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WP1: Product Waste Ecosystems interrogate waste plastics as a commodity within a 3D print ecosystem, serving repair and product innovation cultures (WP1.1), potentially reducing carbon emissions from plastics production or incineration. Waste electronic and electrical equipment are reimagined into diverse new value propositions (WP1.2) extending product lifecycles and reusing manufactured parts in new ways.
WP2: Green Digital Transition addresses the negative impacts of tourism. NI's flourishing Screen Industry will transcend sustainable and responsible tourism through digital design and technology. Content focuses on the Rathlin offshore island visiting experiences and the preservation of biodiversity through worldbuilding (WP2.1) alongside sustainable immersive digital heritage and culture (WP2.2).
WP3: Organic Waste Ecosystems propose climate transition pathways and build design ecosystem networks in NI through existing, tested co-design and civic engagement methods. Working with interdisciplinary researchers through collaborative multi-disciplinary design, nature-based solutions are fostered leading to nested circular economies.
WP4: Designing Sustainable Futures Education develops commitments for sustainable futures within educational institutions (primary to higher education), professional CPD, public sector and public engagement organisations. Design is deployed to build a visual language and knowledge base for future sustainable lifestyles.
WP5: Green Policies analyse, understand and position the findings for NI within the above contexts, to frame, synthesise, and co-evaluate visions for preferable futures. These simultaneously recognise contemporary constraints and plans for a future world that will differ from the present. It works in tandem with the design practice activities towards policy implementation and real change in the region.
Layman's description
Short title | Future Island-Island |
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Acronym | FII |
Status | Active |
Effective start/end date | 1/10/23 → 30/09/25 |
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Activities
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Beach Clean 2.0: Designing a circular beach clean methodology
Power, S. (Participant), Magee, J. (Organiser & Speaker) & Millar, B. (Organiser)
20 Sept 2024 → 24 Sept 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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The Big Rathlin Beach Clean
Power, S. (Participant), Magee, J. (Organiser) & Millar, B. (Organiser & Speaker)
30 May 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Creative Problem Solving Using Virtual Production Techniques
Melki, H. (Speaker)
3 Oct 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Press/Media
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A tiny island fights the scourge of plastic on the beach
26/11/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
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Over 600 volunteers across Donegal lift 4 tonnes of rubbish in Big Beach Clean
1/10/24 → 26/11/24
1 item of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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Co-designing possible futures in the Northern Irish context
Newell, K., 2024, p. 11-12. 2 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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EXPLORING SUSTAINABLE FIBRES FROM CREATION TO APPLICATION IN THE ULSTER UNIVERSITY BELFAST CAMPUS TEXTILE ROOF GARDEN
Gault, A., 30 Jan 2024, (Published online) Proceedings of The 8th International Symposium Technical Textiles Present and Future . Sciendo, p. 150-157 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Extending the museum experience on Rathlin Island for sustainable tourism and accessible heritage
Melki, H., Parkin, A. (Contributor), Meakin, E. (Contributor) & McGlade, M. (Contributor), 2024, (Accepted/In press).Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review