Impact Trust • Working glossary
Dematerialisation
Doing more with dramatically less material and energy.
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Our Take
One of the biggest innovation design challenges we face. For humanitarian contexts: how do you rebuild lives with 95% less material? The answer may come from informal settlements and grassroots communities who have been doing more with less out of necessity, not from European R&D labs.
Examples of Use
Ecological economics, circular economy, Climate-KIC
Synonyms/Variants
Doing more with less
Material efficiency
Resource decoupling
Typical everyday wording
Providing the same services or quality of life with a fraction of the resources
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