1. Brighton Seminar Nov 2011 Karen Blincoe, ICIS, DK

2. Part 1 Is sustainability a utopian concept? Group work Part 2 Sustainability scenarios Group work

3. Sustainability 1.Human-related issues including basic needs (food, water, housing, education, health). 2.Social and ethical issues relating to life quality and dignity. 3.The concept of ’ limitation ’ : there is a limit to non-renewable resources and that the present generation must limit the use of these to make sure that there are sufficient resources for future generations. 4. The concept of ‘ natural resources being vital to sustain life ’ (Brundtland Report, 1987).

4. Utopia Utopia means literally: no place, from Greek ‘ ou ’ not + ‘ topo ’ s a place. Utopia has become to mean: 1.  An ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspect 2. An imaginary or real place considered to be perfect or ideal 3. An idealistic scheme for social and political reform  Ideally perfect place or state of things

5. The importance of utopia ‘ The power of utopian thinking, properly conceived as a vision of a new society that questions all the presuppositions of the present-day society, is its inherent ability to see the future in terms of radically new forms and values ’. Murray Bookchin, Toward an Ecological Society,1974 ‘..present-day utopians can alert us to aspects of our reality that we have long failed to notice, but which may well be important. Utopians can thereby help us to observe more acutely ’. Marius de Geus, Ecological Utopias, 1999

6. Is sustainability a utopian concept? An example

7. Sustainable Cities Karen Blincoe, ICIS/Danish Designers. HOF Sem. 3, Nov. 2011

8. Current Developments

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15. Something & Son

16. TOTNESS

18. Dreams Versus Reality

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25. Group work 1 Is sustainability a utopian concept? Discuss and present for and against arguments If sustainability is not a utopian concept what is it? Give examples