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Time 4 Design
Our world in Data is a great resource for understanding the situation through data to support your research.
The problem with Hanoi's waste: Incineration and hazardous informal recycling in Hanoi, Vietnam
Resources
The library has set up a page of resources on the LibGuide HERE.
The first ever UN FOOD WASTE DAY September 29th 2020
PROJECT DRAWDOWN has many solutions and resources
Where does your rubbish go to in HANOI?
The following resources based on the global context are suggestions or starting points which may be used during the teaching of the unit. The list is optional and for information. It is neither prescribed nor exhaustive. Schools should always satisfy themselves that the content of any suggested resource is suitable for their own context.
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals / UN Global Goals
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/
The following news article from Vietnam News 31/8/2020 is inspirational. A group of students have set up their own company to use old husks and corn cobs for further agricultural use. See their site at COBTAIN
The Carbon Almanac -it's not too late. Is a book in the Design Library. They also have a website here
The BBC Earthshot Prize Series covers lots of issues including waste
7 fashion brands that are designing our waste
https://www.fashionrevolution.org/usa-blog/7-fashion-brands-that-are-designing-out-waste/
PRESENTATION from Keep Vietnam Clean
Terracycle recycle Cathedral City cheese wrappers
Working with Plastic bags (see the founder of Precious Plastic Dave Harken's blog)
and empty crisp packets (see Invented video below)
FAST FASHION
FAST FASHION
FAST FASHION Ted Talk Presentation Playlist: The big problem with fashion — and how to fix it
FAST FASHION- a video from the Economist
Waste is so last season: recycling clothes in the fashion industry
https://ecosoi.com/ Fabric made from Pineapple and hemp in Hanoi.
Tiger shirts are made from recycled plastic. Mekong 'NTO
Good on YOU - where do the clothes you wear come from? Download the App
Bike Washing Machine: wash your clothes while riding the stationary bike
http://www.tuvie.com/bike-washing-machine-wash-your-clothes-while-riding-the-stationary-bike/
Flo: a toolkit that supports girls living in poverty to wash, dry and carry reusable sanitary pads
https://www.jamesdysonaward.org/en-US/2015/project/flo-3/
THRIFT SHOP
Green GEM https://www.facebook.com/greengemshop
Chan Con Cong https://www.facebook.com/chan.con.cong/
Washing Detergent- Vietnamese company creates biosafe detergent from pineapples that are sold in Refillables and Green Gem https://fuwa.com.vn/
FOOD
FOOD
The water we eat is a well-designed website regarding food and water waste
Action on Poverty has projects on reducing Food Waste in Vietnam
IB Blog on ending world hunger
https://blogs.ibo.org/blog/2017/07/03/ending-world-hunger-one-meal-at-a-time/
Indonesia unveils first zero-waste restaurant built with sustainably sourced materials
Kaffeeform: coffee cup made of coffee grounds
Love food hate waste https://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/recipes
Are spotty fruits and vegetables safe to eat? (Elizabeth Brauer) https://ed.ted.com/lessons/are-spotty-fruits-and-vegetables-safe-to-eat-elizabeth-brauer
Carrot-top pesto and beetroot-leaf dip: how to waste less in the kitchen this year https://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/recipes/less-wasteful-cook-2018/
CIRCULARIS: a holistic and sustainable product-service-system that makes recycling of kitchen waste most comfortable for the user, most economic for the waste management company.
