Innovation Design: Sustainable Communities - for iPod/iPhone

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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 and Sustainability" and "Design and Sustainability". This material forms part of The Open University Course T307 Innovation: designing for a sustainable future.

Episode Date
Innovation Design: Sustainable Communities
Apr 12, 2010
Transcript -- Innovation Design: Sustainable Communities
Apr 12, 2010
Demonstrating sustainability in Scotland
Jul 19, 2009
Transcript -- Demonstrating sustainability in Scotland
Jul 19, 2009
Designing an eco-village
Jul 19, 2009
Transcript -- Designing an eco-village
Jul 19, 2009
The design of Hockerton
Jul 19, 2009
Transcript -- The design of Hockerton
Jul 19, 2009
How effective are eco-villages?
Jul 19, 2009
Transcript -- How effective are eco-villages?
Jul 19, 2009
Bedzed: a compromise
Jul 19, 2009
Transcript -- Bedzed: a compromise
Jul 19, 2009
Recycling action groups in school
Jul 19, 2009
Transcript -- Recycling action groups in school
Jul 19, 2009
Three stages in changing behaviour
Jul 19, 2009
Transcript -- Three stages in changing behaviour
Jul 19, 2009
Voicing concerns for sustainability
Jul 19, 2009
Transcript -- Voicing concerns for sustainability
Jul 19, 2009
Demonstrating renewable energy technology in Denmark
Jul 19, 2009
Transcript -- Demonstrating renewable energy technology in Denmark
Jul 19, 2009
The 'magic' of island life
Jul 19, 2009
Transcript -- The 'magic' of island life
Jul 19, 2009
Radical changes to 'save the world'
Jul 19, 2009
Transcript -- Radical changes to 'save the world'
Jul 19, 2009
The road to success in sustainability
Jul 19, 2009
Transcript -- The road to success in sustainability
Jul 19, 2009
The Road to renewable energy in Samsoe
Jul 19, 2009
Transcript -- The Road to renewable energy in Samsoe
Jul 19, 2009