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EXPERT SEMINAR ON THE CREATIVE COMMUNITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES

EXPERT SEMINAR ON THE CREATIVE COMMUNITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

22 September, 2007
SRISTI is glad to announce the expert seminar on the Creative Communities for Sustainable Lifestyles (CCSL) at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA). CCSL is an ongoing research on the role of grassroots innovations in promoting sustainable lifestyles in everyday lives.
ABOUT CCSL
The Creative Communities for Sustainable Lifestyles (CCSL) project deals with grassroots innovations in everyday life and their implications in terms of sustainable lifestyles promotion. In particular, it compares some European experiences with the ones that can be observed in the emerging countries and, in particular, in their growing urban populations, with a specific focus on Brazil, India and China.
The project is part of the Task Force on Sustainable Lifestyles, within the United Nations 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, usually called Marrakech Process.
The project has been collecting case studies in Brazil, India and China and discussing them with civil society organisations in the three countries, through a programme of seminars and workshops.
SEMINAR OBJECTIVES
The Expert Seminar is a milestone of the Indian programme of CCSL (Creative Communities for Sustainable Lifestyles).
The Expert Seminar proposes to discuss with Indian NGOs and other experts some creative communities initiatives in India (focused on Ahmedabad area) based on a cluster of creative community cases that were collected by SRISTI. In particular, the discussion of seminar will focus on three topics:
• Sustainable lifestyles: in which sense these cases can be seen as an anticipation of viable sustainable lifestyles in India?

• Creative Community/Individuals: what is the meaning of the term “creative community/individuals”, as it emerges from these cases?

• Replication: how these cases could be improved and replicated? What structures, platforms and tools would have to be developed to enable their replication?
In parallel with the Expert Seminar, a Design Exercise will be organized aiming at the visualisation of creative communities cases. The Design Exercise, not open to the general public, is targeted at design teachers and students.
ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED
The CCSL project is coordinated by DIS-Indaco Politecnico di Milano, Italy and Strategic Design Scenarios in Belgium, and supported by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and promoted under the United Nations’ Task Force on Sustainable Lifestyles, lead by the Swedish Ministry for Sustainable Development.
The CCSL INDIA PROGRAMME is co-organised by the CCSL central team and the Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies (SRISTI), Ahmedabad, India. SRISTI is a non-governmental organization setup to strengthen the creativity of grassroots inventors, innovators and ecopreneurs engaged in conserving biodiversity and developing eco-friendly solutions to local problems. SRISTI was set up to provide organizational support to the HBN. The objectives were: systematically documenting, disseminating and developing grassroots green innovations, providing intellectual property rights protection to grassroots innovators, working on the in situ and ex situ conservation of local biodiversity, and providing venture support to grassroots innovators.
The National Institute of Design (NID) is the partner in charge for the organisation of the Design exercise.
CCSL INDIA PROGRAMME
  • 20/9 design exercise (NID)
  • 21/9 design exercise (NID)
  • 22/9 expert seminar (IIMA)
  • 24/9 design exercise (NID)
SEMINAR SCHEDULE
Date: 22 Sepetember, 2007
Venue: Conference
Hall, Wing 11

Old Campus

Indian Institute of Management (IIM)
Vastrapur, Ahmedabad
380015
Gujarat
Time: 10 AM-6.30 PM
Sr No
Event Time Speaker
Introduction 10.00-10.30 AM Prof Anil K Gupta
Agenda of the seminar 10.30-10.45 AM Lara Penin and Vibha Mehta
A brief presentation on CCSL: objectives and project outlines 10.45-11.30AM Francois Jègou and Lara Penin
A brief discussion of the cases gathered from Europe, Brazil, and China    
Talk by Mr Mukul Sinha (Jan Sangharsh Manch) 11.30AM-1PM  
Talk by Mr Khushroo Poacha (Indian Blood donors)    
Talk by Mr Ravi Gulati (Manzil)    

1.

Lunch Break 1.00-2.00 PM (IIMA Mess)

2
Event Time Speaker
Presention of Indian Case studies 2.00-3.30 PM SRISTI Team and CCSL Team
Plenary discussion focused on the question: Sustainable lifestyles: in which sense these cases can be seen as an expression - or an anticipation of sustainable lifestyles in India? 3.30-4.00PM General Discussion Headed by Prof Anil Gupta and Francois Jègou

 
2 discussion tables focussing on one of the following questions: 4.00-5.00PM Each table will have a pair of coordinators (1CCSL central team + 1 SRITSI team).
1.Community: What are the interpersonal/relational qualities that make their work, and what is the meaning of community that emerges from there?

2. Replication: how these cases could be improved and replicated? What structures, platforms and tools would have to be developed to enable their replication? 		   

Coffee/Tea Break : 5.00-5.30 PM

3
Event Time Speaker
Presentation of the synthesis of each discussion tables by the table coordinators. 5:30-6:00 PM General Discussion
Discussing possible future collaboration and projects (final round of opinions and comments, discussions on how the themes and issues raised can be taken forward, how can this group of people become a network, how to promote regular collaboration and exchange of opinions and experiences, etc) 6.00-6.30PM General Discussion Headed by Prof Anil Gupta and Francois Jègou
For any query regarding the seminar schedule, kindly contact
Conference Coordinator
Anil K Gupta

anilg@sristi.org,
anilgb@gmail.com
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