Packet of piecesGroups of 5

One observer appointment in each groupRules:

Members cannot take from another memberMembers cannot talk to each other

Members cannot signal to each other

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a complete square

Creative Thinking in an interconnected

context

Susan.V.McLaren

University of Edinburgh

Design and Technology

Interconnected Thinking

“We need people who think broadly and who understand systems, connections, patterns, and root causes.”

David Orr, Earth in Mind

ESD teaches students how and when to ask the “big questions” how to separate the trivial from the

important.

Aims of session Encourage creative thinking in redesigning

the future

Explore interlinked values and implications of design decisions

Explore consumption & consider consequences

Consider role and responsibility of design, engineering, business, appropriate technology, and individual lifestyle in sustainable development

Spaceship Earth

the world rushing through space…

but with no operating instructions for us to understand it!

Care instructions for the planet

sustainability in 2 mins

Wellbeing of planet and people

ARRRRRR Match the definitions

to the most appropriate R word

Discuss and rank the R words according to how much they contribute to a more sustainable world.

take - make - waste

101 ideas for

reusingup-cyclingrethinkingreconfiguring..

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circular economy

Technologies Education: Opportunities

to apply sustainable designerly thinking and K&U simultaneously

the design, use and maintenance of energy, transport, leisure, build and

operate our homes, services and infrastructures…. production and waste….

13thOctober 2007 The Independent

Claridges water list

420 Volcanic, £21 (42cl) from springs at the bottom of an extinct volcano at Tai Tapu in New Zealand

Cloud Juice from rainwater that fell on the world’s remotest place

Lauquen from Patagonia originated as snow in the Andes

Just Born Spring Drops- particularly suited to sensitive digestions, new born babies, children, pregnant elderly

Thames Water £0.001 per litre

Berg £15 half litre from icebergs in Newfoundland

Metro 13th Feb 2008

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3th

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2008

Sunday Herald 13th Jan 2008

The device contains a GPS receiver, cellular phone, motion detector, battery charger, weighs 30g, is waterproof & shockproof Approx match box size

Elshof (2006) challenges the ‘Productivism and the Product Paradigm in Technological’

We can’t stop people wanting to ‘consume’!

The purpose of consumption is to satisfy our needs

what are those ‘needs’ as opposed to ‘wants’?

encourage appropriate consumption to compel people to see sufficiency as a lifestyle choice.

Values?

Whose values?

Sufficiency How much is enough?!

The power of design“Advertising preys on the weakness of its

host, creates insatiable hunger & leads to debilitating over-consumption…in

biological terms things of this nature are parasites!”

Alan Durning

Room 101what’s ‘hot’ and what’s not?

In or out?

You decide.

A good design goes beyond appearances

No longer enough to be pretty on outside, cheap and available

Co-existence?being human consumers thing users wanters and

coveters, stuff makers curious explore possibilities designers and

manufacture

eco-efficiency

appropriate technology

global social justice and equity and respect

sustainable strategies for being human

Appropriate design and technology

Is it what people want and need? – Is it culturally acceptable? Does it increase

people’s self reliance? Is it what people can afford? Is it environmentally friendly?

– Use renewable sources of energy and materials?

Is it made locally, using local skills and materials?

Does it provide work and generate income?– Create or replace jobs?

Inter-connectivity Thinking Task

Developing creative approaches to teaching and learning through topical and controversial issues

Interdisciplinary opportunities and cross cutting themes

•health and well being •literacy and numeracy•citizenship•enterprise•creativity •sustainable development •social sciences•sciences•technologies

Newpapers / n

ews arti

cles

CfE By exploring current news items of

technological interest, I have raised questions on the issues and can share my thoughts. TCH 1-01c

I can debate the possible future impact of new and emerging technologies on economic prosperity and the environment. TCH 4-01c

The technologies exist composting ‘above ground mining’ bio fuels bio plastics electric/ bio diesel hybrids product repair and take back centres extremely low energy using appliances renewable energy sources using not owning

Towards Total Beauty Cyclic: closed loop.

recycled materialsre-useorganic materials and composting,take-back, refurbish and remanufacture

Solar: The product, in manufacture and use, consumes only uses renewable energy that are cyclic and safe

muscle powerhydrogen and electricity

Safe: All releases to air, water, land or space are food for other systems

substitute materials stewardship sourcing

all companies have an impact on the people who work for them and the

communities within which they operate……

Social: The product and its components and raw materials are manufactured under fair and just operating conditions for the workers involved and the local communities.

Note to self record your ideas about :

‘sustainability’ and

‘sustainable development’

Purposes of learning in the CfE technologies

develop understanding of the role and impact of technologies in changing and influencing societies

contribute to building a better world by taking responsible ethical actions to improve their lives, the lives of others and the environment

become informed consumers and producers who have an appreciation of the merits and impacts of products and services

be capable of making reasoned choices relating to the environment, to sustainable development and to ethical, economic and cultural issues

CfE Technologies

I can examine a range of materials, processes or designs in my local community to consider and discuss their environmental, social and economic impact, discussing the possible lifetime cost to the environment in Scotland or beyond.

TCH 4-02a

Through exploring non-renewable energy Through exploring non-renewable energy sources, I can describe how they are sources, I can describe how they are used in Scotland today and express an used in Scotland today and express an informed view on the implications for informed view on the implications for their future use. their future use. SCN 2-04b

By investigating renewable energy sources and taking part in practical activities to harness them, I can discuss their benefits and potential problems. SCN 3-04b

rhetoric and reality

Winners and Losers Consequences of

• Microwave• Automobiles• Aeroplanes• Mobile phones

Good things ::::::Bad things

design technology ecology

Manufacture and assembly

Use and service

retirementMaterial re-used in another product

Treatment disposal

Earth and biosphere

Raw materials acquisition

Bulk processing

Engineering materials

Re-manufacturing

Re-use

recycling

The Product Lifecycle system

Sustainable development

Development (through design)

that is good for people, good for profits

and good for the planet.

Technology democracy Building on local knowledge, what they do

and how to do it better Redirecting research efforts towards the poor Preventing privatisation by trans-nationals Involving people in the technology decisions

that affect their lives and those of future generations

(Science &)Technology have changed our worldyet millions have no access to basic technologies

3700bc plough share invented

300bc first bricks fired

300bc aqueducts brought fresh clean water supply to homes

849 million still go hungry

More than billion still lack basic shelter

1.1 billion lack safe drinking water

Technology democracy

1455AD first metal printing press

1796AD first vaccine inoculation

1879AD first electric light bulb invented

1996AD anti retroviral drugs developed for HIV / AIDS

I billion cannot read or write

¼ of all babies not inoculated

1.6 billion no electricity

36 million no access to the drugs

Perspectives individuals are global citizens

Individual consumer decisions and other actions effect resources extraction and manufacturing in distant places

employing the precautionary principle – take action to avoid the possibility of

serious or irreversible environmental or social harm (even when scientific knowledge is incomplete or inconclusive)

essential to the promotion of sustainability

an informed and engaged populace is critical to any broad change

citizens who possess broader awareness and understanding of the challenges facing the world regarding natural resources and economic development

thoughtful consumers, producers, and policymakers

‘Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea

that seems abstract

-sustainable development -

and turn it into a reality for all the world’s people.’

Kofi AnnanSecretary General of the United Nations

March 2001