World Futures Day Youth Voices: Biogenic Materials for the 22nd Century

Hosted by Teach the Future, this workshop highlights groundbreaking research on 'Biogenic' materials, and their applications participants will apply the examples and inspiration into a design charrette. After the short presentations, three scopes will be played with. 1) large (cities, parks, plazas), 2) medium (homes, offices, stores) and 3) small (clothes, parks, plazas). Facilitators will use miro boards to collectively capture ideas for the group and to reflect on. This is a hopeful and fun exploration of how materials shaping our built environment might look in 75 years based on the research of today.

Tyler Tigerino is a junior at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Environmental Design program, with an emphasis on sustainable urban planning and design. Fueled by passion for sustainability and community engagement, he strives to create environments that blend environmental stewardship with vibrant, thriving communities. He believes that designing ecologically responsible spaces that foster meaningful connections between people is the path forward to a better future, one where a built environment serves to better both its inhabitants and the planet.

Lilly Polak is a junior at the University of Colorado Boulder in Environmental Design program, with an emphasis on sustainable urban planning and design. Her passions include how construction and design can be both environmentally responsible and improve the way people live. She is constantly inspired by the simplicity of how humans once lived in harmony with nature and aims to bring that sense of balance and care into modern design, creating spaces that are practical, sustainable, and supportive of the way humans live.

SarahDawn Haynes is a Possibilities Cartographer at CU Boulder supporting students in applied learning and leadership. Her research in Media and Public Engagement program explores how futures literacy supports sustainability educators using design fiction to create artifacts from the future. SarahDawn believes the act of creating positive images of the future is a critical tool for sustainable innovation.

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