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Human Powered Production Tool For The Renewable Material, Bamboo, Rashmi Kinariwala
Human Powered Production Tool For The Renewable Material, Bamboo, Rashmi Kinariwala
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Sustainable design in a simple manner usually involves the impact of the things we design - their manufacturing process, time of use, and final disposal - on the earth's environment. In India, I was exposed to a different definition and concept of "sustainable design," some similar to the West, and some rather different. When a particular object is related to its context, it becomes a part of the living system, making it human-centered and deeply rooted in the culture. It has to do more by defining a relationship between the object and the user environment. In order to attain sustainability …