F U T U R E S T O R A T I V E INSPIRATIONS AND CHALLENGES FOR A NEW SUSTAINABILITY

MARTIN BROWN www.fairsnape.com/futurestorative

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Design for a new industry.

Design brief for ‘built environment’ industry:

Put billions of pounds of toxic waste into the air and water.

Design brief for ‘built environment’ industry:

Produce some materials so dangerous they require constant vigilance by future generations.

Design brief for ‘built environment’ industry:

Put valuable surplus material in holes in the ground

Design brief for ‘built environment’ industry:

Produce huge amounts of waste and surplus material

Design brief for ‘built environment’ industry:

Create profit by digging up and cutting down natural resources and then burying or burning them

Design brief for ‘built environment’ industry:

Erode the diversity of species and cultural practices

*Cradle to Cradle

Life Magazine 1955 Celebrated Throwaway Living

TAKE … MAKE … DUMP

Image: Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers

Image: Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers

Annually the UK construction industry generates ~2million tonnes of packaging waste; enough to fill 800 Olympic-sized

swimming pools!

One Olympic-sized swimming pool …

Captain Charles Moore on TED Seas of Plastic

every

Waste = Food

The Important Science Bit …

Design brief for ‘built environment’ industry:

Sustainability Net Positive Circular Economy

Giving More Than You Take

Design brief for ‘built environment’ industry:

“we shouldn’t even use the word sustainability until we give more back to nature than we take”

THE METAPHOR OF THE FLOWER ROOTED IN PLACE AND YET: Harvests all energy + water Is adapted to climate and site Operates pollution free Is comprised of integrated systems Is beautiful

LIVINGBUILDINGCHALLENGE SM

Design brief for ‘built environment’ industry:

WANTED:

Built Environment Earth Entrepreneurs

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Design brief for ‘built environment’ industry:

References: Dame Ellen MacArthur: @ellenmacarthur Circular Economy Foundation: @circulareconomy Let My People Go Surfing: Yvon Chounaird, Patagonia, and other heroes: http://fairsnape.com/2012/07/06/heros-and-texts-for-a-future-built-environment-based-on-csr/ Cradle to Cradle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle-to-cradle_design Running the Numbers: http://www.chrisjordan.com/ Living Building Challenge www.ilfi.org @livingbldgUK Ecoavtive: @ecovative http://www.ecovativedesign.com/ FutuREstorative www.fairsnape.com/futurestorative Fairsnape Blog www.fairsnape.com

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F U T U R E S T O R A T I V E INSPIRATIONS AND CHALLENGES FOR A NEW SUSTAINABILITY

MARTIN BROWN @fairsnape

www.fairsnape.com/futurestorative