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“Wunderkammer” Cabinet of Curiosities: place, collection, story. Conventional conservation?. Funding for heritage (intrinsic merit) or for public benefit (community, economy). National Trust: 1) giving property 2) giving money 3) giving time. ‘Triple bottom line’:
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“Wunderkammer” Cabinet of Curiosities: place, collection, story
Funding for heritage (intrinsic merit) or for public benefit (community, economy)
National Trust: 1) giving property 2) giving money 3) giving time
‘Triple bottom line’: Benefit to environment (heritage) Benefit to people (social) Benefit to the project (financial) UK 15m regular volunteers (1/4 population) each giving 2.8 hours/week £900m time value / year by 600,000 historic environment volunteers National Trust 62,000 regular volunteers ratio of 5:1 to staff giving 1/2m days per year £13m equivalent cost value or 13% of resources A very British, non-transferrable model? a non-cash cultural economy
Watermill Social history Economic history Heritage engineering (rare complete installation) Food provenance (flour) Crafted bread (products, supply chain) Renewable energy (hydro-electric) Biodiversity (water course) Sustainability (reinvest) Tourism (networks, partnerships) Volunteering (environment, renewables, engineering, bakery) Employment (bakery) Education & training (courses) Circular inclusive economy – the interconnectedness of life
Open culture Does open culture have more impact? Short answer: yes. It enables more people to access their heritage and use it. On Wikipedia, on social media, in creative applications. It is the mindset that counts, the willingness to cultivate a culture of impact. Behavioural psychology By extending our focus beyond output measures to outcomes, we have succinctly stepped into the people business - less about numbers and more about attitudes and feelings. https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en
4th International Creative City – Sustainable Region (KRAFT) Conference A Circular Economy in Service of Sustainability: the case of Kőszeg A study conducted by the Institute of Advanced Studies, Kőszeg, & the City University of New York Professor Hillary Brown * City University of New York 25 September, 2018 https://iask.hu/en/kraft-centre/
Circular economy definition for project purposes “sustainable future that works without waste, in symbiosis with our environment and resources…” -- Ellen MacArthur Foundation • minimizes resource consumption and negative impacts by: • Designing out waste, pollution and greenhouse gas emissions • provides a coherent framework for systems level re-design and innovation by: • Recovering waste from one sector for beneficial reuse by another sector • Keeping materials and resources in closed-loop cycles, thereby minimizing virgin resource use Kőszeg Politecnico di Milano https://iask.hu/en/kraft-centre/
Project objectives/scope Using Kőszeg’s Gyöngyös River watershed as the study boundary • Develop a framework for applying sustainability and circular economy principles/practices in Kőszeg and immediate bioregional scale • Evaluate integration opportunities (synergies) across the town’s economic and natural systems as a resiliency/regeneration strategy • Align study with iASK’s academic focus on “creative, sustainable Pannonian cities and settlements” • Four Focus areas: WATER, FORESTRY & AGRICULTURE, ENERGY, and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Kőszeg Circular Economy https://iask.hu/en/kraft-centre/
Eco-Innovation Center – and related infrastructural improvements https://iask.hu/en/kraft-centre/