomeChallenge As part […]
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The Role, Responsibilities and Choices of Product Designers and Buyers Having trained as a Product Design Engineer, I’ve always enjoyed solving problems, looking at peoples’s needs and designing solutions that meet them, products, services and platforms. Oh and materials, I love materials! What I soon began to grapple with and question, was the role of
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Sustainable Eating and Drinking This is 3rd in a 5 part series looking at everyday activities, organisations and campaigns that support contributing to sustainable change. Although focused on Reading UK, it can hopefully inspire you to explore your local area or maybe instigate some of these yourself! This one’s focus is sustainable eating and drinking. Hands
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This is 2nd in a 5 part series looking at everyday activities, organisations and campaigns that support contributing to sustainable change (in Reading UK and beyond) A common theme in terms of sustainability is getting more hands on, taking time to learn, try and make for yourself (long before the likes of the Great British Sewing
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Sustainability Tips to Support Everyday Change What are the sustainability tips and steps you can take day-to-day to support moving to a more sustainable, resourceful and regenerative lifestyle (in Reading and beyond)? Did you watch Blue Planet 2 ? Perhaps you were shocked by the large-scale coral bleaching of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef or on hearing
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I just wrote a quick email to someone that I’d meaning to do for a while but hadn’t had time……..(sorry). It made me reflect and appreciate the number of amazing projects, initiatives and organisations working on really important and meaningful “stuff”. Thought I’d share as a reminder….. and this was just a quick list…. and yes, sorry, fairly
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This week I’ve been reminded on thoughts around transparency and building action, the need for more explicit storytelling, connecting and consideration of design consequences. This has been instigated by both managing to visit the Scarcity Waste Exhibition at Somerset house ( well covered in this People Tree blog ) and the photo compilation in the Guardian on
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Time to Rethink the Bell Curve? As a product designer I’ve always struggled in my mind with innovation and the appreciation of the amazing new designs and technology constantly released. alongside the amount of stuff this creates. Their tantalising promises to create ease and simplify life, promising to speed up how fast we can find and get to places,
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