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SPRING 2017_Class #7: Smart City Case Studies

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by Mathieu Durrande (26/01/2014)

Students will explore the concept of smart cities

  • Presenting City Case Study
  • Harversting

Assignment #4

1. Invite 1 (or few) friends/Classmate to watch one of these video then write your collective harvest conversation. (by email , name, no more than 250 words)

. Inconvenient truth

. Video regarding Planned Obsolescence (Compras, Tirar, Comprar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkhwIHjBzjI)

. Who killed the electric car? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTHsTCBxDM8

. There is no Tomorrow (Peak Oil)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUvPTJ6-RWo

. The End Of suburbia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3uvzcY2Xug

. Farm to the future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJMgfKqKXwY

. The Power of community

. AnY other of your choice that fit into topics of the course.

2. Read carefully the extract of Natural Capitalism (see attached document)

— > Due on Tuesday, March 21

3. THE CO-CHALLENGE - Plenty of time to experiment the sharing economy, depending on your own taste, here three suggestions but you can come up with a different one as soon as you really dare to explore out of your comfort zone!
 
. Enjoy a dinner in eathwith - http://www.eatwith.com/es/list/spain/Barcelona/

. Enjoy a car pooling experience with Blablacar
https://www.blablacar.es/

. Explore what Time banking means, find a initiative in Barcelona and enjoy the time bank!
https://w110.bcn.cat/portal/site/UsosDelTemps/menuitem.3bf0b3f28e0a377cf740f740a2ef8a0c/?vgnextoid=de590ec651b31410VgnVCM1000001947900aRCRD&vgnextchannel=de590ec651b31410VgnVCM1000001947900aRCRD&lang=en_GB

http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/01/24/inenglish/1390592236_599667.html


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