Eco-design and ecological transition : questioning the economic model

Summary: Successive IPCC reports consistently stress the devastating impact of human activity on the climate. An ecological transition seems essential to modify our economic and social system, while meeting the needs of current and future generations. As the main culprits of environmental destruction, companies must modify their production methods to reduce their negative impact on the environment. Eco Design and Ecological Transition presents an innovative approach to eco design, a method that aims to offer products or services with a reduced environmental impact compared to conventional production methods, from the extraction of resources to the end of the product's life. The book also analyzes the potential of the circular economy and frugal innovation. It shows that innovation, to be sustainable, must be both environmentally and socially sustainable. From a systemic point of view, it examines the ability of players, particularly companies, to change their strategies in order to combine human well-being and respect for the environment in the context of ecological transition.

Record details

ISBN: 1786308045
ISBN: 9781786308047
ISBN: 1394275803
ISBN: 9781394275809
ISBN: 139427582X
ISBN: 9781394275823
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
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Publisher: London, UK : ISTE Ltd ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2023.
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

4.2. The contribution of eco-design to the circular economy -- 4.2.1. Circular economy business models and the diffusion of eco-design -- 4.2.2. Technocentric eco-design and the circular economy: complementary approaches -- 4.2.3. Circular economy business models and relationships between actors in socio-technical systems -- 4.2.4. The limits of the circular economy -- 4.3. The solutions enabled by sustainable design in the ecological transition perspective -- 4.3.1. New possible uses for a new relationship between the human species and its environment

Source of Description Note:

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 27, 2024).