{"id":26327,"date":"2024-12-14T12:36:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T17:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd200\/?page_id=26327"},"modified":"2024-12-17T18:53:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T23:53:50","slug":"designing-our-futures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd200\/designing-our-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing Our Futures"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Reflections on
Overshoot, Climate Chaos & Eco-devastation<\/h3>

Students of NMD 200: Designing Humane Tech,
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All our actions and all the designs we create are VOTES<\/strong><\/span> for the kind of world we seek. \u00a0<\/p>

What do tech designers need to know to create simple, healthy and abundant futures.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Great Simplification is a story explaining the need to simplify our lives and lower our ecological footprint<\/b> in order to arrive at \u00a0regenerative futures. We make conscious choices rather than being a passive part of a “superorganism” that is driving our behavior.<\/p>

“The real paths ahead,” Hagans claims, “can only be seen by integrating energy awareness with biology, sociology, physics, and everything science has discovered. We need a \u201csystems\u201d lens<\/strong> to read the map.”<\/p>

\u00a0In what ways is your college education helping<\/strong> you create a multi-disciplinary systems lens to understand our current situation, and what are the most empowering options you have discovered for becoming active creators vs being passive cogs in the system?\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In this class specifically, I’ve started to realize the harmonious nature of all topics discussed. Social media, climate change, propaganda, and more, all have a connection to one another.<\/strong> I have also been finding correlations between this class and my business management class. Both open discussion to climate and ways that we can heal and help our environments, while still accommodating growth.<\/p>

I think that while it’s great that colleges are beginning to really educate on these topics and climate change more specifically, but the next step towards change would be educating students on simple ways they can have an impact. A lot of other students that I’ve talked to about climate change, say that they don’t really know where to start and feel as though these things are better off in the hand of professionals. That’s not how it should feel, this is our future!<\/p>

The most empowering thing for me right now, is probably just staying educated in the matter and finding little ways I can contribute to a greener future. The small things still count. I think if more people my age were talking about this issue than it might kickstart a generational movement.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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I think that my college education is helping me realize the situations going on around me because I am studying two majors that could contribute the most to our climate change. Business in itself is a leader in the ticking time bomb of our climate, and studying New Media helps enable my realization that AI and all of this new technology is taking resources right from under our fingers. I have definitely learned the most about the need for change in this specific class.<\/strong> None of my business classes tackle climate change, and not many New Media units takes our environment and places it into the lessons. I discovered that our generation has a huge burden to carry, and especially with the power in our hands for the future of tech and businesses, everyone needs to work together to start being eco-friendly. I think what would help me become more knowledgable and empowered to act would be if major corporations started to push the need to worry about the world around us. Once major companies and figures start to spread the word and make it a priority, I think society will cling onto it and try to make a better effort.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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My college education has created a vast amount of perspectives when viewing the situation at hand. I take an understanding from people in favor and those opposed to taking action to make our way of life more sustainable. Because of this dependence on fossil fuels<\/strong>, many people I know have a lot to lose in taking action to reduce usage. Especially in this economic recession where it’s hard to find a good paying job, even starting to abandon fossil fuels would leave many impoverished. Many businesses rely on this cheap energy to stay afloat. But then again, if we don’t do anything about it today, we’ll be forced to later. This scenario would lead us to grave consequences including mass famine in the struggle to survive.<\/p>

