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The Greatness Machine330 | Leyla Acaroglu | Innovating for the Future: Sustainability, Profit, and Business TransformationFrom transforming industries to advocating for sustainability, Leyla Acaroglu is a trailblazer in the world of circular economy and sustainable design. In this episode, Leyla dives into the principles of the circular economy, sharing how businesses can integrate sustainable practices without compromising profitability. She also explores the role of leadership in creating a more responsible and future-focused world, offering actionable insights on how organizations can align their operations with social and environmental values.In this episode, Darius and Leyla will discuss:(00:00) Introduction and Background(02:54) Leyla's TED Talk Experience(05:56...2025-01-291h 22
UXLx TalksActivating Change Through Disruptive Design with Leyla AcarogluDesign is one of the most powerful social influencers we have in shaping the world, so how can we use design to create a future that works better for all of us? Shifting from linear to circular systems requires a shift in mindset, development of creative tools and the adoption of systemic approaches to how design influences society and the environment.2024-12-0945 min
ClimifyDisrupting Design: Systemic Change with Leyla AcarogluThe guests in our commercial series, are experts focused on how our collective system is organized. We’re not talking about which produce to pick at the grocery store – although these lifestyle choices are critical. Our guests in this second series play pivotal roles in the organization of our society, disrupting the economy at the institutional level and changing how products are imagined and created.In this episode, Leyla Acaroglu shares with Eric the importance of systems thinking and circularity for designers, along with the generational and cultural challenges of implementing it in the workplace. She also give...2024-07-1800 min
World of Wisdom214. Leyla Acaroglu: circularity, regeneration, systems perspectives and designThought leader, designer and energy powerhouse Leyla Acaroglu (web, LinkedIn) came and talked about circularity, systemic perspectives, design and indigenous communities. We also talk about shit, what it is to suck at regeneration, participation in systems and learning. What does it mean to really take fully into account the context, whether it is hot and dry climate or the most poisonous spiders in the world? That we consist of both stardust and chickens and much much more. This is a wonderful conversation that goes deep and wide. Enjoy. Host Amit Paul
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Aesthetic Resistance PodcastPODCAST #103with Cory Morningstar, Hiroyuki Hamada, Varun Mathur, Johan Eddebo, Dennis Riches, Max Parry, and John Steppling.
https://leyla-acaroglu.medium.com/the-hidden-environmental-impacts-of-ai-887fb3f8613c
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/03/12/the-debate-over-israel-as-us-aircraft-carrier/
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/in-depth-features/visual-evidence-shows-illegal-settler-construction-in-west-bank-surging/BF11225B-45A7-430A-A39C-48336B5B8286?mod=WSJvidctr_upnext_pos1
https://monthlyreview.org/2022/09/01/intelligence-under-racial-capitalism-from-eugenics-to-standardized-testing-and-online-learning/2024-03-211h 30
UIIN PodcastsThe Future of Universities | Transforming education and designing a sustainable future with Dr. Leyla AcarogluJoin us on this week’s episode for a hopeful conversation with Dr. Leyla Acaroglu, Chief Circular Designer for Circular Australia and founder of Disruptive Design, on redefining sustainability, design, and education.
Leyla will share her journey from industrial design to sociology, emphasizing the global impact of design decisions, her unique, ethical, and slow-growth approach to entrepreneurship.2023-12-1927 min
Business Is BoringMeet one of the Champions of the EarthInternational circularity and sustainability expert Dr. Leyla Acaroglu believes that we can change the world with our actions if we care enough to do so. She joins Simon Pound in connection to the Spark Lab Future State series to discuss founding her creative agency Disrupt Design and the award-winning experimental knowledge lab The UnSchool of Disruptive Design. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-11-2040 min
VCo2 | The Climate Investing Podcast#4 - Designing a sustainable future for the planet and the economy - Dr. Leyla AcarogluIn this 4th episode of Explore, I welcomed Leyla Acaroglu, a chief circular designer, public speaker, entrepreneur and united nation environment program champion of the earth! 🎙️♻️Leyla brings a wealth of expertise in sustainability and circular design. Her passion for solving our planet was recognized in 2016 by the United Nation when she was granted the Champion of the Earth award. Leyla also has an impressive career as an entrepreneur, delivering at scales programs and learnings to drive cultural change and fostering sustainability as part of designs. One thi...2023-11-1439 min
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Architektura PowinnaEkonomia obwarzanka w architekturze i budownictwie - Aga BiedalakW tym odcinku rozmawiam z Agą Biedalak z amsterdamskiego biura Space&Matter na temat ekonomii obwarzanka w architekturze.
