New Circular Economy Action Plan shows the way to a climate-neutral, competitive economy of empowered consumers / citizens On the 11th of March, the European Commission adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan – one of the main building blocks of the European Green Deal, Europe’s new agenda for sustainable growth. With measures along the entire life […]
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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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Open Source Circular Economy is here! Good design is open! The OSCEdays London team is inviting you to take part in the first Open Source Circular Economy days (OSCEdays) 2015, a global design challenge on open source circular economy. The London event will be held at the Fab Lab London from the 12th to 14th
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A quick update in ways to get involved in the Open Source Circular Economy days in London ( and beyond). 1. Visit and read all about it at the OSCEdays website, as well as see all the countries and places getting involved around the world! 2. Visit the OSCEdays London page and keep an eye
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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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On Monday I was lucky enough to be able to attend The Great Recovery workshop on Material Tracking and Tracing in a Circular Economy at the Fab Lab London. This was looking at examples from around the world that both raised the reasons for the need for this in the current system while also raising the
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I’d like to introduce you to the Open Source Circular Economy Days 2015. The what days I hear you say! Have we just put two of the most current jargon, so-called tribe terms together? Well yes and no and with definite intent……… The Open Source for Circular Economy Days is a globally distributed event and
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This year London exceeded safe legal air limits, in fact for the past 4 years they have been missing EU targets on air quality and are currently beginning to face up to the prospect of fines for this as the legal proceedings get underway. They have already been given an extra 5 years to comply, but
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Recently I received this invitation from a great website to share the blog below on ocean rubbish from Morgan Matus. This being an issue close to my heart and also coinciding with a number of other organisations and initiatives ongoing and emerging (including, BeachCare and the Ocean Friendly Design Forum, the RSA Great recovery Re-conference on
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