Course: Building a Sustainable Future with Technology

Before we begin to interrogate the relationship between technologies and sustainability we need to define a broader cultural and historical understanding of technologies. Let’s start with the basics, put simply, …

So it’s clear that technologies are having a deep and lasting impact on the environment, but how are these impacts affecting human beings? E-waste Recycling As we’ve discussed, e-waste is …

To begin to rethink how we can approach our economies, shifting away from linear systems where the people at the top benefit, many have discussed a more circular approach, but …

In this video hear from our contributors about how they would define a meaningful approach to sustainability and some of the ways that they try to implement sustainable practices in …

Welcome to Building a Sustainable Future with Technology! We are really happy you chose to join us on this course. We can’t wait to explore critical approaches to technology and …

The process and outcomes of COP26 brought to light power imbalances between countries, governments and environmental organisations. Let’s take a look. Shifting Resources to Developing Nations As the activists carrying …

In this video, course contributor Kris De Decker discusses the ethos of Low-Tech Magazine, the idea of approaching high-tech problems with low-tech solutions. As a potential solution for some of …

Sometimes it can be difficult to perceive the scale of the problems we face and the solutions we need to solve them. Our need for new technologies means that so …

The production and disposal of technologies are leading to real-world harm, but what about the harms caused by technologies as we use them? In this video, our course contributors discuss …

Much of what’s been discussed so far has been around our relationship to materials, how we expect a certain level of fidelity in the technologies we consume and the expectations …

In working to develop more sustainable materials designers have looked to overlooked elements of the environment to many great results, let’s take a look. Materials such as metals, plastics, cotton, …

Circular economics presents us with a model for how we can build toward more sustainable futures, yet the concept has many critics who see it as an incomplete picture. Let’s …

In this video, our course contributors discuss our relationship with technology, how we idolise it, the problems this creates, and how we have developed a culture which expects high-tech. The …

Thank you for taking part in that discussion, we hope it was useful to begin to think about how we are living with technologies and for you to share your …

Hello everyone! This is Tarryn, in this video, I’ll be introducing the concept of Ecofeminism, a movement that recognises the potential for productive crossovers between the campaign for gender and …