STSItalia (www.stsitalia.org), the scientific society promoting the Social Study of Science and Technology (STS) in Italy, has been a partner of By Design or By Disaster since the beginning. The role and use of artefacts in order to promote and implement different social relations that comprise not just humans but also what we consider “natural” …
Cecilia Palmer and Orto Semi-rurali’s workshop’s details
Nature does not know the concept of waste; the only species capable of making something no one desires is the human species. Gunter Pauli, Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives. Cecilia Palmer, together with Orto Semirurali Garten – a Bozener intercultural community garden -, will run a two-day workshop open to 16 participants in order to …
Registration Open
Register until 8th of September for the conference to benefit from free food, drinks and WLAN (you can also buy tickets later, but you won’t get the free extras then). Each workshop accepts a maximum of 16 participant. Please apply until 8 of September. Participants from Bolzano hosting guests from elsewhere, can register for free – please …
Postwachstumsökonomie im Schnelldurchlauf
Niemand fasst die Grundzuge einer nachhaltigen Form des Lebens und des Wirtschaftens knackiger und kompetenter zusammen als Prof. Niko Paech, ein Wirtschaftswissenschaftler und damit wie er sagt “ein Mann für’s Grobe”. Mehr dazu in einem Artikel auf zeit.de, im lesenswerten Lesetipp im konsumpf.de und in einer kurzen Zusammenfassung zum Thema auf postwachstumsoekonomie.org, wo ich auch das Diagramm von Frederich Vester wieder gefunden habe, das …
Transformative Design / Design Transformations
Design has an impact on the way we consume and produce, we work and live, how we collaborate and how we make decisions, … we want to use design for transformations towards sustainability. This involves ecological, social and economic aspects. Designers have to consider all those dimensions and collaborate with experts of different backgrounds. While non-designers should know about the …