One of the growing trends in fashion is called up-cycling. Up-cycling gives old or discarded clothing a better purpose through a process which converts it into something useful and often beautiful.
Design Challenge 31: Up-cycling Fashion
Design Challenge 23: Eco-smart Recreation Facility
Developers are becoming increasingly interested in designing structures that are properly suited for their environments. Structures that are not designed this way are prone to damage from catastrophic environmental events such as flooding. According to the Alberta Provincial Flood Damage Assessment Study (https://www.alberta.ca/albertacode/images/pfdas-alberta-main.pdf), damage from flooding in Alberta has cost billions of dollars over the last decade. Without proper mitigation, cities must repeatedly repair and rebuild structures in flood areas at great expense.
Design Challenge 17: Waste Management
Consider the impact landfills have on society and what alternatives might be. Globally, the world’s cities are struggling with what to do with their daily trash. In 2014, it was reported that 3 billion of the world’s 7 billion population live in cities, producing more than 1.3 billion metric tons of sold waste per year. As you look through the pictures on the website Trash Cities: The World’s Worst Garbage Problems, try to identify the types of trash and how it might have found its way into those settings. The trash illustrated in the pictures does not just make the environment look unattractive, it is potentially dangerous to us all!