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How are we thinking about sustainability in our work?
We interviewed some of our own students to find out how they are considering cultural, social and environmental sustainability in the research and design of their major projects. , Sam on building an ‘Imagination Infrastructure’ for emotional sustainability. , Yael on climate architecture and using the heat on London’s tube to cool it’s passengers. , Katie on cultural … Read more
Seminar Videos are up!
Now you can watch the videos of our first and second Sustainability Seminar on the seminar page: Seminar I Seminar II Or on our Vimeo page: http://vimeo.com/user7361560
The Big Move
So the boxes have been unpacked, courses have been assigned to their areas, student cards dispensed but how does our big move to the big sparkly new campus at King’s Cross impact on our sustainability? I took a quick visit to the site developer Argent’s Marketing Suite at the German Gymnasium to find out more. … Read more
An Oldie but a Goodie
Several years ago I had the good fortune of seeing people from ’We are what we do” give a talk on their recently published “Change the World for a Fiver”. That year the world was changed slightly with many people purchasing the book for themselves, friends and relatives and adopting some of the 50 simple … Read more
Sustainability in the Sun – Food for Thought
Some food for thought… Summer. A time of fun and frolicking. A time when activities, people and mindsets go outside. Degree shows and graduations herald the beginning of the season, a time to dig out the shorts and sandals, and embrace those longer, warmer days filled with BBQs (weather permitting), ice-cream, music festivals and fetes. … Read more
Sustainability in the Sun – The Blog Launch
The Blog Launch The actual Sustainable Spaces launch event was an intimate, successful affair. The dusk serenity of the garden, combined with chilled refreshments and yummy treats, provided the perfect setting for friends and members of the team to toast the beginning of the blog. After months of planning and designing, we finally went live! … Read more
Sustainability in the Sun – The Story behind the Garden
The story behind the garden… Located on Union Street, the Urban Physic Garden (UPG) is a small piece of heaven amid the urban jungle and summertime heat of London. The latest initiative of Wayward Plants (http://www.waywardplants.org/) directed by Heather Ring, the UPG follows the success of last year’s Urban Orchard on the same site. The … Read more
Sustainability Seminar 11/05/2011
We were very fortunate to have two guest speakers from varied backgrounds to lead our discussion at the second seminar: Jane Penty, engineer and product designer; and Torsten Schroeder, architect currently doing a PhD in sustainability at LSE. Having provided us with food for thought, an enthusiastic question and answer session followed. Further details about … Read more
Sustainability Seminar 24/03/2011
In order to bring light to the popular yet ambiguous term, ‘Sustainability’, we held a seminar featuring speakers from three different backgrounds. We then challenged small discussion groups to come up with descriptions or definitions of social, environmental, cultural, and economic sustainability. Here are the outcomes of the discussion: Economic Sustainability Different for every country … Read more
What is sustainability?
Creating this blog has presented many challenges, most notably in defining what is sustainability. Let’s open the discussion from here – how do you define ‘sustainability’?