Aga nie jest typową projektantką, bo nie projektuje i nie kreśli, ale doradza, konsultuje i obmyśla strategie związane z procesem projektowym. Promuje i implementuje rozwiązania odpowiedzialne środowiskowo i społecznie. Dodatkowo zajmuje się alternatywnymi modelami własności, finansowania i zarządzania budynkami i gruntami. Jej praca jest mocno powiązana z procesem współprojektowania i partycypacji.
Czym zajmuje się "Research and Innovation Lead"?
Jak wprowadzać innowacyjne rozwiązania w architekturze i budownictwie?
Czym jest ekonomia obwar...2023-07-2651 min
Architektura PowinnaEkonomia obwarzanka w architekturze i budownictwie - Aga BiedalakW tym odcinku rozmawiam z Agą Biedalak z amsterdamskiego biura Space&Matter na temat ekonomii obwarzanka w architekturze. Aga nie jest typową projektantką, bo nie projektuje i nie kreśli, ale doradza, konsultuje i obmyśla strategie związane z procesem projektowym. Promuje i implementuje rozwiązania odpowiedzialne środowiskowo i społecznie. Dodatkowo zajmuje się alternatywnymi modelami własności, finansowania i zarządzania budynkami i gruntami. Jej praca jest mocno powiązana z procesem współprojektowania i partycypacji. Czym zajmuje się "Research and Innovation Lead"?Jak wprowadzać innowacyjne rozwiązania w architekturze i budownictwie?Czym jest ekonomia obwarzanka i w jaki sposób Amste...2023-07-2651 min
RSA EventsDesigning our futures: The 2023 RSA Student Design AwardsThe 2023 SDA keynote address will be delivered by UNEP Champion of the Earth and design disruptor, Dr Leyla Acaroglu.In her SDA keynote address, Dr Acaroglu will look at design ethics, systems change, circularity and designing a positive future that works better for all of us.As designers, she says, we have immense influence on society — we help to design the future through the things we do and don’t create every day. This offers infinite potential and equally infinite impacts that we must contend with. With such rapid technological and cultural change, how can desi...2023-07-051h 09
The Samuele Tini Show - where business, innovation, and sustainability convergeDisruptive Design and System Thinking: Transforming Systems for a Sustainable Future with Dr. Leyla Acaroglu |S.1 E.83Join us in this enlightening episode as we sit down with Dr. Leyla Acaroglu, a pioneer in the realm of sustainability and design sociology. Known for her groundbreaking initiatives like Eco Innovators and Disrupt Design, Dr. Leyla has spent her career exploring the intricate intersections of design, sociology, and sustainability. She is also UNEP Champion of the Earth.
In this episode, we unravel misconceptions around sustainability, often viewed as a mere "nice-to-have" feature. Dr. Leyla passionately discusses its role as a primary business objective and an innovation opportunity. She stresses on the need for a paradigm s...2023-06-2949 min
Fotografiska Tallinn's PodcastDr. Leyla Acaroglu - Provoke, Design, Unschool, Disrupt, ActLeyla (named Champion of the Earth by U.N in 2016) is by far the most knowledgeable and captivating speaker on sustainability that we have had the pleasure to host at Fotografiska Tallinn.We talk about:- Design (manipulative vs. helpful)- Circular economy- Activism vs. Actionism- Design (why I hate scandinavian design)- Systems thinking (everything is interconnected)- Power of our voice- Turning empathy into action- Not letting the pain of the world paralyse usIf you hear me struggling to name...2023-05-2353 min
Edge Dwellers CaféWhat is sustainability asking of us? with Alison MitchellJoin Ben Habib in this episode of the Edge Dwellers Café Podcast as he sits down with environmental scientist and sustainability expert Dr Alison Mitchell to discuss the pressing question: "What is sustainability asking of us?" We discuss Ali's personal journey from environmental science to education for sustainability, exploring a wide range of topics including the role of sustainability professionals as knowledge brokers, eco-anxiety, citizen science, environmental reporting, risk management, energy system transitions, climate politics and more.
