Latest 2020+ SRDnews editions

The City Futures Summit  8 Oct 2020 Lund University, Sweden
Building on the local and global networks of the IIIEE across science and society. 9pm-11pm AEDT Inspirational Webinar  Three speakers from Australia, Chile and Sweden and a panel discussion on sustainable urban transformation. 11:30pm 1hr AEDT Interactive Workshops: Join co-labs for critical and creative discussion on topics and themes from the webinar. Meet people from around the world, share ideas and insights, and find synergies for bold missions. A very successful event. Recorded links here   cityfutures.se

A circular economy is a systemic approach to economic development designed to benefit businesses, society, and the environment.

 In contrast to the ‘take-make-waste’ linear model, a circular economy is regenerative by design and aims to gradually decouple growth from the consumption of finite resources. After defining what an economy actually is, this learning path explores the nuances of the concept of a circular economy, including the difference between biological and technical materials, the different opportunities that exist to keep materials and products in use, and the history of the idea. Finally, the benefits of shifting from a linear to a circular economy are highlighted. [add #ResponsibleDesign to perfect]

SRD Pro Active Top 25% is Growing. Encouraging and promoting those with credible work that are genuinely improving the future for us all. SRD Members and supporters may start advising or considering businesses and products in the top 25% of their industry that clearly demonstrate long term benefits for Life-on-Earth. Submit your suggestions to srd@srd.org.au  Ideally, advise website, brief, connections you may have to them and why their inclusion is deserved. Regularly updated to grow into your best reference srd.org.au/pro

Tokyo 2021 announce cardboard beds for Athletes Village

Athletes competing at the Tokyo 2020 (now 2021) Olympic and Paralympic Games will sleep on bed frames made from recyclable cardboard, with mattresses formed of polyethylene materials that will be reused for plastic products after the Games. Source ABC: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-10/tokyo-2020-olympic-games-cardboard-beds-athlete-village/11856758

Tokyo 2021 Game Medals Produced Using Urban Mine

The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games launched a citizen-participatory project “Tokyo 2020 Medal Project–Making medals using urban mines”. It is making medals for the 2020 Games using gold, silver and copper metals recycled from discarded electronic devices, including mobile phones and small household appliances. Story: JfS, Japan for Sustainability 

Young Persons’ Plan for the Planet Program is a huge step forward for Youth and Environmental Education

Comprehensive FREE report : A new textiles economy: Redesigning fashion’s future

(or Ellen & Stella take on the High Fashion industry) Huge CO2 savings & environmental benefits if we: 1. Phase out substances of concern and microfibre release 2. Transform the way clothes are designed, sold, and used to break free from their increasingly disposable nature 3. Radically improve recycling by transforming clothing design, collection, and reprocessing 4. Make effective use of resources and move to renewable inputs. Great work and report from EMF https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/publications/a-new-textiles-economy-redesigning-fashions-future

BHUNGROO wins the final BUCKMINSTER FULLER CHALLENGE + review 10 years of challenge winners.

An innovative combination of technology with local knowledge that results in multiple benefits for agricultural areas. Essentially its a system of water filtration, that injects and stores water from precipitation in the water table up to a depth of 300 meters in the subsoil. The project benefits for poor farmers in a multi-dimensional strategy that boosts crop yields and food security, raises rural incomes, improves soil fertility, combats the effects of climate change, and radically enhances the wellbeing and social status of women. challenge/2017_Winner Several amazing runners up projects feature plus the 10 year archive Many examples of positive change in action.

The value of design & planning for the SDGs

Responsible Design thinking and practice has significant capacity to assist with the big issues in the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Explore the goals and combine responsible design rethinking with powerful business management planning for maximum effect. Sustainia has many options to review with this in mind at their global opportunity explorer.

After 1st round-the-world solar flight,

the Solar Impulse Foundation is launching the second phase of its climate action agenda: the World Alliance for Efficient Solutions – that will federate actors (businesses, investors, associations and institutions) active in the field of sustainability and offer a variety of free services all its members, from matchmaking and technical expertise to opportunities for greater visibility, in order to create synergies and facilitate implementation of clean technologies.

Discover your place in biomimicry

and learn how to apply this knowledge to the design opportunities in your communities through the Biomimicry Global Network.

Interactive Shipping Map

Shows the amazing extent of trade around the world and the variety of goods exported. Each ship and its contents would benefit from a healthy responsible design perspective. A great real time graphic www.shipmap.org  For developing solutions see… explorer.sustainia.me/solutions/hybrid-ships-reduce-emissions-at-sea  and  rmi.org/our-work/transportation/shipping-efficiency/