I gave a plenary talk (by video) to the China Eco-Civilization Research and Promotion Association (CECRPA) Conference, 17 November 2019. My focus was an ecological design training platform for designers in China.
In the last 100 years, there have been three eras of design.
During
the Industrial Era, design was powerful driver in the rise of mass
consumer societies. Design made short-life products desirable to
millions of people.
This era saw extraordinary economic growth in money terms.
But
on the negative side, as we now know to our cost, this energy-intense
and extractive economy depleted non-renewable resources. It also caused
a
In an Ecological Civilization, Place is our Professor
I gave a plenary talk (by video) to the China Eco-Civilization Research and Promotion Association (CECRPA) Conference, 17 November 2019.
My focus was an ecological design training platform for designers in China.
中国生态文明研究与促进会（CECRPA）
会议11月17日：约翰·萨卡拉（John Thackara）全体会议 生态创新培训
In the last 100 years, there have been three eras of design.
During the Industrial Era, design was powerful driver in the rise of mass consumer societies. Design made short-life products desirable to millions of people.
This era saw extraordinary economic growth in money terms.
But on the negative side, as we now know to our cost, this energy-intense and extractive economy depleted non-renewable resources. It also caused a