NIKE, Inc. Designed to Move. A new report titled "Designed to Move" reveals a growing epidemic of physical inactivity threatening the social and economic prosperity of the world. Presented by Nike, The American College of Sports Medicine, The International Council of Science & Physical Education and several other expert organizations, the report does two things: Consolidates the evidence for urgent action and lays out a simple action agenda to solve it. "Designed to Move" details how society has engineered movement out of daily life, leading today's children to face a shorter life expectancy than their parents. The report calculates that if no action is taken, half of the Chinese and American populations will be physically inactive by 2030 along with a third of British and Brazilian populations, totaling 1 billion people.
The report also outlines recommendations for how governments, civil societies, corporations, and individuals, among others, can contribute to the solution. Key call-outs from the report include: OVAM ecodesign.link. OVAM SIS Toolkit. After the success of the Ecolizer and the Ecolizer 2.0, the industry begged for a more comprehensive design tool to better integrate sustainability principles into innovation and design processes. OVAM SIS Toolkit is the answer to this question. 'SIS' stands for 'Sustainable Innovation System'.
The OVAM SIS Toolkit considers sustainability in its broadest sense, thanks to a simple, clear and workable model. It is a creative tool for those looking for sustainable solutions in all aspects of the design and operation. It goes beyond a strictly ecological dimension and beyond the pure technical design aspect. OVAM SIS Toolkit has a place in any innovation or design process, whether it concerns the development of products, services, product-service concepts, environmental design or architecture ... The intended target is very diverse: innovation & design managers, design consultants, product developers, service designers, (interior) architects, city planners,... Why an OVAM SIS Toolkit? Plan C. King Baudouin Foundation. Working with wicked problems. Capturing the voice of patients. In 2011, the King Baudouin Foundation, on behalf of their Queen Fabiola and Julie Renson funds, organized a series of three stakeholder gatherings to examine the potential of the first line health care to contribute to a more effective mental health care system in Belgium.
The three gatherings focused on requisite first line competencies, the role of the general practitioner and the contribution of psychiatric home care, respectively. shiftN was asked to organize focus groups and interviews with care givers and people suffering from mental health challenges to better understand their experiences with first line care. This input was also the basis for a series of policy and organizational recommendations that were offered as input to the stakeholder gatherings. In order to respect patients’ voices and privacy, an audiovisual presentation was made that captured patients’ real world testimonies in a discrete and sensitive way. Foresight UK Govt BIS. Mental Capital and Wellbeing. This project considered how to achieve the best possible mental development and mental wellbeing for everyone in the UK in the future.
The aim of the project was to: identify opportunities and challenges facing the UK over the next 20 years and beyond, and the implications for everyone’s mental development and mental wellbeing suggest what government, individuals and businesses can do to meet the challenges ahead The project was overseen by a high level stakeholder group. A lead expert group advised on the technical content and issues to address, and helped ensure that the highest quality science was used. More than 80 papers and science reviews were commissioned to inform the analysis.
Tackling Obesities: Future Choices. This project looked at how we can implement a sustainable response to obesity in the UK over the next 40 years. It gathered scientific evidence from across a wide range of disciplines to inform a strategic view of this issue. The project’s objectives were to: use the scientific evidence base from across a wide range of disciplines to identify the broad range of factors that influence obesity create a shared understanding of the relationships between the main factors influencing levels of obesity and their relative importance build on this evidence to identify effective interventions analyse how future levels of obesity might change and the most effective future responses The project involved over 300 experts from a wide range of disciplines and was overseen by a high level stakeholder group.
The project was sponsored by the Department of Health. Global Food and Farming Futures. The Future of Manufacturing. Land Use Futures. This project took a broad and overarching look at the future of UK land use up to 2060 and beyond. It covered the whole spectrum of land use from urban to rural. The project explored: the land use challenges the UK could face over the next 50 years the existing structures and mechanisms and their capacity to help us meet these challenges the opportunities to use and manage land differently now and in the future It has produced an evidence base which will help government and other policy makers understand whether existing land use patterns and practice are fit for the future.
The project was guided by a high level stakeholder group and a lead group of experts to ensure that it used the most relevant evidence and research on land use topics. The project was sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij. MIRA Topicrapport 2012 - Milieurapport Vlaanderen MIRA. Een topicrapport richt zich op strategische beleidskwesties in en voor Vlaanderen. In een topicrapport staat de integrale aanpak voorop. Landbouw- en voedingssysteem staat onder druk Het topicrapport ‘Transitie naar een duurzaam landbouw- en voedingssysteem in Vlaanderen: een systeemanalyse’ neemt de organisatie van onze voedselproductie en –consumptie van grond tot mond kritisch onder de loep.
Het rapport beschrijft negen ‘hotspots’ waar het systeem tegen zijn grenzen aanloopt. Deze hotspots hebben betrekking op voedselzekerheid en gezondheid, voedseldiversiteit en -kwaliteit, niet-voedingstoepassingen van landbouw, specialisatie, schaarste van natuurlijke hulpbronnen, draagkracht van de natuurlijke omgeving, sociaal kapitaal, innovatie en de openheid van het systeem. Inspiratie voor innovatie richting duurzaamheid Innovatie is gedeelde verantwoordelijkheid van hele maatschappij * programma * deelnemerslijst * presentatie door prof. Megatrends. Following upon our contribution to the Flemish Environment Agency’s systems analysis of the Flemish food and agriculture system, shiftN is tackling another assignment for VMM, starting November 2012. The project aims at documenting how global megatrends could affect long term environmental quality in Flanders. The study will result in a collection of thematic fact sheets.
These in turn will feed into a series of expert discussion panels (from spring 2013 onwards). By the fall of 2013 a summary report will be published. This is an exciting project that combines elements of futures thinking (in identifying and validating global megatrends) and systems analysis (in translating these trends into local environmental impacts). The project is scheduled to run until April 2013.