Review: the '100 Ideas to Boost Sustainable Design in the UK' event catalysed by o2 UK and organised by Jean-Paul Frazer at the Design Council on Wednesday night (17/08) has produced the beginnings of a very promising submission to the Sustainable Design Forum steering committee. It was great to see so many o2 UK'ers members in one room working together.

The event was kicked off with a brief intro from JP and Neil Tierney and Chris Sherwin from Forum for the Future gave an insightful snapshot of current steering group progress. The main brainstorm involved getting everyones thoughts onto stickies and onto the wall. Then some re-organisation was followed by everyone voting for their favorite ideas. The voting produced a roughly ranked series of approximately 100 ideas. The winning idea was that the Design Council should ensure the 2012 Olympics are the 'Sustainable Olympics', thus creating work for sustainable designers.

JP, Neil and Tom are now going to work on progressing and developing the ideas into a more concrete submission to the steering group. The main value of the event however was more momentum which is what is required right now. Thanks again to all who came along to lend their support!

CATEGORY: SUSTAINABILITY