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Definitions of social design: get them debating
Need to get students talking about the “social” aspects of sustainability? Try asking about definitions. In the Designers Atlas of Sustainability I wrote, “From our history of human activity, such as language, technology, beliefs, and values—what do we want to sustain over the long term? In some ways it’s easier to identify things we don’t… Continue Reading
Re-use: hierarchies of recycling in theory and practice
Re-use is useful as both an applied and a conceptual topic, so you can make a design brief or an essay topic out of re-use. Conceptually we often see scales like the one below prepared for Terra20. As students start to think about the higher levels in the chart above, it quickly becomes apparent that… Continue Reading
Wind me up: hands-on energy lab
I like to develop hands-on “labs” where students can try things out. An example is the biomimicry lab. It involves simple things like carrots, pine cones, and soap bubbles, but it makes some of the principles of biomimicry easy to see and understand (and it’s described in my teaching guide which you can download freely).… Continue Reading
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