https://www.jamesdysonaward.org/en-US/2018/project/circularis-reuse-reduce-recycle-rethink/
Global Food Report Not Want Not Report- institute of mechanical engineers
VIETHARVEST https://www.vietharvest.com/en/
PLASTIC
PLASTIC
Precious Plastics: open source machines, tools and infrastructures to fight plastic pollution from the bottom up – for free
Rareform: repurpose vinyl billboards into one-of-a-kind bags
https://www.rareform.com/pages/how-it-works
Our plastic footprint: reuse to take the pressure off recycling
Panama's plastic bottle village will be constructed from recycled PET bottles
Petition launched to recognise Great Pacific Garbage Patch as a country
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/
Greenpeace: Who is behind the world's plastic crisis?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ykcdt9UFRA
What really happens to the plastic you throw away (Emma Bryce)
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-really-happens-to-the-plastic-you-throw-away-emma-bryce#digdeeper
REcycled Materials
REcycled Materials
Loliware: the first and only biodegr(edible) cups
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ1UDIklPS0
Potato plastic: a biodegradable material for one-time use-products https://www.jamesdysonaward.org/en-US/2018/project/potato-plastic/
Reprintable Paper Becomes a Reality https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/reprintable-paper-becomes-reality-180962339/
A plan to recycle the unrecyclable (Ashton Cofer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR9956gDpUY
Algae Mobile (tailpipe attachment for filtering and transforming fumes) https://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/these-14-teenage-inventors-made-a-glove-that-translates-sign-language
Air Ink http://www.graviky.com/air-inktrade.html
BATTERIES- learn how 14 year old Nahil started his own NGO to collect batteries for recycling. RECYCLEMYBATTERY.org
ReThink and ReUse Center https://www.pbs.org/video/kidvision-vpk-rethink-and-reuse-center/
ReUse Network https://reuse-network.org.uk/
We need a reuse revolution https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/why-we-need-a-reuse-revolution_uk_5a830a69e4b0fbccdaa32387
Your Christmas tree may be turned into mouthwash one day https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-day-your-christmas-tree-may-be-turned-mouthwash-180971133/#ApclDvqwCU9mPgB3.99
DR PLASTIC from THE LIGHTING GROUP on VTV
WATER POLLUTION FROM WASTE LANDFILL killing fish
Sustainable cities leading the way
https://www.fastcompany.com/3016816/the-10-cities-that-are-leading-the-way-in-urban-sustainability
https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/five-sustainable-cities-making-difference-planet
Whiz kid from Sierra Leone built own battery, radio transmitter
Gone: a biodegradable energy gel package for sustained athletic activity and an environmentally sustainable world
https://www.designboom.com/design/lizzie-wright-gone-bioplastic-10-28-2018/
WWF: you have the power to protect our incredible planet
https://www.wwf.org.uk/updates/promise-planet
A collection of sustainable designs
https://www.dezeen.com/tag/sustainable-design/
Comp-A-Tent: a compostable tent designed for a weekend that biodegrades in 120 days, eliminating the 750 000 petrol-based tents that end up in landfill
https://www.jamesdysonaward.org/en-US/2017/project/comp-a-tent/
Do you even compost bro? http://www.yankodesign.com/2017/11/08/do-you-even-compost-bro/
DailyDump.org a Bangladesh organisation selling composters.
How to compost from KEEP VIETNAM CLEAN how to build and manage thermophilic compost
and the video on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUDdeYIvi7Q
Dutch designers convert algae into bioplastic for 3D printing https://www.dezeen.com/2017/12/04/dutch-designers-eric-klarenbeek-maartje-dros-convert-algae-biopolymer-3d-printing-good-design-bad-world/
SunJae Chang alternative material FINAL FOLDER
This Dutch start-up is making bricks from industrial waste: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-dutch-startup-making-bricks-from-industrial-waste-180959893/#hw4VA86tdzRcejPy.99
Eco Monsters https://www.yankodesign.com/2015/02/04/when-monsters-mean-good/
Electronic waste created by outdated cell phones: https://listenwise.com/teach/events/998-electronic-waste-created-by-outdated-cell-phones
Zero Zero: a multi-functional Taiwanese online platform
https://www.red-dot.org/project/zero-zero-25440
KNOCK-TROC: a platform that allows anyone to exchange goods and services quickly and conveniently
https://www.red-dot.org/project/knock-troc-27049
And some more:
Design Museum Foundation https://designmuseumfoundation.org/redesigning-recycling/
Practical Action Sustainable Technology Education Project http://stepin.org/
The Guardian has a list of programmes, podcasts and shows on inspiration to help you save the planet HERE
There are teacher/student resources on waste from the the Australian site Sustainable Schools NSW HERE
Article 'when-trash-becomes-treasure' https://www.dezeen.com/2020/10/28/circular-economy-katie-treggiden-wasted-when-trash-becomes-treasure/
THE AGE of WASTE- an article about a Design exhibition to coincide with the COP26 Glasgow 2021
RMIT Sustainable Business exhibition including 1516Energy
WWF has teaching resources on WASTE here
BAGS
From Cambodia
https://friends-international.org/
From the philipines:
https://ecovie-export.com/
Decathlon Shop Sustainablity state
PLANNED Obsolescence:
Compost from Keep Vietnam Clean (KVC)
Compost from Keep Vietnam Clean (KVC)
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