The Work
As with all the ten principles, sustainable materials represents a choice. It challenges the consumer to think about the environmental and social implications of what they buy and how they buy it. The One Planet vision is one where all goods and materials used – for construction or consumer goods – are made from renewable or waste resources, with low embodied energy, and wherever possible, sourced locally.
Consumer culture in the west dictates that we must spend, spend, spend; fashion has become more disposable, with cheap garments used once and thrown away; goods made cheaply and sold in bulk. But it doesn’t have to be this way – in a One Planet world we wear things for longer, we share goods with our friends and neighbours, and we minimise clutter in our lives. We will make what we buy, matter.
To see commissioned photographer Amanda Jackson’s response to this category click here.
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Photo by: Lee Radford
Sign of the times (tables) -
Photo by: Edward Thomas Bishop
Sustainable Material. Wood Plant & Silo's - Basin Road Southwick -
Photo by: Lynda Kelly
Hand and Hammer -
Photo by: Mimi Butler
Painted garage door, Hove. -
Photo by: Lyndsey Haskell
Dave preparing textiles for recycling at Emmaus Brighton -
Photo by: Les Gunbie
Clean, Green window cleaning -
Photo by: Jo Brooksbank
Bird bath crafted by Lee from a tree felled in the Emmaus Community Gardens -
Photo by: Eva Garay
Sculpture base out of hubcap rings by Ptolemy Elrington(local artist) -
Photo by: Robin Hillier
Hogs Edge Community Self Build - built by local people using low energy and natural materials - FSC timber, newspaper insulation, grass roofs. -
Photo by: Jacob Penketh
Bridge in the Rock Gardens -
Photo by: Helen Race
Hello recycling -
Photo by: Maga Esberg
Flinstones -
Photo by: Peter H Tierney
Allotment shed -
Photo by: Kelly Roche
The Wood Store - recycled and reclaimed wood
Public Submissions at FotoDocument
Each of FotoDocument’s projects includes a public submissions element where members of the public are invited to respond to the themes of the project via a free to enter photography competition. Submissions are judged by industry professionals and quality prizes are given to the competition winners. Submissions are also exhibited via an online gallery. Contributors are advised to refer to the professionally commissioned photo essays within the relevant project for inspiration/ ideas on how to respond to the project themes.
One Planet City: Public Submissions
Public submissions responding to the ten sustainability principles of One Planet Living.