BSD Manifesto - Summer 2013 - I believe in...
Consuming less and living an ecologically reasonable life
- Consuming less and more thoughtfully
- Supporting ecologically-friendly and socially-friendly companies
- Reducing the use and the waste of water
- Reducing the waste of food
- Eating less or no meat
- Treating animals with dignity
Creating long lasting products
- A focus rather on quality, instead of quantity
- Products should last a life time
- Products need to be repairable
- No more throw-away products
Reducing the use of resources, materials and energy
- Developing and using smart solutions and intelligent engineering
- Avoiding packagings and any products made from plastic
- Reducing and avoiding waste and pollution
- More sharing, swapping, borrowing goods instead of owning
- The dematerialization of products
Producing with sustainable materials and resources
- Using natural and nature-friendly materials
- Using renewable energie resources
- Using rescources effieciently
- Avoiding energie-intensive products
Upcycling materials and a cyclic life of materials
- Creating more value form the given
- Producing goods that can be disassembled
- Reusing products, parts and/or materials
Using rather local resources
- Avoiding and reducing transportation
- Supporting locals and local industries
Producing with rather harmless materials
- Avoiding or reducing the use of harmful and toxic materials
- Avoiding or reducing waste and pollution
Proactive informations about our products
- Fully and understandable informations about the ingredients of consumer products
- Information about the ecological impact of products and services
- Laws and rules are based on white-lists rather then on black-lists
Products as a service
- Companies keeping the ownership of their products and are responsible for their afterlife
A healthy nature and more biodiversity
- Avoiding chemicals such as i.e. pesticides, fungicides, herbicides
- Supporting nature and biodiversity actively
- Avoiding monocultures
Social justice, fair working conditions and fair payments
- Fair payments, fair working condititions and social justice for everyone
- Thinking and acting more in the interest of the collective then for the individual
- A more fair distribution of property and money
- Free information and education
...to be continued!