1 COMPRAR, TIRAR, COMPRAR Emma Robinson
2 2011
3 PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE A policy of planning or designing a product with an artificially limited useful life, so it will become unfashionable or no longer functional after a certain period of time
4 PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE Methods Reasons Consequences for consumers Environmental/global impact Alternatives
5 METHODS Designed to fail Inkjet printers Lightbulbs Nylons iPod batteries Designed to go “out of style” Implies “consumer choice”
6 CENTENNIAL BULB http://www.centennialbulb.org/ “the Longest burning Light Bulb in history. Now in its 114th year of illumination.” Livermore, CA
7 DUPONT NYLON
8 REASONS Method of economic stimulation during the Depression Bernard London, Ending the Depression through Forced Obsolescence Market/labor equilibrium “Successful” business model Keeps people buying East German products Profit for businesses and engineers
9 CONSUMER CONSEQUENCES Credit/debt Trash Frustration
10 GLOBAL IMPACT Growth for growth’s sake – ecological footprint exceeds planet’s capacity Production of “residues” instead of “nutrients” -Thackara “Dumping” used/useless products in Third World Countries Mike Anane, Ghana https://youtu.be/24CM4g8V6w8?t=37m48s
11 2014 https://vimeo.com/95789417
12 ALTERNATIVES Warner Philips – LED lightbulbs John Thackara – The Doors of Perception Serge Latouche – “Decrecimiento”
13 JOHN THACKARA “the founder of Doors of Perception, is John Thackara. He does live and online talks, and produces events, for cities, institutions and organisations around the world. The outcomes of each collaboration are, typically: a shared perception of new opportunities; a good idea of how to exploit them; and new connections between people to make those actions happen.” --http://www.doorsofperception.com
14 SERGE LATOUCHE
15 DECRECIMIENTO la consigna del decrecimiento tiene como meta, sobre todo, insistir fuertemente en abandonar el objetivo del crecimiento por el crecimiento, [...] En todo rigor, convendría más hablar de "acrecimiento", tal como hablamos de "ateísmo” --Serge Latouche La apuesta por el decrecimiento
16 DECRECIMIENTO
17 CONNECTIONS La deuda ecológica española (Balanyá, Batista, et. al.) Deuda ecológica – “conjunto de impactos ecológicos, sociales y monetarios que produce nuestro estilo de vida en los países empobrecidos, a través de determinados impactos ambientales que son generados debido a nuestras políticas y actividades económicas” Mochila ecológica – manera de pensar la “cantidad de material requerida para conseguir una unidad de producto final” Huella ecológica – manera de “medir la superficie necesaria para sustentar un sistema económico”
18 CONNECTIONS (cont.) Slow Violence (Rob Nixon) Waste pushed off into third world countries now encroaching on first world territory, becoming more visible “Beyond the Crisis: The emergence of Alternative economic practices” (Conill, Castells, et.al.) Decrecimiento – less production, more reduction/reuse Doors of Perception – “nutrients” vs. “residues” Rethinking the current economic/capitalist system The Story of Stuff Planned vs. perceived obsolescence
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