00:00:00 Introduction.
00:03:44 Ali's career journey from environmental science to education for sustainability.
00:10:12 Sustainability professionals as knowl...2023-04-201h 18Edge Dwellers CaféWhat is sustainability asking of us? with Alison MitchellJoin Ben Habib in this episode of the Edge Dwellers Café Podcast as he sits down with environmental scientist and sustainability expert Dr Alison Mitchell to discuss the pressing question: "What is sustainability asking of us?" We discuss Ali's personal journey from environmental science to education for sustainability, exploring a wide range of topics including the role of sustainability professionals as knowledge brokers, eco-anxiety, citizen science, environmental reporting, risk management, energy system transitions, climate politics and more.
00:00:00 Introduction.
00:03:44 Ali's career journey from environmental science to education for sustainability.
00:10:12 Sustainability professionals as knowl...2023-04-201h 18
DDCAST - Was ist gut? Design, Kommunikation, ArchitekturDDCAST 139 - Leyla Acaroglu "DESIGN DISRUPTION"
Leyla Acaroglu ist eine australische Designerin, Nachhaltigkeitsinnovatorin und Pädagogin. Sie ist Gründerin zweier Designagenturen: Disrupt Design und Eco Innovators. Außerdem gründete sie die UnSchool, ein Pop-up-Programm, das die herkömmliche Art und Weise, Wissen zu erwerben und weiterzugeben, durchbricht; das Programm wurde mit dem Core77 Design Education Initiative Award ausgezeichnet. Acaroglu hat die von ihr so genannte Disruptive Design Method entwickelt. 2016 wurde sie vom Umweltprogramm der Vereinten Nationen (UNEP) zum "UNEP Champion of the Earth" ernannt, weil ihre Aktionen einen nachweisbaren transformativen und positiven Einfluss auf die Umwelt hatten. Sie brach ihr Designstudium ab, um ein s...2023-04-2031 min
Leave Looking UpLeyla Acaroglu: How You Can Design A Better WorldMeet Dr. Leyla Acaroglu, an award-winning designer, sustainability provocateur, social scientist and entrepreneur. Leyla's list of accolades is truly something to behold; She’s a mainstage TED speaker, LinkedIn Changemaker and was named a United Nations Champion of the Earth in 2016 for her work in advancing science and innovation for sustainability. On top of all of that, she's the founder of the CO Project Farm, and the "Unschool" of Design, which she founded in 2014. In her words, the school’s name comes from focusing on “undoing the damage that mainstream schools have done” and is all about redesigning the world so...2023-02-2142 min
The Discomfort PracticeEpisode #87: Leyla Acaroglu on How Design Can Save The WorldIn this episode of the Discomfort Practice, I talk with innovator and designer (among many other things) Leyla Acaroglu. We chat about how small incremental changes are not enough any more to save society from climate change impact, but instead need to change systems and approaches to regenerate our planet, in order to survive. We discuss how important design is in creating that change and take listeners on a journey with us, so you don’t have to be left wondering what you need to know. Leyla loves problems, because she understands that they are just challenges in disguise! ...2023-01-291h 13
On Meaningful WorkOn Meaningful Work ep #25: Leyla Acaroglu
Dr. Leyla Acaroglu is an internationally-known sustainability provocateur, sociologist, and award-winning designer, focused on systems thinking, sustainability sciences and creative change-making. She was named Champion of the Earth by the United Nations, Change-Maker by Linkedin and is a mainstage TED speaker who leads presentations with leaders around the world on activating positive change for a sustainable, circular and regenerative future. He TED talk on Paper beats Plastic? has more than 1.4M views. As a serial social entrepreneur, she founded The UnSchool, an experimental knowledge lab for adults, developed the Disruptive Design Method and is CEO of creative agency, Disrupt...2023-01-231h 20
Service Design Podcast#45 - Activating agency with Leyla AcarogluWe continue the keynote talk of Dr. Leyla Acaroglu backstage at the Service Design Global Conference in Copenhagen. We discuss sustainability, systemic change and most of all, actionable steps for us, service designers and humans to make a difference. Take in her inspiration for activating your agency.2022-11-0735 min
BBVA Doble clickUn camino hacia lo intangible: el diseño estratégicoHablamos con Luz Cruz, Directora asociada de Program Management en Frog Design. Con ella, descubrimos los hitos relevantes por los que ha pasado el diseño en los últimos años hasta el auge del diseño estratégico actual, cómo se ha transmitido desde el ámbito académico y cómo se ha plasmado en el sector.
