Log
- Teamlabs, March 3, @WeWork in Berlin
Link
opencircularity.info/tl
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Environmental Activist!
+ artist
activist for what?
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Sustainable Circular Economy
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Making things destroys the planet. The circular economy and circular design try to combine preservation with making.
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Collaborative Economy → Open Source Hardware
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Open Source Hardware: leverage the web, enable people to co-build their world. Democratize the making of hardware & design.
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Open Source Circular Economy!
Transparent collaboration for the development and operation of a sustainable circular economy.
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Activism
Several projects. The biggest one “The Open Source Circular Economy Days”.
lost momentum; didn’t deliver on the promises.
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Problem: €
Activism and making money is hard to put together sustainably.
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So: A Design Studio
A design studio called Mifactori. To walk the walk and not just talk the talk.
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Mifactori & Income
What is the studio doing & how does it generate revenue?
- Contribute as consultants to larger consortiums with OSCE perspectives | fees
- Create resources for others to use and build upon | community building & marketing
- Develop and promote methods for Open Circular Design & Circular Cities
- Educating people | fees
- Campaigns & Events | fees
- Products & Interieurs | fees
- Upcycling Benches; REN
- Products | Only investment at the moment
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Still an activist & artist by heart. I do a lot of stuff because I want to, although it is not successful or does not pay. See → SELF
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Thanks
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