norwegian envisioning workshops
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Norwegian envisioning workshops. Flekkefjord 9.000 innh . Larvik: 43.000 innh . Structure of workshops. The workshops followed a modified version of the TEIP-manual and lasted for about 2,5- 3 hours : Short introduction Individual visioning (10-15 min) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Eivind Stø, Anita Borch & Gunnar Vittersø
Norwegian envisioning workshops
Eivind Stø, Anita Borch & Gunnar Vittersø
Flekkefjord 9.000 innh.
Larvik: 43.000 innh.
Eivind Stø, Anita Borch & Gunnar Vittersø
Structure of workshopsThe workshops followed a modified version of the TEIP-manual and lasted for about 2,5- 3 hours:
• Short introduction
• Individual visioning (10-15 min)
• Group visioning – idea generation on post-it notes (approx. 1 hour)
• Short brake
• Plenary presentation (approx. 1 hour)
• Summing up
Eivind Stø, Anita Borch & Gunnar Vittersø
Group work and idea generation
Flekkefjord:• 3 groups with 4 - 5 pupils • 17 years• 10 girls and 4 boys
Larvik:• 2 groups with 4 pupils• 17 years (one 18)• 1 girl and 7 boys
A little guidance from the teachers in both workshops.
Sustainability ? – quite unfamiliar consept
Eivind Stø, Anita Borch & Gunnar Vittersø
Presentation, discussion and grouping of ideas
Plenary presentation and discussion of ideas along the three dimensions:
Food
Mobility
Energy/housing
Eivind Stø, Anita Borch & Gunnar Vittersø
CRISP in the mediaA journalist from the local newspaper Agder showed up at the first workshop in Flekkefjord
Eivind Stø, Anita Borch & Gunnar Vittersø
Creating future visions
Ordering and categorizing
Food: Green
Mobility: Yellow
Energy/Housing: Red
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4 visions
Work-shops
Techno-futurism
Techno-realism
Local village
Post-materialism
Total
1 8 26 12 20 66
2 18 16 17 13 64
Total 26 42 29 33 130
Number of post-it-notes by workshops and visions
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Techno-futurism
- Technology optimism based on not invented technologies
- We are making use of new resources, like raw materials from other planets, renewing water by using toilet-filters, and changing CO2 to energy
- Efficiency and mobility freedom are highly valued
Theoretical underpinning:- Science fiction2 technologies:- Non-invented and mobile3 adjectives: - Unrealistic, high-tech and mobileFood: - «Functional», e.g., on tubesMobility: - Free use of high-tech mobility
modesHousing energy:- Not important
Eivind Stø, Anita Borch & Gunnar Vittersø
Techno-realism- Technological optimism based on both new and
well known technology- People are highly mobile and there are few
restrictions on energy and resource use- The CO2 is reduced, but because of green
technology people have the same (or higher) level of consumption as today
Theoretical underpinning:- Ecological modernization of society2 technologies:- Renewable energy sources, but also nuclear-,
nano- and GMO- technologies 3 adjectives: - Technology-optimism, materialism and mobilityFood: - Production based on renewable and high tech
solutions (nano, GMO)- Distribution based on the internetMobility: - Today’s transport modes used more efficientlyHousing energy:- Smart houses are standard
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Local Village
- Based on “Gemeinshaft” or "lasting values" (family, children, tradition and nostalgia) combined with current trends of “healthy life style”
- Not anti-technology- Local production and consumption- Regained control over consumptionTheoretical underpinning:- Localism, an alternative to globalisation2 technologies:- Local and renewable energy sources like wind and
solar energy3 adjectives: - Local, nostalgic, and embedded Food: - If possible, produced locally or by the households
themselves (in gardens, on roofs)Mobility: - Cheap and easely accessible public transport - Cycle lanes and footpathsHousing energy:- solar panels on house roofs, terrestrial heat etc.
