Hemp and Bamboo: Unorthodox Ideas to Change the Architecture of the System

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There's a whole series, a list of technologies. There's simple things like hemp and bamboo could change things. If you've got 3D printing going, where you're actually making the feedstock for the 3D printer locally, that changes things. I am highly confident you will again be a repeat guest on this podcast. You have any ideas of a topic that you are passionate about and would like to take a deep dive on another future conversation? Email us at jennifer.smith@mailonline.co.uk or tweet her @jennifersmith1.

In this episode, Simon Michaux returns to discuss his new paper “A Resource Balanced Economy”, which outlines an alternative economic and social system. This conversation builds off of his two previous episodes on The Great Simplification, unpacking the ideas and tools that will be helpful in planning for an unknown future with more energy and material constraints. How can we be more intentional about the design of our technology to make products that are longer lasting and easier to reuse? How can we organize society to create resilient communities based around actual human needs, rather than endless efficiency geared towards growth? Can an ‘Arcadian Blueprint’ emerge, and at what scale, and by whom?

About Simon Michaux:

Dr. Simon Michaux is an Associate Professor of Geometallurgy at the Geological Survey of Finland. He has a PhD in mining engineering. Dr. Michaux’s long-term work is on societal transformation toward a circular economy.

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