Referencias mencionadas en el episodio:
Convivial Toolbox
Comprehensive Anticipatory Design
Cooperative design
Think Public. The Social Design Agency
Leyla Acaroglu - Systems Thinking
Work of fiction2022-11-0249 min
BBVA Doble clickUn camino hacia lo intangible: el diseño estratégicoHablamos con Luz Cruz, Directora asociada de Program Management en Frog Design. Con ella, descubrimos los hitos relevantes por los que ha pasado el diseño en los últimos años hasta el auge del diseño estratégico actual, cómo se ha transmitido desde el ámbito académico y cómo se ha plasmado en el sector. Referencias mencionadas en el episodio: Convivial Toolbox Comprehensive Anticipatory Design Cooperative design Think Public. The Social Design Agency Leyla Acaroglu - Systems Thinking Work of fiction 2022-11-0249 min
Squiggly Careers#231 Changemakers with Dr. Leyla Acaroglu: SustainabilityIn this special episode of the Squiggly Careers x Changemakers podcast Sarah talks to Dr. Leyla Acaroglu a sustainability provocateur and cultural protagonist. Leyla challenges people to think differently about how the world works and is the founder of Disrupt Design, the Unschool and the CO Project Farm. Her TED talk 'Paper beats plastic? How to rethink environmental folklore' has been viewed over a million times (and if you're a tea drinker like Sarah it will challenge your 'pop the kettle on' habit!)Leyla talks to Sarah about her own squiggly career and how her different...2021-09-1019 min
TEDx ShortsWhy designing for sustainability is harder than you'd thinkHow do we ensure that advances in science and technology will be good for the planet? Sustainability strategist Leyla Acaroglu reminds us that innovation can have unintentional consequences if we don't pay attention to design. This talk was filmed at TEDxMelbourne. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of ideas worth spreading. To learn more about TEDxSHORTS, the TEDx program, or give feedback on this episode, please visit http://go.ted.com/tedxshorts. Follow TEDx on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEDx Follow TEDx on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tedx...2021-08-1609 min
Live Wide Awake - Sustainability & Conscious Leadership20. Leyla Acaroglu: the Dr of change on designing ourselves out of problems, & reconnecting to the magic natureHow can we make friends with change? Why do we see nature as separate from us? How can design help us clean up the mess that we’ve made in the planet?
Big questions that we are deep diving into with Leyla Acaroglu, an award-winning designer, sociologist, and sustainability expert, of The UnSchool of Disruptive Design and a UN Champion of the Earth.
