Podcasts about open source circular economy days

Cindy Kohtala is a researcher, teacher, and writer in Design-for-Sustainability. Her focus is especially on everyday design, maker culture, and urban activism in sustainability transformation. She is a Professor in Design for Sustainability at Umeå Institute of Design in Sweden. She previously worked at Aalto University, Finland, in the INUSE Users and Innovation Research group and was PI of the postdoctoral research project Making the Next (Sustainable) Industrial Revolution from the Grassroots, funded by the Nessling Foundation. Here, you can read her doctoral dissertation Making Sustainability, awarded with Distinction, from Aalto ARTS books. Her areas of expertise as a Science & Technology Studies scholar include qualitative research (mainly Symbolic Interactionism, the social worlds framework, ethnographic and participant/non-participant in documenting and analyzing technology subculture). As a design researcher and teacher, she has published on and taught sustainable product-service system design, design for social innovation, design for a circular economy, design for distributed economies, values-in-design in the design of products and technologies, and collaborative- and co-design. Mentioned in the interview: o2 global network; Open Source Circular Economy Days; International Fab Lab network; Koppelting; O2 Finland and Pixelache. This interview is part of the lists: Diseño sostenible, Diseño en transición, FABLABS, Diseño y activismo, Canada y diseño, Finlandia y diseño, Suecia y diseño y D&D in English.

Hello and welcome to episode four, series two of Prompted by Nature. I'm really excited about releasing this absolutely fascinating interview on sustainability in tech and engineering with Eco-designer, Engineer and constant questioner Erica Purvis. Erica does so much in her arena and set up as TechnicalNature, an independent design hub, 6 years ago to explore and question the “evolving role of a designer in a world that doesn't really need more stuff”. She collaborates across sectors, business, NGO's, policy and community, to inspire, connect and support taking creative action for people and planet though various “levers for change.” As TechnicalNature she blends all of her experiences, perspectives and disciplines to “Cultivate Considered Design and Tech for Life – often working with electronic and product based organisations, accelerators and startups to seed ideas, build ecodesign and circular knowledge and develop holistic sustainability strategies that dig deeper into the root cause of problems and systems. A lot of her recent work has been on the growing global issue of e-waste. Erica co-founded the Open Source Circular Economy Days a global campaign and practical action hub exploring and championing the role of open source in circular design. She has also published research on the role of “circular makespaces for redistributed manufacturing” and was on the drafting committee for the BSI 8001 Framework for implementing the principles of the circular economy in organisations. Most recently she has contributed to a book on the circular economy and design coming out in Brazil later in the year: https://www.sympla.com.br/circular-economy---global-discussion-brazillian-learning__980782?token=39f3b7e2d0e7021396803a4990a67720 Erica volunteers and champions great things going on in the local Reading area where she now lives, involved with bring the local community energy scheme Reading Hydro CBS to life and co-founding the Circular Economy Club in Reading. She is also an Environmenstrual ambassador and edits the London area Pituitary Foundation newsletter. In this conversation, we discuss: Sustainable product design The link between social justice and environmental justice The possibilities surrounding start-ups, product design and circular economies Repair cafes, E-waste and circular economies Recycling as a last resort and the need to focus on reduction and reuse of ‘waste' products How she came to blend tech with her creativity and love of nature Biomimicry, zoomorphic design and looking to nature for inspiration The true cost of product design and the need for true leadership The need to honour indigenous wisdom and to take inspiration from their traditional design systems The concept of ‘trash into treasure' Her message for you as a ‘consumer' How she stays creative as an engineer an her hope for the future You can find Erica over on her website www.technicalnature.org.uk and on Instagram and Twitter @technicalnature You can find me over on Insta @prompted.by.nature or on the website www.promptedbynature.co.uk Happy listening! Helen x

What does design have to do with a circular economy? Find out from Lars Zimmermann, a self-described Artist, Designer, and Activist. In this episode, you’ll learn about Open Source Circular Economy Days and the workshops Lars runs to engage people in circular economy concepts, including that of ‘pre-use,’ which you’ll hear him explain more in-depth. And last but not least, Lars also shares some exciting news about the work he is doing regarding circular economy education. ABOUT TODAY’S GUESTLars Zimmermann is a cofounder of Open Source Circular Economy Days, a global event that started in 2015 to promote open source as the key driver for a circular economy. Based out of Berlin, Germany, he is founder of Mifactori, a design and environmental activism studio. 

Lars Zimmermann ist Künstler und Economist, der leidenschaftlich die Circular Economy mit Open Source Methoden voranbringt. Als Mitgründer der Open Source Circular Economy (OSCE) Days vernetzt er weltweit Menschen um in globaler und freier Zusammenarbeit die Kreislaufwirtschaft Realität werden zu lassen. Open Source, also das öffentliche Teilen von Bauplänen, Prozessen, Kommunikationsabläufen etc., ist laut Lars die beste Methode, um die Kreislaufwirtschaft möglichst schnell und effizient weltweit umzusetzen: Denn wenn wir Arbeitsabläufe, Produktkomposition, Recyclingmethoden oder Fachwissen teilen, entsteht rapider Fortschritt, von dem alle profitieren. Im Software-Bereich bei Apple, Google, Facebook und co. hat die Open Source Technologie dies schon beweisen können, und nun zeigt Lars im Interview wie dies für andere online und offline Produkte im Circular Economy Bereich gehen kann. Hierzu hat Lars ein Business Model entwickelt, mit dem bestehende und entstehende Businesspläne überdacht, und an die Open Source Methodik angepasst werden. Wie genau das gehen kann, seht ihr im sechs-stufigen Modell, welches Lars im Podcast erklärt. Vielleicht kannst auch du dein Business anderen öffnen, und so noch mehr in der Welt bewirken? Links zur Folge: - Lars’ Website: http://bloglz.de/ - Open Source Circular Economy Days: https://oscedays.org/ - Open Source Business Model: http://community.oscedays.org/t/tool-video-open-source-business-models-for-circular-economy-video-series/4625 - Videoserie zum Open Source Business Tool: http://bloglz.de/video-series-about-open-source-business-models-for-circular-economy-published/ - Email: zimmermann.lars@email.de - Facebook: Lars Zimmermann - Twitter: bricktick Folge direkt herunterladen

