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Living Within Planetary Boundaries: Insights from Ditte Lysgaard Vind on Sustainable Design

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Ditte Lysgaard Vind highlights how Danish design heritage can guide sustainable practices today. She advocates for user-centred design, use value over market value, and operating within planetary boundaries. Emphasising social purpose, durable products, and systemic change, she urges a shift in values to create lasting impact through design and innovation.

Learning Objectives

  • Understand how to apply user-centred and value-driven design principles to create products and services that prioritise longevity, sustainability, and real customer needs, crucial for building lasting value with limited resources.
  • Learn how adopting circular economy models and bio-based materials can offer practical, scalable strategies for reducing waste and environmental impact without compromising on quality or viability.
  • Gain insight into how small businesses can align with planetary boundaries and internalise environmental costs, helping them future-proof their operations and meet growing sustainability expectations from customers and regulators.
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  • Type: Video
  • Language: English

This project, “Start on Sustainability” (SOS), is focused on helping known as micro-enterprises in Europe operate in a more environmentally friendly way.

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Start on Sustainability Erasmus+ VET Project is licensed under CC BY 4.0