In this episode, we talk to the doctor of change - on how we can change will less friction, how we can reconnect to the magic of nature, the cultural shift we ne...2021-04-0148 min
Impact Everywhere | Positive Impact in Unexpected PlacesReactions to 49. The role of art in systems thinking. The influence of our actions. Antidote to decision fatigue.Von Wong reacts to his conversation with Leyla Acaroglu, UNEP Champion of the Earth, Founder of the Unschool of Disruptive Design. Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Google PodcastsSubscribe on Apple Podcasts2021-03-2409 min
Impact Everywhere | Positive Impact in Unexpected PlacesLessons from the UnSchool of Disruptive Design ft. UNEP Champion of the Earth, Dr. Leyla AcarogluWhen it comes to sustainability and related issues, many of us might feel hopeless and like there is nothing for us to do. This is, in part, due to the negative messaging around these challenges. Today’s guest, Dr. Leyla Acaroglu, has an entirely different way of thinking about these obstacles. Not only is it imbued with hope, but it draws on systems thinking and holistic views of sustainability to show that change is possible. Leyla is a sociologist, Founder of the UnSchool of Disruptive Design, a UNEP Champion of the Earth, and the Founder of the CO Project Fa...2021-03-2153 min
Bleav in Girl on FireUsing Disruptive Design In Business To Stay Ahead with Dr. Leyla Acaroglu"The biggest act of rebellion that anyone can do right now is to imagine and work towards a future that is always better than the past. That requires us to have hope and optimism, creativity, and to learn from the past to be able to design a better future." - Leyla AcarogluIn a time of great disruption, be it COVID-19, a rapid start up, or technological innovation, being ahead of the game is a must.This week, design disruptor, creative boundary pusher, and cultural provocateur, Dr. Leyla Acaroglu talks to us about the trends...2021-01-2736 minTEDx ShortsWhy designing for sustainability is harder than you'd thinkHow do we ensure that advances in science and technology will be good for the planet? Sustainability strategist Leyla Acaroglu reminds us that innovation can have unintentional consequences if we don't pay attention to design. This talk was filmed at TEDxMelbourne. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of ideas worth spreading. To learn more about TEDxSHORTS, the TEDx program, or give feedback on this episode, please visit http://go.ted.com/tedxshorts. Follow TEDx on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEDx Follow TEDx on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tedx...2021-01-2609 min
The Orbital PerspectiveThe Orbital Perspective Podcast: Dr. Leyla Acaroglu - UN Champion of the EarthPlease join us as we share a conversation with Dr. Leyla Acaroglu - UN Champion of the Earth & Sustainability Provocateur. Dr. Leyla Acaroglu challenges people to think differently about how the world works.
As an award winning designer, UNEP Champion of the Earth, sociologist, and entrepreneur, she developed the Disruptive Design Method and designs cerebrally activating experiences, gamified toolkits, and unique educational experiences that help people make the status quo obsolete. Her mainstage TED talk on sustainability has been viewed over a million times, and she leads presentations around the world on activating positive social change through creative interventions and...2020-10-051h 02
Earth IdeasChanging The Way We Think About Change | with Dr Leyla Acaroglu | PODCAST #11Dr Leyla Acaroglu is an award-winning designer, 2016 UNEP Champion of the Earth, and founder of Disruptive Design Agency & the UnSchool. She is a powerhouse of innovation - a self-styled 'sustainability provocateur', who works to use design- and systems-thinking to activate social change.
This is a series of in-depth conversations with fascinating people, with loads to say about the current state of the world, everything that came before us, and everything that could be still to come.
You can also WATCH this episode on YOUTUBE https://youtu.be...2020-09-1500 min
The Ecopreneur Show23 Leyla Acaroglu // Advice from A Serial Entrepreneur in SustainabilityIf you're an ecopreneur wondering how to take a new idea in sustainability and learn how to make a viable business out of it or a multi-passionate ecopreneur, I can't recommend this episode enough!
Sustainability provocateur and cultural protagonist Dr. Leyla Acaroglu challenges people to think differently about how the world works. As an award winning designer, UNEP Champion of the Earth, sociologist, and entrepreneur, she developed the Disruptive Design Method and designs cerebrally activating experiences, gamified toolkits, and unique educational experiences that help people make the status quo obsolete. Her mainstage TED talk on sustainability has b...2020-08-2550 min
The Restart Project PodcastRestart Podcast Ep. 50: Why we're demanding the right to repair our smartphonesIn early February, the European Right to Repair Campaign launched a petition demanding the addition of smartphones to future EU legislation on device repairability. Restart is a part of this campaign.