Lars Zimmermann (@bricktick) is the founder of the OSCEdays (Open Source Circular Economy) in Berlin. What are the OSCEdays? Well, I think these guys are really creating our future here. From 29th June to 2nd July, they’ll explore how a city without waste would look like. That includes one of my favorite topics: food. Plus, it’s about zero-waste consumption, upcycling fashion, circular design, architecture and so on… The program is full of panels, talks & hands-on workshops on issues like package-free shopping, growing your own mushrooms on waste, compost worms, dying clothes with leftover food, making your own soaps from old frying fat - I know sounds weird - and SO much more. Some of my favorite projects in the city are part of it, too, like Original Unverpackt, the Guerilla Architects with their MehrWert zero waste restaurant, the Tempelhof Community Garden Allemende-Kontor, the guys from Restlos Glücklich, the passionate team of Isla Coffee and and and… Good news: I got 5 FREE 4-day tickets for you. More info & the link below :) The Circular Economy topic grabbed my attention while ago, in a sense of: we’re in a throw-away society and there’s so much stuff already produced out there in the world that we don’t even need or use… What are creative ways to re-use, reduce, recycle? But the Open Source part? To be honest: Before I talked to Lars, the whole idea sounded interesting, but was still kind of abstract in my mind. But Lars really managed to change that. I am super grateful and excited how this interview turned out & hope that it will do the same to you and spur your curiosity for the future. Lars is an artist AND an economist from Berlin - such an unusual combination, isn’t it? He develops projects like the Open Source Circular Economy Days but also many more. He consults companies and NGOs. He does public speaking. And he also blogs and publishes articles in books and journals. All about Lars The way he looks at the world and understands the way things work are SUPER fascinating. Listening back in I have tons of more questions - but luckily, Lars and his team are putting on the OSCEdays, that will surely give me an answer to many of them! It’d be great to see you there. ------ My friends, I got something for you: the OSCE team gave me 5 FREE TICKETS for the event for YOU guys! It’s a first come first serve → get your free ticket HERE. If you wanna do me a little favor in return, then hop over to iTunes and leave me a short review, just tell me how you like the show - that’d make me SUPER happy. But it’s no must to get the free tickets, as I said, I’m putting the link out there and who ever is quickest wins :) ------ WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE: *What is behind the idea of open source circular economy *What is happening at the OSCEdays Berlin *How an artist & economist sees the world - and how he wants to change it *Why the internet is a huge driver for a waste free world *How a global hackathon turned into a hands-on experience for everyone *Why people in Berlin are naturally more ready to take high risks *Why growth isn’t always the best way: shifting from quality to quantity *What makes the OSCEdays different this year *How abstract concepts can be brought to our everyday lives *The impact of Berlin & its people on letting the community thrive *How Berlin’s creative scene tries to keep its energy & free vibe alive *Why creative, unconventional ideas will always find a way “It’s a tough nut to crack, but just throw your brains on it. And if there’s enough brains on it, then maybe the nut will crack” - Lars Zimmermann ------ SHOWNOTES: Lars Zimmermann OSCEdays OSCEdays program The CRCLR House Circular Economy Tour & Dinner on 13th July Sam Muirhead Chaos Communication Congress Material Mafia OSCEdays forum (how to contribute)  Definition open source 5x 4-day ticket FOR FREE ------ MORE LINKS: www.greenmeberlin.com www.greenmeberlin.com/podcast Free best-of guide to some of my favorite green places in Berlin: www.greenmeberlin.com/newsletter Connect with me on Facebook www.facebook.com/greenmeberlin Instagram www.instagram.com/greenmeberlin Twitter https://twitter.com/greenmeBLN Join my #30daysofgreenchallenge at www.greenmeberlin.com/30daysofgreen 

Open Source is a development coming from the world of software and spreading nowadays to a lot of other areas - including hardware or physical objects in general. It is a methodology for collaboration. circular economy needs new forms of collaboration. If you put the definitions of Open Source and circular economy next to each other, you see that they overlap in many areas. In fact, it looks like Open Source could be the missing link for circular economy. And it might also look like, Open Source is the only or at least most promising way to a circular economy. Join this session to find out why. Lars Zimmermann, Economist: co founder OPENiT Agency (openitagency.eu) and Open Source Circular Economy Days (oscedays.org). Personal website larszimmermann.de Sam Muirhead, Activist & Consultant: Sam Muirhead (cameralibre.cc) promotes Open Source Hardware, Free Culture, Free Software and Open Data and develops methods and workflows to apply the open source concept to video and other areas outside of software. As part of the Open It Agency in Berlin, he develops strategies, workshops and solutions to help businesses and organisations go open source.