Thriving Planet
As societies surpass planetary limits, design must move beyond growth-driven models and short-term fixes. A thriving planet depends on abandoning extractive and unsustainable practices and fostering regenerative ones that align human and ecological wellbeing. The Thriving Planet theme track highlights projects that are both critical and inspirational, demonstrating design’s capacity to spark radical change and nurture new forms of aliveness in the midst of environmental crisis.
Dialogue Session
In this interactive programme participants will be invited to briefly introduce themselves through an icebreaker, followed by an introduction to the 4TU vision on a Thriving Planet. From there each of the design research projects will briefly present itself in a short pitch after which visitors van check out the projects themselves, in our Micro-Interactive-Expo.
A variety of projects will be showcased both indoors and outdoors: Cropkit, Living Traces, Nettle Project, Soil Habitability, Leaving a Trace N=Zien, Design for Decline, Water Futures, Working with Nature for farmers and the environment and Game design and play for a thrining planet.
Visitors are free to explore the different initiatives, engage in conversation with designers and researchers, and take part in interactive activities. The programme will include a mix of hands-on workshops and short presentations. The Dialogues session will conclude with a plenary discussion, harvesting feelings, details and take-home messages from the session.
Programme
9.30 Walk in
9.45 Welcome and introduction of the theme Thriving Planet, project pitches
10:00 Micro-Interactive-Expo
12.00 Discussion and wrap-up
12.30 Lunch
