URGE have helped organise a roundtable on behavioural change during the Energy Transitions 2024 event at Chatham House this week. Josh Dugdale and John Grant will be part of the discussion around transformational systems change initiatives, that can empower collective community action in energy production and consumption. For full details of the event visit the site here.

We will report back on the event later in the month…

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The 'Regenerative Fashion Hub' run by The RCA Textile Circularity Centre is nearing the end of its month-long residency at Rich Mix, Bethnal Green Road, London.

Showcasing circular bio-based textiles, product and consumer design experiences, and alternative local economy supply chains. The exhibition brings to life the circular journey of biomaterials from waste source through to the design, manufacture, reuse, repair, reproduction and consumption of apparel. Their on going research looks at new approaches to fashion, that cuts down on waste and pollution, and boosts economic fairness, personal fulfilment, community bonds, and environmental health. Watch their short film showcasing the ‘real time’ experiences at the hub, detailing the varying stages for repair and renewal of a garment.

They are calling on citizens from far and wide to participate in their research as resource custodians and customisers, repairers, re-furbishers, and recyclers of materials and products; envisioning a future where the focus is less about the product, but more about what the product and related services and experiences enable and teach people to do!

Visit the Hub on the 16th or 20th March for their last Open House events and check out their programme of research and workshops here.

How to Confidently weave textile circularity into your interior design schemes.

Join Chase Erwin CEO Lauren Stonnell, interior designer Andrea Benedettini, and Sophie Rochester and Rachel Forster from award-winning textile reuse platform Yodomo, to discuss circularity in interior design. The panel will talk about how regulations are changing, how to specify responsibly and how to consider design for disassembly, allowing you to develop the skills you need to build circularity into your schemes and ensure your practice stays one step ahead.

12th March 1pm, Chase Erwin, Ground Floor, Centre Dome.

Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour Lots Rd, SW10 0XE

You will also find some of the GREEN GRADS show casing some of their graduates with an installation led by Barbara Chandler and Michael Czerwinski 1st floor Design Centre East. Next to the lecture theatre.

Admission free. 11th - 15th 10am-6pm

The Architecture Foundation are hosting a Symposium: The Future of Housing Standards' at the Barbican, on the 19 March, 14.00 to 21.00

The Symposium will discuss the challenges in defining affordable, decent, or adequate housing and providing homes that are equitable and sustainable in the long term. It brings together architects, housing practitioners, and researchers to discuss future housing standards and ambitions.

Adrian Lahoud, Lucia Alonso, Dr Seyithan Özer and Prof Sam Jacoby from the School of Architecture RCA will be speaking at the event.

Please note that you will need to book separate tickets for EVENT 1 in the afternoon (2–6 pm) and EVENT 2 in the evening (6:30–9 pm).

And lastly but by no means least you may have listened to the Sycamore Gap Story on BBC sounds detailing the near global grief of the mysterious felling of The Sycamore Gap tree on Hadrians wall back in 2023. Well, last week it was both enchanting and heart warming to read that new life has sprung from the rescued seeds and twigs from the felled rescued from the tree, read the full story here!

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