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Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
course System Design for Sustainability
TODAY:1. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN: THE
REFERENCE FRAMEWORK1.1 Sustainable development and system
innovation1.2 Evolution of sustainability within design
carlo vezzolipolitecnico di milano . INDACO dpt. . DIS . faculty of design . Italy
Learning Network on Sustainability
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
carlo vezzolipolitecnico di milano . INDACO dpt. . DIS . faculty of design . Italy
Learning Network on Sustainability
course System Design for Sustainabilitysubject 1. Sustainable development and design: the reference framework
learning resource 1.1Sustainable development and system innovation
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
CONTENTS . a context in strong evolution (and crises). the sustainable development
. environmental sustainability
. socio-ethical sustainability
. economic/legislative sustainability. dimension and quality of change. system innovation for sustainability
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
A CONTEXT IN A STRONG EVOLUTION. advent of information and comunication technologies (technologies of knowledge are at the based of productivity, competition and power)
. interconnection (people, ideas, images, goods, money, are circulating like never before)
. network society (not anymore only divided into independent and isolated nations or communities)
. enterprises in network (teamwork, networking, outsourcing, subcontracting, delocalisation,…)
. …
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
A CONTEXT IN A STRUCTURAL CRISES (1/2)ECONOMIC CRISIS (AND SOCIAL) 2008-201X:[STRUCTURAL, NOT JUST FINANCIAL]. crisis of the industrial model based on material consumption: services (not products) produce 50% Europe GDP and 75% of U.S. GDP. high feedstock‘s prices. global food crisis. high global inflation. threat of a recession in the world. crisis of credit . crisis of confidence in stock exchange markets.... unemployment
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
ENVIROMENTAL CRISIS: THE DISCOVERY OF ENVIROMENTAL LIMITS (AND IRREVERSIBILITY HARMFUL EFFECT)
1972: Meadows, Meadows, Randers, Behrens, Limits to Growth, MIT, USA
> FIRST FORECAST OF A POSSIBLE GOBAL ECO-SYSTEM COLLAPSE
A CONTEXT IN A STRUCTURAL CRISES (2/2)
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
FACING THE DOUBLE CRISIS (TODAY):SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL危机 : CRISIS (危 : RISK; "机 : OPPORTUNITIES ')in Chinese (as in other languages), the word crisis has two meanings, risk and opportunity
. many (rightly) talk about risks
. we should/must (also) talk about opportunities
[the same nature of design is to consider the opportunities and become its promoter]
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
WITHIN THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMICAL CRISIS WHICH ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES?
DO WE KNOW ANY OFFER/BUSINESS MODELS CAPABLE OF CREATING (NEW) VALUE DECOUPLING IT FROM THE MATERIALS AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION?> significantly reducing the environmental impact of traditional production/consumption systems?
[about opportunities]A KEY CONTEMPORARY QUERRY:
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
"The threat of climate change is serious, urgent and growing."
"The response to this challenge of our generation will be judged by history, to the point that if we fail, we risk to deliver to future generations an irreversible catastrophe"
"There is now a widespread understanding of the urgency of the challenge we are facing. We know what must be done. "
Barack Hussein Obama, USA president, September 22, 2009, the UN General Assembly
SUSTAINABILITY: INTERNATIONAL PRIORITIES?