We’re ultimately left with the choice of changing our livelihood today to save the future.<\/strong> That’s where being an active cog comes in. As an active cog<\/strong>, I would produce media not only to entertain, but inform the audience by giving them a clear vision of their future depending on what they do. This will play a substantial role in making other cogs active as well until we reach a self sustaining machine.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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My college education, particularly through courses in earth science, has been helping me build a multi-disciplinary systems to better understand our current situation. This course highlighted the interconnectedness of energy use.
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My first 2 years in computer science has provided me with a background in approaching problems logically and understanding how technology works at its core. Transferring into new media has increased my understanding of the cultural, social, and ethical impacts<\/strong> digital tech has. Together, these fields of study have shown me the true influence digital media can have on individuals, communities and societal systems. Creating meaningful content<\/strong> and media is a practice I think is good for becoming more active in the system rather than passive.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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My college education has been a huge benefit to my personal growth, intellectually, physically, and mentally. Every day, I have the opportunity to expand my knowledge and access incredible resources that support my journey of growth. Whether it is engaging in thought-provoking class discussions<\/strong> (which I would like to do a better job of), working alongside passionate professors, or taking advantage of campus facilities created for physical and mental well-being, I am constantly pushed to become a more well-rounded individual. Intellectually, I am learning to think critically and approach issues from several perspectives, which has always been a personal goal of mine and essential in developing a systems lens for understanding complex problems like sustainability.<\/p>

Physically, participating in athletics<\/strong> has taught me discipline, resilience, and the importance of maintaining balance between taking care of my body and mind. Mentally, the diverse community I am part of and the challenges I encounter daily have helped me build emotional intelligence and a deeper appreciation for collaborative problem-solving (which I believe is the best way to solve an issue in this crazy world we live in, together).<\/p>

To become truly empowered, I aim to participate in experiential learning opportunities, such as class and group discussions, internships, sustainability projects\/brainstorming, and more. These experiences not only build practical skills but also reinforce the mindset that I am capable of contributing meaningfully to solving pressing global issues. It makes me feel powerful and like I have a say in my future and don’t have to sit to the side and watch everything unfold. Even if I don’t have complete control over what happens, I can still fight my hardest in hopes that future generations one day will. This shift from passive engagement to deliberate action<\/strong> is key to ensuring that I maximize the transformative potential of my education.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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For me, being at college and getting an education here, I have learned about all these different problems and solutions and how it can become an infinite cycle that will never end unless we change. One thing that all humans are really good at is creating effective solutions to problems. However, something that we are not too good at is thinking about other problems that may arise from these solutions<\/strong>.<\/p>

We dive head first once we receive a solution and don’t think twice about that solutions own effects and issues. An example of this can be seen by the problem of long distances. To solve this issue, humans created gas-powered vehicles like cars which make it very easy and convenient to travel long distances in a short time. Although this solution solved a pretty major problem, it ended up contributing to a new massive problem climate change.<\/p>

The amount of carbon emissions that are released into the atmosphere via vehicles is slowly killing our environment. Now, we are looking for solutions to solve this issue. A major front runner is the constant evolution of EV cars which will release no carbon into the atmosphere. But do you see what I mean? We created a solution to a problem and ended up creating a whole separate problem<\/strong> from the solution. Now we need to come up with a solution to our previous solution (now problem).<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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While I think the college does a fairly decent job at educating students on the matters of our global climate, I believe the college makes it fairly difficult to find that information.<\/p>

For example, our club fair is once a year and the way to sign up for it is only on that day. If a student has a care about ecology, about the environment<\/strong>, or just plain interest they have to either sign up for it between the hours of 10am-2pm, or they have to find out the whereabouts of the club later and try to sign up past the times.<\/p>

It’s a bit difficult of a process. Activities and events<\/strong> like this shouldn’t just be advertised with a couple emails, they should be marketed<\/strong> in a better and easier manner for people to stay informed.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Since everybody to some degree is responsible for the carbon footprint of the superorganism, I would say there are many ways that college is not helping<\/strong> me reduce my influence in that way. Especially with my major of New Media, my daily day consists of using massive amounts of energy, whether that be through computers or phones or wifi or anything else.<\/p>

What college is doing, however, is give me a lens to understand<\/strong> this content, and it gives me incentive to lead a life guided by the values of the Great Simplification.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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I believe that my college education is helping me create a multi-disciplinary systems lens in many different ways. The easiest example of this is education on those systems, from my Environmental Science courses to New Media, there is a constant focus on systems in our current world. In one course, we took a trip to a waste plant<\/strong> to look at how even a college campus produces a lot of waste that has to be sorted and taken away.<\/p>

