56 ect on How will w The project f Depending o activities wi Delft Univers Centre of E and prof.dr. The current way of thinking about the environment encourages us ‘to reduce, reuse and recycle’. However, according to Michael Braungart and William McDonough, founders of the Cradle to Cradle®-concept, this leads only to a continuation of the traditional ‘Cradle to Grave’ production model that creates enormous amounts of waste and pollution. Therefore we should stop doing bad things ‘less bad’ and instead start doing the right things. In the Cradle to Cradle®-concept waste equals food: products are designed in such a way that they do not pollute and are part of a biological cycle or a technical cycle. (www.epea.com) Why an islands project? These islands are excellent locations for experiments with innovative solutions, because they have a lot in common: • Large number of visitors in summer, who are attracted by the nature and beauty of the islands • High demands on water, energy, transport and goods in the peak season • The ambition to become independent and self supporting in energy and water • High visibility of sustainable activities • Being suitable places for education on innovation. What do we want to achieve? By the end of the project the partnership wants to have achieved the following: • Islands have become catalysts for new developments and testing grounds for innovative solutions • A ‘Cradle to Cradle® methodology’ for islands has been developed • Positive results of pilot projects in the field of energy, water and materials • Incubator centres have been founded on the participating islands, aimed at further development and implementation • Additional funding by investors or funds has been secured to implement the findings in the pilot projects • Education among island inhabitants, tourists, children and young people • Transnational network of governmental organisations, knowledge institutions, companies and other relevant stakeholders cooperating in clusters. an/Lofoten Activities En • Investigate energy sou • Apply the electricity b island envir • Design an for island tuk-tuk and • Optimize s islands • Design of transportab and energy • Link energ housing an Tjörn Activities W • Innovative s sea water • Sanitation several stre • Purification treatment • Storage of times to re nholt Ven IIIEE Lund aungart/EPEA urg “ The Cradle to Cradle Islands project will show that it is possible to ‘become native to this planet’ with unique examples and inviting everyone to come and see, touch and participate, learn and progress. ” Activities M 1 Cradle to C and the ‘Et 2 Local prod tourist prod for kids etc 3 Set up of polymers t water disso and to ma algae. Pagina 63
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