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Innovation Design: Sustainable Communities - for iPad/Mac/PC
by The Open University
Can you picture the future in a world without fossil fuels? Perhaps you think that living an "alternative" lifestyle has to mean painful and radical changes to the way you live now. This album looks at various small scale initiatives which show that living sustainably may not be as unpalatable as you might imagine. Bedzed, Findhorn, Hockerton, Samsoe Island; these are all decentralised communities at the forefront of a major social and technological experiment. In our world of finite resources and massive over-consumption, “breathing” walls, earth-shelters, composting toilets, "living machines" to deal with wastewater – are just some of the technologies which we may all have to get used to. These eco-communities are all breaking new ground by demonstrating how implementation of innovative solutions can create changes in social behaviour, so that people live in harmony with the Earth’s living systems, rather than against them. You might also wish to explore the other T307 albums "Energy
Episodes
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Innovation Design: Sustainable Communities
A short introduction to this album.
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Demonstrating sustainability in Scotland
A community designed to be sustainable, environmentally friendly and ecologically sound.
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Designing an eco-village
The architect of Beddington zero fossil energy development talks about the advantages of living in an eco-village.
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The design of Hockerton
The design and build of the Hockerton housing project.
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How effective are eco-villages?
The impacts that eco-villages and eco-communities can have on society and environmental awareness.
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Bedzed: a compromise
Highlights the technologies in place at Bedzed and the shortcomings of the development.
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Recycling action groups in school
How a school has encouraged students to take action against the waste that is produced in the school.
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Three stages in changing behaviour
A talk through the three stages in changing behaviour and how schools provide the best value as a driver of change.
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Voicing concerns for sustainability
How stakeholders can be involved in sustainability initiatives.
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Demonstrating renewable energy technology in Denmark
A demonstration project of how renewable technologies can be used to provide energy to power an island in Denmark.
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The 'magic' of island life
How people living on small islands are able to influence policy and how this is done on Samsoe Island.
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Radical changes to 'save the world'
How changes that need to be made have to be done on a larger scale in order to have any real effect.
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The road to success in sustainability
How making samsoe sustainable has been a community project and dependent on decentralised development.
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The Road to renewable energy in Samsoe
How Samsoe chose to reject nuclear power in favour of renewable resources.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Can you picture the future in a world without fossil fuels? Perhaps you think that living an "alternative" lifestyle has to mean painful and radical changes to the way you live now. This album looks at various small scale initiatives which show that living sustainably may not be as unpalatable as you might imagine. Bedzed, Findhorn, Hockerton, Samsoe Island; these are all decentralised communities at the forefront of a major social and technological experiment. In our world of finite resources and massive over-consumption, “breathing” walls, earth-shelters, composting toilets, "living machines" to deal with wastewater – are just some of the technologies which we may all have to get used to. These eco-communities are all breaking new ground by demonstrating how implementation of innovative solutions can create changes in social behaviour, so that people live in harmony with the Earth’s living systems, rather than against them. You might also wish to explore the other T307 albums "Energy
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The Open University
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