What we are asking for sounds simple: good design of our devices, fair access to repair manuals and spare parts, and information on our products and how to repair them. However, manufacturers have blocked this at every turn. Smartphones have quickly become the most used electronic devices in our lives and we need the means to prolong their lives and reduce e-waste.
A look...2020-02-2632 min
The Klosters Forum PodcastThe Klosters Forum in conversation with Leyla AcarogluHannah MacInnes joins Leyla Acaroglu CEO, Creative Director and Facilitator of Disrupt Design, at The Klosters Forum 2019 to discuss the issue of plastic pollution and to hear her personal insights on this complex topic.Disrupt Design is led by sustainability strategist, designer and social change agent Dr. Leyla Acaroglu, recognized internationally as an expert in disruptive design, sustainability and education. Leyla has a PhD in disruptive design for social and environmental change. In addition to being a TED speaker, Leyla is a seasoned and respected author, award-winning designer, activator and educator, and was recognized in 2016 as 'Champion...2019-10-0815 min
Getting In the Loop: Circular Economy | Sustainability | Closing the LoopDesigning for Circular Economy and Systems Thinking with Leyla AcarogluSustainability strategist, designer, and social change agent Leyla Acaroglu joins us on the podcast today! In this episode, you’ll hear about Leyla’s exciting work to make sustainable design understandable and desirable, and you’ll learn how design and systems thinking can help us move towards a more circular economy. For show-related links and resources head to: gettinginthelooppodcast.comABOUT TODAY'S GUESTDesigner, sociologist, sustainability provocateur, and 2016 United Nations Champion of the Earth, Dr. Leyla Acaroglu challenges people to think differently about how the world works. As a pioneer of creative change, she weaves together sustai...2019-06-1738 min
The Pure Portugal PodcastThe Pure Portugal Podcast #5 - Christmas 2018Bringing everything most recently recorded for the Pure Portugal Podcast, along with a new interview, here's a single, immersive - epic - year-ending podcast, episode number 5 with five wonderful segments.We’ll start with a new connection - Yoav Lorch, who shares an exciting new idea, the 'AMEE' project, of particular interest if you’re an artist or maker with a similar interest in Portugal. We then bring in the legend who is Wendy Howard from the Benfeita area and community, who shares her inspiring back-story and urges us to live in a more planet-friendly way. 2018-12-281h 20
The Pure Portugal PodcastDr Leyla Acaroglu of the CO Project on The Pure Portugal Podcast - 05-10-18"Down a winding unpaved road, near the mountain town of Serra, in Central Portugal lies an abandoned olive oil mill from the turn of the century, dilapidated and roofless, with strong stone walls still standing. Steeped in history, this once-abandoned corner of the world is being regenerated into a unique creative and cultural experience: a Brain Spa."Find out more about this fascinating and beautiful project centered around 'creative optimism' (CO), 'disruptive design' and practical sustainability right here, as Carl Munson talks with Leyla Acaroglu at The CO Project, for the Pure Portugal podcast.Find out...2018-10-0516 min
Marcelo Maceo - Rebeldes CriativosBRAIN SPA - CO PROJECT FARM PORTUGAL - Rebeldes Criativos #13O rebelde criativo Thiago Padovan visitou a Leyla Acaroglu e fala do projeto Brain Spa que vivenciou em uma fazenda em Portugal.2018-09-2727 min
The Flywheel Podcast with Victor Jimenez: Entrepreneurship | Happiness | Business | Passion | Life | MeaningTFP-032-Disruptive Design & Systems Thinking-Leyla Acaroglu
Using Disruptive Design and Systems Thinking to Build a Better World
As entrepreneurs, we create products and services. As we create them we often are thinking of the use of the product or service but we rarely think about what happens at the end of a product lifecycle. What if we thought about those very products and services as a complete system? What is the lifecycle of that product or service? What happens when the products initial use case is finished? Listen to this inspiring conversation about disrupting the way we think about what we create.
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Klimatpodden#49 Leyla Acaroglu – Design created the mess. Design can get us out of itLeyla Acarouglu is an award winning designer, social scientist and entrepreneur, who challenges people to think differently about how the world works. Yes she even calls herself a sustainability provocateur. Leyla was awarded 2016 Champion of the Earth by the United Nations Environment Programme and her TED talk on sustainability has been b´viewed over a million times and she leads presentations around the world on activating positive social and environmental change through creative interventions.
