STRONG SUSTAINABILITY ASPECTS IN THE IDEATION PROCESS: A PEDAGOGICAL EXPERIMENT

Melissa Escobar (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) , Valérie Laforest (1, 2, 3, 4) , Nadège Troussier (6) , Jenny Faucheu (1, 5)

1 Mines Saint-Étienne MSE - École des Mines de Saint-Étienne
2 EVS - Environnement, Ville, Société
3 FAYOL-ENSMSE - Institut Henri Fayol
4 FAYOL-ENSMSE - Département Génie de l’environnement pour les organisations
5 LGF-ENSMSE - Laboratoire Georges Friedel
6 InSyTE - Interdisciplinary research on Society-Technology-Environment

The progress of science and technology has considerably increased the quality of life - especially the material standard of living - (e.g. disappearance of famines, increase in life expectancy) On the other hand, climate change, reduction of biodiversity, decrease of natural resources, and increase of environmental risks are some of the consequences of this human activities. Addressing these new challenges will require holistic comprehension and actionable approaches. The mitigation of these consequences requires effective responses in terms of transition. In this context, engineering and design students need time but also adapted curricula focused on sustainability and eco design concepts to support evolution of their skills, their knowledge and their culture. This article discusses the integration of a strong sustainability knowledge within the ideation process through a pedagogical experience, in order to develop new knowledge-based approaches, methodologies and tools

Keywords: Strong Sustainability; Creativity; Design education; Sustainability

Domains: Engineering Sciences [physics]

Melissa Escobar, Valérie Laforest, Nadège Troussier, Jenny Faucheu. STRONG SUSTAINABILITY ASPECTS IN THE IDEATION PROCESS: A PEDAGOGICAL EXPERIMENT. International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED23), Jul 2023, Bordeaux, France. pp.3205-3214, ⟨10.1017/pds.2023.321⟩. ⟨emse-04139430⟩