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We Can Never Be Truly Sustainable Because We Can't Change How We Think

Joey Faulkner | Posted 28.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Supermarkets, Environmentalism, Global Warming, Sustainable Design, Sustainability, UK Universities & Education News
Joey Faulkner

The reality of the 'get well soon, Earth!' campaign is a perverse self-importance. It tries, like all of us really do, to hide the deep ingrained desires of a human being or moreover any creature that has managed to survive this long.

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Bio-Slavery: The 2032 Factory Worker Is Likely to Be a (Plant) (Triffid)

Inma Martinez | Posted 25.03.2013 | UK Tech
Read More: Sustainable Design, Ual, Brave New World, Sustainability, Tech, Tech 2013, University of the Arts, UK Tech News
Inma Martinez

Professor Carole Collet, Reader in Textile Futures at the University Of The Arts, and founder of the Textiles Futures postgraduate degree course at Lo...

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The Growth of Sustainable Fashion in the UK, From Haute Couture to High Street

Rachel MacDonald | Posted 05.07.2012 | UK Style
Read More: Sustainable Design, Fashion, Eco Fashion, UK Style News
Rachel MacDonald

In the past, eco-friendly fashion had two connotations. It could be prohibitively expensive and relegated to elitist boutiques.

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Frugal Innovation Working for the Collective Good

Alan Moore | Posted 07.08.2012 | UK
Read More: Design Thinking, Sustainable Design, Alan Moore, Frugal Innovation, Systems Thinking, Jugaad Innovation, India, Smlxl, UK News
Alan Moore

Recently I settled in to listen to In Business with BBC journalist Peter Day. Innovation and transformation of people's lives, economies, etc., is very much part of the No Straight Lines project so I was thrilled to hear Professor Jaideep Prabhu from the Cambridge University Judge Business school and Professor Anil Gupta from the Indian Institute of Management talk about Jugaad Innovation.

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Christchurch Gets £2 Million Cardboard Cathedral

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 17.06.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: High Tech Home, UK-Innovation, Video, Sustainable Design, UK News, Christchruch's Cardboard Cathedral, Tech News, Architecture, UK Tech, Poll, UK Tech News

Christchurch, the earthquake-ravaged New Zealand city, will finally have its cathedral rebuilt. But it's no ordinary nave and steeple construction. Ch...

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Prophetik: Think Globally, Act Locally

Christine de Leon | Posted 10.04.2012 | UK Style
Read More: London Fashion Week, Sustainable Design, Jeff Garner, Ethical Fashion, Vauxhall Fashion Scout, Sustainable Fashion, Prophetik, UK Style News
Christine de Leon

What Jeff Garner is doing with Prophetik is unique. Apart from being an artist with a clear vision, he is an entrepreneur who owns his means of production, he is a businessman who understands the values of environmental justice drive that his brand forward and these factors combined create Prophetik's unique position in the market.

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Recycled and Cooked: Sustainable Jewellery

Christine de Leon | Posted 23.01.2012 | UK Style
Read More: Blood Diamonds, Sustainable Design, Illegal Gold Mining Colombia, Sustainable Fashion, Plant-Based, Recycled Art, Jewellery, Recycled Materials, Diy, Conflict Diamonds, UK Style News
Christine de Leon

I was at the Wellcome Trust recently to see an exhibition about charms and superstition called Charmed Life: The Solace of Objects, which is - you guessed it - about charms, amulets and superstition.

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Kevin McCloud: End Of The Low Tech House

Melanie Hick | Posted 09.12.2011 | UK Tech
Read More: Architecture, Green, Sustainable Design, Tech, UK Technology News, UK Tech News

The low tech house may be over, but the high tech future is sustainable, says Grand Designs' Kevin McCloud at Grand Designs Live in Birmingham. Spe...

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