Hodges' model is a conceptual framework to support reflection and critical thinking. Situated, the model can help integrate all disciplines (academic and professional). Amid news items, are posts that illustrate the scope and application of the model. A bibliography and A4 template are provided in the sidebar. Welcome to the QUAD ...
"What is it with all this | |
... what I want is for those with the power, to keep the planet cool." |
Posted by Peter Jones at 10:55 pm | PERMALINK
Labels: advertising , collective , commercialism , cycle , Earth , economics , emotions , environment , Gaia , Hodges' model , individual , industry , planetary boundaries , planetary health , temperature , true cost
| The 'discerning' customer | P PR PRI PRIN PRODUCE - PRODUCT chuck, drop, dump, bin. throw, fling, tip DISPOSABLE - DURABLE [left] 20% ink? How many ink cartridges do you need? How many blades...? ---------------------------- engineering |
The discerning market?
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"In passing the "Hamon Law," as it's known, in 2014, France became the first country in the world to open the door to sanctions for the widespread manufacturing practice of "planned obsolescence" - creating products pre-designed for failure at some point so that consumers will be enticed to replace them.
Specifically, the legislation outlaws "the use of techniques whereby the person responsible for placing a product on the market deliberately aims to reduce its lifetime in order to increase the replacement rate." David Schrieberg
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Posted by Peter Jones at 9:46 pm | PERMALINK
Labels: advertising , commercialism , corporations , customers , ecology , environment , EU , France , global , Hodges' model , law , lifespan , lifetime , markets , obsolescence , products , resources , responsibility , technology , waste
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| Brian E. Hodges - c/o Brian's family. |
Born in Liverpool, UK.
Community Mental Health Nurse NHS, Part-time Lecturer,
Researcher Nursing & Technology Enhanced Learning
Registered Nurse - Mental Health & General
Community Psychiatric Nursing (Cert.) MMU
PG Cert. Ed.
BA(Joint Hons.) Computing and Philosophy - BIHE - Bolton
PG(Dip.) Collaboration on Psychosocial Education [COPE] Univ. Man.
MRES. e-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, Lancaster Univ.
Live and work in NW England - seeking a global perspective.
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