Course – John Thackara https://thackara.com designing for life Sun, 11 Sep 2022 17:29:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Bioregions by design, South Devon, England https://thackara.com/portfolio-items/bioregions-by-design-south-devon-england/ Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:23:31 +0000 https://new.thackara.com/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=10693 A bioregion re-connects us with living systems, and each other, through the unique places where we live. It acknowledges that we live among watersheds, foodsheds, fibersheds, and food systems – not just  in cities, towns, or ‘the countryside’. Together with Isabel Carlisle and Regenesis we helped to run a  two week course at Schumacher College. https://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/short-courses/bioregionalism-by-design

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]]> A bioregion re-connects us with living systems, and each other, through the unique places where we live. It acknowledges that we live among watersheds, foodsheds, fibersheds, and food systems – not just  in cities, towns, or ‘the countryside’. Together with Isabel Carlisle and Regenesis we helped to run a  two week course at Schumacher College.

https://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/courses/short-courses/bioregionalism-by-design

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]]> City-Rural Connections, Abadir Academy, Sicily https://thackara.com/portfolio-items/city-rural-connections-abadir-academy-sicily/ Sun, 28 Aug 2022 11:11:58 +0000 https://new.thackara.com/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=10675 Our short course on City-Rural Connections @Abadiracademy in Sicily was part of its Relational Design masters. We visited local projects, such as a permaculture orange farm (below) and discussed ways for city people to reconnect with rural projects.

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]]> Our short course on City-Rural Connections @Abadiracademy in Sicily was part of its Relational Design masters. We visited local projects, such as a permaculture orange farm (below) and discussed ways for city people to reconnect with rural projects.

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]]> Back To The Land 2.0 with Konstfack, Sweden https://thackara.com/portfolio-items/back-to-the-land-2-0-with-konstfack-sweden/ Sun, 28 Aug 2022 11:06:54 +0000 https://new.thackara.com/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=10672 Our annual summer school with Konstfack, in Sweden (where the sun always shines) combines online work with a week on site in at Hjulsjö. In 2017 (below) we crafted and tested small actions to do with soil fertility, ecological and economic value, biodiversity, food webs. We asked: how best might we support ongoing actions in [continue ...]

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]]> Our annual summer school with Konstfack, in Sweden (where the sun always shines) combines online work with a week on site in at Hjulsjö. In 2017 (below) we crafted and tested small actions to do with soil fertility, ecological and economic value, biodiversity, food webs. We asked: how best might we support ongoing actions in rural situations like this one?
konstfack.se/Design-for-Sustainable-Co-Creation

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]]> Ecological Restoration by Design, Schumacher College https://thackara.com/portfolio-items/ecological-restoration-by-design-schumacher-college/ Sun, 28 Aug 2022 09:47:46 +0000 https://new.thackara.com/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=10656 On this short course at Schumacher College in 2017 (below), which we led with Lisa Maria Enzenhofer, we explored ecological restoration at multiple scales of geography and time. We went on a Deep Time Walk (below); looked at micro-environments in former factories; and met people working on regenerative agriculture; civic ecology, green infrastructure.

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]]> On this short course at Schumacher College in 2017 (below), which we led with Lisa Maria Enzenhofer, we explored ecological restoration at multiple scales of geography and time. We went on a Deep Time Walk (below); looked at micro-environments in former factories; and met people working on regenerative agriculture; civic ecology, green infrastructure.

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]]> Back To The Land 2.0, Pontio, North Wales https://thackara.com/portfolio-items/back-to-the-land-2-0-pontio-north-wales/ Sun, 28 Aug 2022 09:01:12 +0000 https://new.thackara.com/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=10649 If the health of people, and the places where we live, are connected, what kinds of business can help them thrive together? In September 2018, we're helping launch a new Relational Design Masters with Pontio; students explore live approaches to innovation that are centered on people and place, tech enabled, and design-led. They will learn [continue ...]

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]]> If the health of people, and the places where we live, are connected, what kinds of business can help them thrive together? In September 2018, we’re helping launch a new Relational Design Masters with Pontio; students explore live approaches to innovation that are centered on people and place, tech enabled, and design-led. They will learn how, for example, to connect adventure sport with the $3 trillion wellness industry.

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