SUX EP 17 - "We need to talk about water" with Laura Korčulanin

Welcome to this episode of the SUX Podcast. This time I had the honor to be joined by Laura Korculanin from Lisbon. Laura is a Design anthropologist, a systems thinker and a water advocate, running her own company called give a shit. We met for the first time I think 3 years ago and what really stuck to me was how Laura already back then had dedicated her design work to water, to nature and to regeneration.

And therefore I am so happy that she joined me for this episode to talk especially about water and the impact to it by the digital world we design or use (and yes AI plays a huge part in that).

We also speak about the importance of nature and why we need to recalibrate our societal value set. Laura for example made the great point, how insane it is that a forest is only of economical value when the trees are cut down to sell the wood. But we also touched the question of balancing online and offline time for ourselves and how that connects us to nature.

And we speak about why designers need to be system thinkers to design sustainability and for regeneration.

Laura is a real inspiration and we could have talked for 2 or 3 hours (no worries - the episode is only one hour long) and she as well creates “punch-line” quotes throughout the whole episode. Just to give you a teaser:

„The less time you are online, the more connected you are offline“

„How is it possible that the forest is worth money only once you cut down trees?“

Connect with our guest or us:

Laura’s Channels:

Lauras LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurakorculanin/

Give a Shit: https://www.giveashitnow.org/

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