The most empowering<\/strong> options I have been introduced to are have been the tools that can help me make change. In New Media courses<\/strong>, I have learned to design anything from a simple infographic to a video-embedded website. These help me feel like I have a way to portray my voice in an active way. It may help me feel more knowledgable if I found these values to be more important to those around me in the workplace\/classroom. I think that so much of our actions are based on what we know, and with more people around be being active cogs in the system, that could be a step in the right direction for everyone.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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This may be a little bit of a stretch, but having been involved in making traditional and digital art as part of my college curriculum has made me aware of how much of our resources we use, even in situations where it seems like the use wouldn’t matter too much at a first glance. AI art is the first example that sticks out in my head, with big servers using lots of electricity to scrape the internet for source images, which it then mashes up into a digital collage. While it could make some art-related jobs easier to manage and make things go quicker, it’s also just of big of an energy hog as things like cryptocurrency mining, all to make a virtual image with a resource that could have gone toward, say, farming.<\/p>

But there’s also a surprising negative environmental impact to some traditional artwork. Last year, I went an entire semester making paintings with acrylic, which is effectively liquid plastic. I made artwork out of the same stuff that’s clogging the Pacific Ocean, when I could’ve instead found a more eco-friendly alternative in gouache<\/strong> – paint made from natural pigments, water, and a binding agent like gum arabic or dextrin from potato starch. It’s something I could have made at home with locally-sourced ingredients, instead of buying acrylic from the university store.<\/p>

This could encourage me to look into forms of artwork that aren’t as likely to screw up the planet, then act according to my research. It would be a good idea to find ways to express myself creatively that are more earth-friendly<\/strong>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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In my college education so far I haven’t been in many courses that directly speak about our climate or energy but there have been some slight mentions, in my women’s gender studies course. I made a group presentation that discussed climate change and gender. We spoke about things such as greenhouse gases, droughts, and ecosystems. In the discussion we all talked about how it’s harder for women in different countries to stand up against climate change because either they cannot take a stand due to societal conditions or being underrepresented even though during natural disasters they are usually the ones that have the highest risk of being harmed from it.<\/p>

The example we used was a real story of Muslims in Indonesia dying from a tsunami due to their heavier clothing and layers. We see things happen like this around the world frequently but most of the time many are not able to take action whether it be because of someone’s race, gender, or class- it’s difficult to get the word out.<\/p>

For myself being active I have taken small steps<\/strong> such as recycling<\/strong> in my house with empty bottles and cardboard, I also carpool<\/strong> weekly with my friends to somewhat help there be less pollution- though these are small steps I believe this is better than taking no actions at all.<\/p>

For others and myself I feel like speaking about our climate and the warnings more in courses or in general would help, I know in my high school at least it was never spoken about even in my science classes- so if we could normalize speaking about climate<\/strong> more I feel like it could be taken more seriously.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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I believe that college is helping me create a multi-system lens to understand the situation. I believe that part of the way it does that is by showing me a broad view of the problem and allowing me to make my own decisions.<\/p>

The most empowering option to be “active”<\/strong> is to voice your opinion, and to acknowledge that you are voting on decisions every day<\/strong>, like where I shop, what I do, etc. I believe research and class time will make me more knowledgeable, and empower me to act.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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In college I don’t get much opportunities to branch out and learn from other disciplines because in college I am meant to specialize into one thing which prevents me from experiencing other areas. The most empowering thing<\/strong> i can do is cut out waste<\/strong> where i can but in modern america thats difficult to do without others help. the thing that would help me the most is if everyone helped prevent waste<\/strong> because most people think with if someones gonna cancel me out why even bother but that philosophy is why most people arent willing to.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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I think that this class (NMD 200) is preparing me in that aspect, it’s given me new perspectives and thought provoking discussions that I otherwise wouldn’t have gotten without this class.<\/p>

Being able to learn more and know about the world at large<\/strong> in our changing age<\/strong> is hugely important for us students going forward, as we’re the ones who will be taking charge and leading this society eventually, and being able to have these different ideas and perspectives making up our philosophies is hugely important.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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