Sust. Systems: 10 Problems and solutions

  1. Oil spills are polluting the water and coasts
    1. Find an effective mechanism that wouldn’t damage the marine life but that would clean the waters
    2. Reduce the production and extraction of oil
  2. Turtles and fish dye after being trapped with plastic litter
    1. Create a mechanism that wouldn’t damage the marine life but that would clean the waters
    2. Develop a material that can biodegrade in water  
    3. Create a highly impactant and visual campaign on street billboards and products’ packaging  to raise awareness within society
  3. Hurricanes and other environmental disasters resulting from the climate change have taken millions of lives away, and has left many others affected.
    1. Promote voluntary donations of economic and labour resources
    2. Improve the architectural design of buildings in order to make them safer, more sustainable and resistant.
    3.  
  4. New Yorkers produce an average of 3kg of landfill every day
    1. Charge for excessive landfill
    2. Create an artistic installation or collection with the landfill that can portray and raise awareness within society of the amount produced
    3. Install recycle spots in every neighbourhood.
  5. China can no longer see the daylight due to high levels of pollution
    1. Ban the excessive production of gas houses emissions
    2. Develop or research on ways of transforming pollution into energy, while cleaning the air
    3. Install educational programs on sustainability since young ages.
  6. The rivers of China no longer have clean water due to the chemicals that the fashion factories through in them.
    1. Ban companies for
  7. The temperature of the world is increasing as a result of the massive consumerism
    1. Raise awareness through campaigns and educational programs starting from very littles.
    2. Increase awareness by forcing all channels to show small videos on TV at peak hours.
    3. Establish a limit of production for each market.    
  8. The production of synthetic fabrics causes health diseases on the community.
    1. Develop and do research on more efficient and clean methods of production
    2. Support Slow Fashion Movements
    3. Create a visual campaign either on the streets – such as the garment district – or on garment labels
  9. Products’ life cycle is shorter  than ever due to fast consumerism.
    1. Develop
  10. Fast fashion allows child labor under exploited conditions and bad labor conditions
    1. Ban and forbid the practice of child labour within the industry – with no political intetests
    2. Do a campaign on garment labels to raise awareness
    3. Do an art installation on the Garment District
  11. There is no longer something as 100% organic food
    1. Create a series of pictures or artworks that show the real composition of food
    2. Assure the existence of food-quality exams independent to governments and companies

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