MISSION
The Centre for Sustainable Design (CfSD) has built world class knowledge and expertise of sustainable innovation and product sustainability. The Centre researches, develops and disseminates understanding of present and future sustainability impacts and solutions related to innovation, products, technologies, services and systems through projects, training, events, networks and information. CfSD works with partners in Europe, North America and Asia to deliver high quality results. The Centre is an internationally recognised centre of excellence.
SITE HIGHLIGHTS
EVENTS
- Farnham Repair Café
- 9th November 2024 10.00 – 12.30
The Spire Church
Farnham - Circular Cricket
- 31st July 2024 12.00 – 13.30
Online via Zoom - Product Circularity, Fashion, Clothing and Textiles (PC4Fashion)
- 29th July 2024 12.00 – 13.30
Online via Zoom - Createch and Creative Industries: Networking and Knowledge Exchange for Sustainability
- 24th July 2024 10.00 – 11.30 BST (11.00 – 12.30 CET)
Online via Zoom - European Repair Café Conference
- 12th July 2024 16.00 – 18.15 CET
Online via Zoom - Circular Cricket
- 10th July 2024
The Kia Oval
SE11 5SS - 3rd UK Repair Café Conference
- 21st June 2024
University for the Creative Arts
Farnham - Circular and Regenerative Design
- 16th May 2024 2.00 – 4.00 PM CET
Online via Zoom - Product Circularity – Insights from Industry
- 25th April 2024 15.00 – 16.00
Online via Zoom - Circular and Regenerative Design – Accelerator Session
- 18th April 2024 15.30 – 17.00
Online via Zoom - Createch: Peer to Peer Networking (P2P) and Knowledge Exchange – Online Knowledge Sharing
- 17th – 19th April 2024
Online via Zoom - Accelerating Sustainability in Fashion, Clothing and Textiles
- 6th March 2024 13:30 –17:30 GMT
Artworkers Guild, London - Setting Up A Cricket Gear Reuse Scheme
- Tuesday 5th March 2024 19.00 – 20.00 GMT
Online Via Zoom
- Forthcoming conference presentations by Martin Charter
- What can Repair Cafés teach us about Circular Design in our Products: Products in Compliance Conference (UK): 15-16 November 2023
- Circular Design of Waste and “End of Life” Fishing Gear: BCE final conference (Online/Norway (Alesund): 29th March 2022)
- Panellist: Circularity in IOT-AI (Online: 24th March 2022)
- Designing for the Circular Economy – Imperial College MBA (Online: 18th March 2022)
- Local Innovation Systems: Waste and End-of-Life Fishing gear (Online: 15th March 2022)
- Designing for the Circular Economy – Re-Think Circular Economy Forum (Online: 10th February 2022)
- Chair: SustX: Sustainability Summit 2022: Circular Economy Panel (Online: 27th January 2022)
NEWS
- Podcast: Circular Economy: Overview of activities & projects
- CfSD on YouTube (100+ videos)
- April 2022: Repair Carbon Calculator gets an update
- March 2022: Martin Charter joins DEFRA Advisory Board on Waste and “End of Life” Fishing Gear
- March 2022: Martin Charter chairs Steering Board, Circular Design Challenge
- March 2022: New project on Circular economy, Fishing Gear and Technology
- March 2022: New report published on Local Innovation Systems and Waste and “End of Life” Fishing Gear
- March 2022: New report published on Products from Waste Fishing Gear
- January 2022: New report published on Sustainability and Cricket Gear
- September 2021: Key Findings, Key Outstanding Questions and Recommendations on China Green Design Products and Green Products, and China Energy Label Products
- September 2021: New report published on China Green Design Products and Green Products
- September 2021: New report published on China Energy Labels