She is the founder of the UnSchool of Disruptive Design, and two design agencies, Disrupt Design and Eco Innovators. She even holds a PHD in how to make c...2018-01-2649 min
The Restart Project PodcastRestart Podcast Ep. 28: Disruptive design and unlocking wonderment with Leyla AcarogluIn our first monthly Restart Podcast of the year, Dave talks to Leyla Acaroglu: self-described designer, systems thinker and sustainability provocateur. Leyla’s energy is contagious as she talks us through her methods for designing not just useful and effective products, but also new systems and social conventions.
Having grown frustrated with the ways in which traditional education prioritises linear thinking, Leyla founded the Unschool of Disruptive Design. Within this framework, she teaches systems thinking: a way of looking at the world that acknowledges its interconnectedness. This idea has its roots in The Gaia Theory, which sees ea...2018-01-1629 minThe Restart Project PodcastRestart Podcast Ep. 26: Fixers united at the first FixfestOn the weekend of 6-8 of October, we hosted the first International Fixfest in London. It was an incredible chance for repairers, makers, activists, tinkerers and academics from all over the world to meet each other, share tips and stories, and come up with joint strategies for repairing into the future.
Video recordings of many of the talks and unconference sessions from Fixfest are available on Youtube. You can also read summaries on the Fixfest site.
This episode features Dave Pickering, our podcast producer, in conversation with repair group organisers from Holland, Italy...2017-10-2429 min
BreadcrumbsSorry, EarthElias and Sean follow their climate change discussion by taking a survey to determine their carbon footprints and then talking about what an individual can do to live sustainably—and if it’s even worth the effort. Links and Show Notes
With her blog post about toxic bro-culture at Uber, Susan Fowler proved that one person can make a difference - Recode
Uber's CEO is out because of pressure, not some ethical epiphany from the board
Measure your impact | WWF -- all the surveys
WWF Footprint Calculator -- the UK one
Sustainability - Wikipedia
USAFacts
Story of S...2017-06-301h 20
Disruptivo con Juan del CerroLeyla Acaroglu / Innovación DisruptivaLeyla Acaroglu es diseñadora y estratega de innovación sustentable con reputación mundial por su capacidad en dicha materia. Escúchenla en esta emisión con una enriquecedora y disruptiva conversación.2017-05-0326 min
Tom Hopkins, Dr. Leyla Acaroglu, Anthony SaccaroTom Hopkins carries the standard as a master sales trainer and is recognized as the world’s leading authority on selling techniques and salesmanship. Over 5 million people on five continents have attended Tom’s high-energy live seminars. Tom personally conducts seminars each year traveling throughout the world. He is the author of 18 books, including “How to Master the Art of Selling™,” which has sold over 1.6 million copies worldwide. His latest book is titled, “When Buyers Say No”
Dr. Leyla Acaroglu Australian designer and sociologist based in New York City, she is the founder of an experimental knowledge lab for adults called the UnSc...2016-08-0900 min
TED DesignLeyla Acaroglu: Paper beats plastic? How to rethink environmental folkloreMost of us want to do the right thing when it comes to the environment. But things aren’t as simple as opting for the paper bag, says sustainability strategist Leyla Acaroglu. A bold call for us to let go of tightly-held green myths and think bigger in order to create systems and products that ease strain on the planet. A video of this talk2014-02-1318 min
TEDTalks 科学与医疗蕾拉·阿卡罗格鲁：纸比塑料好？——如何审视环境民俗 | Leyla Acaroglu说到环境，很多人都想做正确的事。但可持续性战略学家蕾拉·阿卡罗格鲁说，比起选择纸袋来说，事情远复杂得多。蕾拉大胆地号召人们，不要再执迷于我们坚守的“绿色”谜题，而是拓展思维，设计出能缓解地球压力的系统和产品。Translated by Daisy HongReviewed by Wei Wu2014-02-1118 min