There is a disconnect between people and people and planet. To achieve the environmental and social change required we need to put ourselves in other peoples shoes, take time to listen and understand, extend trust and co-create our future.

1. 80-93% of
communication is non-
verbal
source: various

3. www.chrisjordan.com

5. 98%
80%

6. Pierre Vivant

9. NO
MAGIC MATERIALS

10. ecodesign is about systems life cycle thinking
most designers are concerned with these stages
take make buy/use resource
recycle re--manufacture re-use

11. "Sonicare Elite 7000“
produced at 11 locations and in five time zones, comprised of 38 components,
parts supplied by Japan, France, China and Malaysia, materials and production
in Austria, Sweden, assembly in Philippines and United States, when fully
assembled and packaged in Seattle the components have travelled a full
27,880 kilometres, two thirds of the Earth's circumference.
source: SPIEGEL Magazine

12. disconnect between
people and between
planet and people
source: WHO / BBC

13. image
source:
Banksy

14. air pollution kills 3 million
people each year, mostly
in poor countries
source: WHO / BBC

15. between 100 and 1000
species become extinct
each year, because their
habitats are changing or
being destroyed.
source: UK Government

16. fair & just
production?
health and safety, employees
rights, unions, forced labour, child
labour, discrimination …..
image source: martin charter / CFSD

17. “….chimps protest the unfair treatment
of others, refusing to accept a treat
they have rightfully earned if another
chimp doing the same work fails to
get the same reward.”
source: from sfhelp.org

18. 50
million tonnes
of e-waste is produced
annually. Much of this
waste is dumped in
countries such as China
and Africa
source: RSA & UNEP

19. over 1 billion people do
not have access to clean
drinking water
source: UNDP

20. 80% of all disease in
developing countries is
caused by consumption
of contaminated water
source: WHO

21. water access
3800
children die each day
from diseases associated
with lack of access to safe
drinking water, inadequate
sanitation and poor hygiene
source: UN & Flickr

22. good design
source: design21, Vestergaard Frandsen, Lifestraw

24. ageing
60
and over
in 2001 there were more
over 60’s than under 16’s
in the UK for the first time
ever
image source: engine group
source: engine group and UK statistics

25. Image
source:
Banksy

26. population growth
6.7
billion people
and the population is
projected to be more
than 9.2 billion by 2050
source: engine group and UNFPA

27. emerging economies
1
billion
of these people are
living in slums, squats &
unofficial settlements

28. source: orangebox.com

29. source: BP

30. http://cause-encounters.blogspot.com/2010/06/bp-oil-spill-communications.html

31. source: M&S

32. Vestergaard Frandsen
source: McDonalds

33. transport
1976 - 2005
cost of motoring
fell by 10%
cost of public
transport rose by 50%
Source: Observer, June 08

34. “..individuals act primarily on issues that impact their
personal well-being, their family, and their immediate
community.
Unless those needs are tended to, most individuals
won't commit to causes that promise to benefit the
world at large.”
source: Catherine Greener
source: WHO / BBC

43. world of absolutes?
world is a game in which we are all
players?
world is a complex interconnected
system?
source: from the work of johnmarshallroberts.com

44. “we all work better in groups than
we do as individuals. We are
networked, we are social
animals.”
source: David Brooks quoted on a Radio 4 interview

45. take time to listen, observe,
understand
“place yourself in lots of other
shoes, perspectives”
only then is a radical change
possible

46. “upcoming generations have a shorter
attention span, lower empathy”
source: Susan Greenfield, Ecobuild, 2011 cited in www.earthtimes.org/
source: UK Government

47. you need to walk the talk
empathize – highlight personal
benefits
prepare for resistance – get on
with it
source: adapted from marcstoiber.com

48. “designed
&
made
in
Wales.
zero
waste.
Only
resource”

49. source: orangebox.com

52. original illustrations by Nathan Hallett
(Ecodesign Centre Intern)