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
2005-2014: UNITED NATION DECADE ON EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
integrate the principles, values, and practices of sustainable development into all aspects of education and learning
even DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY starts to be diffused in the curricula of design schools
EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL PRIORITY
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:A SOCIAL AND PRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENTthat takes place within the limits set by the “nature” and meets the needs of the present without compromising those of the future generation within a world-wide equitable distribution of resources . 1987: Our common future, WCED, ONU (first definition). 1991: Caring for the earth, UNEP, WWF, IUCN. 1992: conference ONU, Environment and development, Rio de Janeiro. 1994: fifth environmental action plan, European Commission …. 2002: summit ONU, Sustainable development, Johannesburg. 2006/2009: Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS), European Commission. 2005-2014: Decade UNESCO “Education for Sustainable development”
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
ENVIRONMENTAL: CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL- not to exceed the biosphere and geosphere
“resilience”
SOCIO-ETHICAL- same resources (satisfaction) level for future
generations - equity in the distribution of resources (satisfaction)ECONOMIC (AND LEGISLATIVE)- economically practicable and prosperous solutions
THE SUSTAINABILITY DIMENSIONS
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY[THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE]
THE HARMFULNESS/IRREVERSIBILITY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS/EFFECTS
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
serragreenhouse effect
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
ozono
ozone layer deplation
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
eutrhophication
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
acidification
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
toxici ty
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
rifiutiwastes
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: ACTIONS
PRESERVE THE RESOURCESPREVENT THE POLLUTION
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: SCENARIOS
BIO-COMPATIBILITY resources flows compatible with the natural system
NON-INTERFERENCE “self-financing” of the artificial system’s resource flows
DEMATERIALIZATION reduction of the resources flows to satisfy a particular social demand of needs and desires
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
EQUITY PRINCIPLE [UN, Johannesburg, 2002] “every person, in a fair distribution of resources, has a right to the same environmental space, i.e. to the same availability of global natural resources” (or better, to the same level of “satisfaction” that can be achieved from these resources in different ways)
SOCIAL EQUITY AND COHESION [EU, SDS, 2006/2009] “promotion of a democratic, socially inclusive, cohesive, healthy, safe and just society with respect for fundamental rights and cultural diversity that creates equal opportunities and combats discrimination in all its forms”
SOCIO-ETHICAL SUSTAINABILITY
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
ERADICATING POVERTY
THE SOCIO-ETHICAL DIMENSION: ACTIONS
Rome, 11.2009: World Summit on Food Security, FAO
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
[. eradicating poverty]. promotion of principles and rules of democracy. promotion of human rights and freedom. achievement of peace and security. access to information, training, employment. respect for cultural diversity, regional identity
THE SOCIO-ETHICAL DIM.: (OTHER) ACTIONS
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY [EU, SDS, 2006] promote a prosperous, innovative, knowledge-rich, competitive and eco-efficient economywhich provides high living standards and full and high-quality employment
ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
PROPER ATTRIBUTION OF THE COSTS TO RESOURCESenvironmental resources’ costs “internalisation”
ORIENTING (MAIN) ONGOING TRANSITIONSinterconnection, glocalization, services, information, etc.
ENHANCING PROMISING (OF NICHE) ECONOMIC MODELSe.g. sustainable system innovation or distributed economies
ECONOMIC (LEGISLATIVE) SUSTAINABILITY: ACTIONS
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
IN 50 YEARS A WORLD-WIDE EQUITABLE SYSTEMS OF PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION SHOULD USE ~90% LESS RESOURCES THAN THE INDUSTRIALISED CONTEXTS ARE DOING TODAY
SUSTAINABILITY: SIZE OF CHANGE
. 1993: Wuppertal institute,vari report
. 1993: WBCSD, Getting Eco-Efficient
. 2004: Meadows, Meadows, Randers, Behrens, Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update. 2007: IPCC, Climate change report…
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
SUSTAINABILITY: QUALITY OF CHANGE
PROMOTE (EVEN) SYSTEM INNOVATIONSRADICAL CHANGE (“DISCONTINUITY”)
DIFFUSED INNOVATIONPROMOTE PLAUSIBLE AND “ATTRACTIVE” (SYSTEM) INNOVATIONS
Carlo VezzoliPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy
SYSTEM INNOVATIONSfrom the process and product innovationto the system innovation:
innovation of the value production system as the mix of products and services that are together able to fulfil a particular demand of (customer) “satisfaction”
“A value system includes the value chains of a firm's supplier (and their suppliers all the way back), the firm itself, the firm distribution channels, and the firm's buyers (and presumably extended to the buyers of their products, and so on).” [Michael Porter, 2006]