Arts, the environment & sustainability

All the resources listed below can be found in the VLE course within the OCASA’s Summer Of Sustainability 2025 area.

The OCASA Summer Of Sustainability 2025 consisted of sessions and resources organised by Joanne Mulvihill-Allen and Dr Emma Powell. 

The following OCA tutors delivered a diverse series of workshops and mini lectures. Each session has an associated Padlet with instructions and relevant research materials and examples. Joanne and Emma would like to thank these tutors for their willingness to run these exciting workshops.

Catherine Byrne’s session focused on the circular economy and took  “the idea of a materials economy in interior design as a starting point.” Participants explored “the differences between a circular economy and a linear economy” and applied this knowledge to “material choices, and how that then impacts on our design decisions.” Full instructions to carry out the activity, post event, are on Catherine’s Circular Economy Padlet. Watch…