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Friday, 21 October 2011

CONNECTED CONSUMPTION IN A CHALLENGING AGE- A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE MORE SUSTAINABLE

Photo from http://www.bmwguggenheimlab.org/what-is-the-lab/architecture

Talk by JULIETE SCHOR


The BMW Guggenheim Lab is a mobile laboratory travelling to nine cites over six years. It will spend a few months in each city exploring issues of contemporary urban live through art, architecture, design, science, technology, education and sustainability. It aims to create new ideas and forward thinking solutions for city life.  The lab has just left New York and I am very sad to see it go, it offered a wealth of free activities and talks for the public (and had a pretty good cafĂ©).

One talk in particular that was very interesting was by JULIET SCHOR, she is author of The New Economics of TRUE WEALTH, has a background in economics but a passionate interest in a sustainable and stable future.