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Community Engagement

Case Study

Bangkok's Circular Design Lab community

It:

  • is volunteer-led and citizen-driven, with over 500 members
  • has a flat governance structure with no director
  • uses micro-grants to pay for materials, and volunteers to run events like panel discussions, design workshops and pop-ups
  • investigates and creates prototypes for local problems chosen by the community

Topics they’ve tackled

Their first project was on Bangkok’s waste management system. There was no grand plan upfront.

They just started doing what they could with the resources they had. Then they built on momentum and enthusiasm using small grants to keep going and expanding their work.

Phase 1

In the first phase, they worked on:

  • people’s mindsets
  • single-use plastic
  • food waste and recycling

Phase 2

In the second phase 3 months later (with support from the Royal Society of the Arts) they added:

  • air pollution
  • unsustainable fashion supply chains

Phase 3

Next (with support from The Incubation Network) they worked on:

  • ocean plastics
  • food system

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