Can you equate locally produced with sustainability? How do craft and design micro-businesses work with green solutions? And is it enough to think circular economy?
[…] worldview and try to understand the mutual interactions of materials. In her book Hvordan skaber vi bæredygtig udvikling for alle? , Professor Katherine Richardson, leader of the Sustainability Science Centre at the University of Copenhagen, defines systems thinking as a way to ‘understand and act on interactions’ (p. 28). According to Richardson, modern Western […]
[…] from the Design School Kolding with a collection of recycled jewellery. Now, she works in couture for one of the world's largest luxury brands. Here, she talks about working with sustainability in a jewellery world that, at the same time, demands attachment to the products but is also influenced by the race of fashion trends.
We need a new mindset to change our consumer habits. That was one of the main messages at this year’s Folkemødet, the annual democracy event on the Danish island of Bornholm, which had climate change and sustainability as lead issues on the agenda.
[…] using raw-glazing in order to skip the initial firing: a method traditionally used by many potters. A conversation developed about how we can improve our understanding of sustainability and sustainable methods in our practices and thus develop a language that helps us communicate our own approach to sustainability. Well aware of the risk of […]
Social sustainability is well on its way to becoming just as crucial as green sustainability in the design of society, from urban spaces to products and human interactions. Before social sustainability became a recurring topic in the conversations that most of us engage in under headings such as equal opportunities, representation and structural barriers, […]
Maker’s Island Bornholm has entered into a new, strong partnership with an EU-based research project and BOFA (Bornholm’s Waste Sorting). The goal is to create a crafts laboratory to conduct experiments related to sustainability, in a broad sense of the word that includes economic, environmental, social and cultural aspects.
[…] is important, designers must have a knowledge of sustainable materials, what they are and what they can do. This requires co-operation with other disciplines, not least the sustainability-oriented engineers. Internship pairings could be a way to further develop this. Humanities and business-related studies should be coordinated. Fewer and more focused study programmes could create […]
A new look at sustainability 'This alchemist’s approach is exactly what is needed. The Royal Danish Academy, Bornholm, used to have no concerns about buying clay and glazes. Today, the purchases have been scaled down', says Nina. ‘We cannot justify simply continuing to use clay. We have to change the way we look at […]
In a conversation with Vibeke Riisberg, Carsten Friberg, PhD of philosophy and an independent scholar of aesthetics, addresses her practical engagement with aesthetics in relation to sustainability.
