Upstream: filthy. Downstream: clean.

Truck driving away with fuel we made from the difference.

This is not a concept. This is the operating model.

The River Is the Supply Chain https://blueribbonteam.com/blog/2026/04/02/the-river-is-the-supply-chain/ #ecologicalDesign

"Litter Winter/Spring 2026 affirms the power of collective visioning, imaginative responses, and design with the more-than-human world to confront harm and build conditions for life to thrive." (Jessie Croteau, Editor).
https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/litter-winter-spring-2026/

#SolarPunkSunday #EcologicalDesign #SolarPunk #EcologicalDesignCollective #EDC #Ecology #Pollution #SmallStories

Litter Winter/Spring 2026 - Ecological Design Collective

This publication emerges from a shared recognition that toxicity has become a defining condition of our time, manifesting through chemical pollution and environmental degradation, as well as social inequities, extractive economies, institutional violence, and systems that erode collective care. In such a moment, the work of ecological design must move beyond diagnosing harm and toward cultivating the practices, relationships, and imaginaries capable of countering it.

Ecological Design Collective
Bougainvillea doesn’t thrive despite hardship — it thrives because of it.
Constraint is part of the system.
#EcologicalDesign Bougainvillea glabra https://www.cernunnosfoundation.com/nature-pictures/bougainvillea-glabra/

Laguna Cejar - Salar de Atacama, Chile. Una de las cosas que más admiré de las instalaciones del parque en Atacama fueron los pequeños edificios cuidadosamente diseñados y construidos con materiales locales.

#salardeatacama #lagunacejar #arquitectura #desiertodeatacama #bioarquitectura #chile #puertas #viajes #bioarchitecture #atacama #chiletravel #architecturelovers #atacamachile #ecologicaldesign #atacamadesert #chileturismo #materiauxdeconstruction #facade #bioconstruccion

Laguna Cejar - Salar de Atacama, Chile. One of the things I so admired about the park facilities in the Atacama was the small buildings thoughtfully designed and built from local materials.

#salardeatacama #lagunacejar #arquitectura #desiertodeatacama #bioarquitectura #doors #chile #puertas #bioarchitecture #naturalbuilding #atacama #chiletravel #architecturelovers #atacamachile #ecologicaldesign #atacamadesert #chileturismo #materiauxdeconstruction #facade #bioconstruccion #naturalmaterials

#Sustainable human #systems must account for #caregiving and #social support as #resources.

On the receiving end, the positive emotional experience of being cared for warrants redundancy and reinforcement. On the giving end, #care draws from limited stocks. Time and #emotionallabor are finite.

Systems with reliable personal #support reduce overall material needs.

https://makeinplace.wordpress.com/page/4/#caregiving

#degrowth #design #ecologicaldesign #ecologicaleconomics #humanrights #systemchangenotclimatechange

Make in Place

Supporting ourselves without compromise.

Make in Place

In the context of #making, nonmaterial needs serve as a screening device.

#Psychological needs and emotional experiences are innumerable. Material human needs are more limited and countable, and there may be finite ways of meeting them—especially within each #region and #climate. It's more feasible to start by addressing material essentials while holding each approach to emotional tests.

https://makeinplace.wordpress.com/page/4/#nonmaterial

#design #ecologicaldesign #systemsthinking #humanrights #degrowth #postgrowth

Make in Place

Supporting ourselves without compromise.

Make in Place

Morning all! Our #ResearchInstitute is hosting an online panel discussion on the future of #InternationalDevelopment in two weeks. If any of you would like to attend, the link is here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/622430224557

#RegenerativeDesign #EcologicalPolicy #EcologicalDesign #ClimateJustice #DoughnutEconomics #CircularEconomy #SocialJustice

What comes after the UN Sustainable Development Goals?

The Horizons Institute convenes three interdisciplinary panels to discuss their views on some of the most pressing global challenges today.

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