Details

First Name

Brian

Last Name

Sutherland

Nickname

bksutherland

Website

ischool.utoronto.ca/profile/brian-sutherland

Where do you work or study?

University of Toronto

What do you do?

Teach Design and Making in Higher Education

Where do you live?

Toronto

What Brings You Here?

How do you like to engage your environment?

Share and discuss degrowth design ideas.

What ecological concerns weigh on you the most?

Climate change and the energy transition.

What does ecological design mean to you?

Remediating climate change with good alternative design, not bad past designs, e.g. small modular reactors

What would you recommend reading on radical ecological futures?

There was a lot of energy utopia writing in the nineteenth century. Forward through the rearview mirror.

What kinds of projects would you like to get involved with?

Making alternative projects involving decentralized design strategies.

What mediums do you like to work with?

E-Waste and Electronics

What kinds of people would you like to collaborate with?

Prickly and interesting, but also tolerant of divergent views.

What's one idea you'd like to figure out with others?

Working on something called the Open Bicycle Light – a simple batteryless device design powered by the sun that makes bicycle commuting safer.

What else should we know about you?

New PhD 2023 – "Energy Harvesting Information Systems and Design in the Energy Transition"

What would you like to see this community become?

Have dialogues on degrowth engineering and design.