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Post-materialism- Based on the idea of changing lifestyle in order to
save resources both at the local and global level - Fair global sharing of resources - Critique of capitalism
- Nostalgic- Limitations in the use of natural resources- Regulation of consumption and productionTheoretical underpinning:- Post-materialism (Inglehart, 1970s)2 technologies:- Existing technology- Not concerned about the technology development3 adjectives: - Nostalgic, organic, and moralisticFood: - Reduced meat consumption- Increased consumption of vegetarian and organic
food- Emphasises healthy food, also for fast foodMobility: - Restricted car useHousing energy:- Improved isolation and reduction of windows- Avoid unnecessary use of electricity in houses
Eivind Stø, Anita Borch & Gunnar Vittersø
General observations of the workshops
A strong technological optimism was observed in both workshops
The main argument was that we will continue or improve current lifestyles, but with use of significant lower energy use and CO2 emmision
But there were also some ideas related to the aim of changing life styles through locally embedded and reduced level of consumption and production
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Techno-futurismFlying cars (1) Flying cars on solar-energy (2) Food is grass made tasty
through a powder (2)
Jetpacks (1) We are «jumpers» (2) Grass is filing-- only 2 meals a day (2)
Flying mopeds (1) Seawater into freshwater (2) E-cars flying in air line (2)
Telepator (1) CO2 into energy (2) Today’s ordinary food is exclusive food (2)
Time machine (1) Raw materials from other planets (2)
Robot kelner (2)
Underwater cars (1) Holiday simulator (2) Schoes jogging us around (2)
Horses are Pegasus (2) Self-made cars (2) CO2 to clean energy (1)
Cars get muscles (2) Live in high-tech grottos (2) Eat pills to get sunlight (2)
Transport in space (1) Food on tubes (2)
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Techno-realismDevelop solar-energy (2)
Hydro power (1) More express train (1) Toilets like in airoplanes (1)
More el-station (2)
More enviromental energy (1)
Windmills (1) Express train through Europe (1)
Channel water to deserts (2)
Natural fertiliser as gas (2)
Nuclear fusion (1) Natural energy (1) Long distance flights (no need for stopover) (1)
Gemo (1) More travelling (2)
Tide wave power (1) No nuclear power (1) Express train (2) Green house with renewable energy (2)
Holiday at exotic places (2)
New ways of heating cars and houses (2)
Waste energy (1) Smart houses (1) Nanotechnology (1) More net-trade of food (2)
Windmills (2) More district heating (1)
Cars on fuels cells and electricity (1)
Solar pannel in Sahara (1)
Cars on poop (2)
Windmills on land and ocean (1)
Clean energy adapted to society (1)
More digital techn in schools (1)
More train to haul food (1)
El-segways (2)
Hydro power (2) Houses with district heating (1)
More sustainable energy (1)
El-cars (1) Power rails (bikes on railes) (2)
Smart houses (2) Solar energy (1)
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Local VillageHousing / Energy Mobility Food
More houses with solar panels (1) More people use their own body for transportation (1)
Facilities for local distribution of fish along the coast (1)
Terrestrial heat for houses (1) More cycling paths (1)Cheaper public transport (1)
Food nurseries that provides all kinds of food (1)
Pedal driven electricity generation in houses (cycling to generate energy) (2)
Private organization of smaller busses for transport (1)
All food produced within the country (1)
Houses that is driven by rechargeable batteries (2)
More local shops (1)
Self-sufficient with food (1)
Solar panels on roofs (2)Batteries charged by solar energy from the roof (2)
Only use of car when travel outside town – use of cycles within the town (2)
Food are no longer sold through commercial retail chains (1)
Plant trees on top of roofs - fruit trees also provide food (2)
Bicycles that carries more than one person (2)
Some of the food we grow ourselves (in the garden) like potatoes, fruit and vegetables. Stuff we can't grow, like oranges, is imported (2)
Plant tree in order to reduce CO2 emisions (2)
More public transport (2) Busses where all passengers must cycle (pedals inside) in order to move (2)
Grow food oneself as much as possible in order to reduce transport (2)
Live in ordinary houses, detached and flats(2)
Horses are in common use for transportation and manual work (2)
Collect food from the environment (nature) surrounding us (2)
No GMO (2)
Eat together with family and friends (2)
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Chaning Lifestyles post-materialismHousing / energy (1) Housing / energy (2) Food Fair distribution (1)
Increased durability of products Use warmer clothes indoors in order to save electricity
More durable food (less waste) (1)
Poorer countries must learn about the environment
No more plastic bags and disposable tableware
Fewer and smaller windows in every room
Eat vegetarian and organic (1) Peace on earth
Ban on timber (mahogany etc.) from the rainforest
Use firewood instead of electricity
Healthy food (1) Co-operation between countries on environment
Free energy within a limit (quota)
No unnecessary use of electricity (no lights in the middle of the day, no air-conditioning)
More healthy fast food (1)
The goal must not be to get rich on energy development, but a better world
Reduced energy consumption
Brick houses in stead of houses of wood (cool in the summer and warm in the winter)
Less meat consumption in rich countries (some meat for all people) (1)
Improved insulation of houses Tofu – as meat substitute (add meat flavor) (2)
Recycling facilities in shopping malls
Mobility (2) Wholemeal bread that are filling – not white bread (2)
All cities recycles
Car free days during the week (shortage of meat may end up in cannibalism) (2)
Reuse of all materials (100 %) 1 car per household McDonalds will never be bankrupt (2)
Lights switch off automatically in rooms that are not in use (sensors)
More unhealthy food: It sells,One uses less time on cooking (2
Reduced electricity consumption in appliances
Soda water more poplar than water because of better taste (2)