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7 Things You Should Know About Permaculture

December 15, 2020December 9, 2014 by Rob Avis

What is permaculture? For those of you who’ve only heard of the term in passing, and ever for you seasoned “permies” who struggle to explain this exciting (and sometimes life-changing) idea to others, here’s the gist in 7 points.

Categories Society Tags design, environment, permaculture Leave a comment

Milwaukee sees the light

December 15, 2020July 18, 2014 by Richard Manning

How one rust belt city found the key to its rebirth: bringing nature and people closer together.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Environment Tags biophilia, connections with nature, design 1 Comment

The People’s Design Lab – Taking the un-recyclable out of your bin

December 15, 2020June 13, 2013 by Emma Hallett

Even when you have done all you can to reduce, reuse and recycle items, there can be a frustrating amount of stuff still in your bin. The People’s Design Lab offers a new solution.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Society Tags Community Involvement, design, Waste Leave a comment

How to make everything ourselves: Open modular hardware

December 17, 2012 by Kris De Decker

Reverting to traditional handicrafts is one way to sabotage the throwaway society. In this article, we discuss another possibility: the design of modular consumer products, whose parts and components could be re-used for the design of other products.

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Slowing the Pace of Consumerism by Design

December 15, 2020October 30, 2012 by Ann Thorpe

A new book, Architecture & Design versus Consumerism: How design activism confronts growth (Earthscan/Routledge 2012), helps close the “meaning” gap between architecture and design’s potential for social good and the ruthless commercialism and consumerism that serve as the context for the professions.

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