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2. Waiting for someone to do
somethingabouttheissuesomeday?

3. AFRICA

4. theunhealthiness
…of our world
todayisindirect
proportion to
our inability
toseeitas
a whole
Senge,1990

8. Virtually all indigenous or native cultures
have regarded nature or the universe or
Mother Earth as the ultimate teacher.
At few points in history has the need to
rediscover this teacher been greater.
(Senge et al, 2006)

9. DESIGNDesigners are well-practiced in
problem-based thinking
outside the box

10. Designers are at the significant point of conjunction
between technological and cultural worlds
Lewis and Gertsakis, 2001

11. TEACHWe are educating young people
for a world that has
already ceased to exist
Porritt, 1996

12. “the compartmentalisation of ‘the two
cultures’ identified by Snow…will likely
continue until some extraordinarily
compelling reason exists to make
consilience essential ” Wilson, 1998
• Question the interface
between disciplines
• Question the interface
between academia/industry
• Invest time in acquiring the
tribal languages
• Stop confining to pigeon
holes
• Advocate transdisciplanary
• Examine and learn from a
‘third culture’

13. LEARNWe must initially become
ecologically literate to
achieve deeper learning and
deeper listening
Capra, 2000

15. Plastic products contain many
toxicchemicals, including
persistent
and bio–accumulative
chemicals

16. This we know: the earth
does not belong to man,
man belongs to the
earth
All things are
connected like the
blood that unites us all
Man did not weave the
web of life, he is merely
a strand in it
Whatever he does to
the web, he does to
himself

17. Systems thinking
They cannot be understood
in isolation
Theyaresystematicproblems
…interconnected
and interdependent
Capra and Pauli , 1995

20. TRUTHTempered radicals are often the ones
who speak ‘truths’and raise issues
that have been suppressed
Meyerson, 2001

23. Tempered radicals?
• Speak their truths, even when afraid
• Have strong support networks
• Have a bias toward action, especially“small
deviant actions”
• Have clarity about and a laser-like focus on
their most important goals
• Promote, through their example and advocacy,
experimentation and deep professional
conversations
• Straddle the fault line between personal values
and the dominant culture

24. Realisation of the gaps between our vision
and our reality will then allow us to transcend the
gap between knowledge to action
Capra, 1997
It will be a matter for small steps, but‘small wins’
often snowball as they create opportunities and
momentum for additional small wins
Meyerson, & Scully, 1995
Cores values can be put into action to provide
leverage points where emergent change at the
micro-level [can] shift the macro-dynamics of a
system towards more sustainable practices
Bradbury, 2001

26. We aim to:
• Reduce the amount of plastic
• Promote sustainable alternatives
• Encourage better recycling practice
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MAKING WAVESGlobal lessons to inspire local action

27. • Raisingawarenessofplasticwasteissues
• Promoting eco-design solutions
• Providing preventive education materials
• Championing tap water and more water
fountains in public places
How are we doing this?
• Working with schools, colleges,
universities and other organisations