British Council in partnership with Good Life X Presents: Regenerating a Creative Future programme focused on individuals and organisations who can strengthen the case, create context for action, build bridges, and demonstrate the possibilities at the intersection of creative, innovative and circular economies. The programme is designed into two components: the conversation series and the creative residency.
Good Life X
Regenerating a Creative Future
Uplifting Sri Lanka's Creative Economies
Sector
Creative Economies
Bringing together the creative, innovative and circular economies
Duration
3 months
February to April 2022
5 Part Conversation Series
23 speakers
A total of 400+ registrants and 28,000+ views across all live streaming platforms
5 Day Creative Residency
10 residents
90+ applications for 10 spots
Regenerating a Creative Future
Curious about what happened during the Regenerating a Creative Future programme?
Watch through the highlights of the conversation series and creative residency here, shot and edited by Vsion Media!
Conversation Series
A series of 5 conversations around cross pollinating ideas and building systemic solutions that caters to groups from the creative and innovation industries in increasing awareness and interest around circularity and regeneration.The initiative offered a number of opportunities and topics to create conversations and facilitated interactions between diverse groups and leaders sharing best practices, and encouraging greater interaction and collaborations.
24 February - Technology's role in the creative and circular economies
In this session, firstly we discussed how the use of technology builds and connects new opportunities in emerging economies, with a focus on the circular economy. As a secondary point of focus, the conversation evolved on the word circular as the lexicon. We unpacked how the word circular connects to the various practices in Sri Lanka and the future of circularity in its culture and economy. Watch here
Dr Randika Jayasinghe - Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
3 March - Urbanisation within local communities
In this session, we firstly be discussed how circular economy centric sustainability, sustainable architecture, and differing cultural dynamics play a role in the urbanization and development of Sri Lanka and if there is a way to build Sri Lanka sustainably. Secondly, we explored the lexicon of biomimicry and how imitating design structures of nature can help solve human problems. Watch here
Iromi Perera - Founder and Director of the Colombo Urban Lab.
Pushpa Galhena - Seevalipura Community Mobiliser and Leader
10 March - The next generation’s influence on creating smart creative systems for future
In this session, we firstly discussed how the younger generation views systems change for the future and how we can best support them to empower this change. We then explored the lexicon of lateral to see how young individuals from different industries define and carve out space for themselves in Sri Lankan culture. Watch here
Moderator: Anushka Wijesinha - Co-founder of the Centre for a Smart Future
17 March - Intercultural dynamics effect on building more inclusive creative economies
In this session, we discussed if the processes of intercultural dynamics, collaboration, dialogue, co-design faith, and identity help to build more inclusive, creative and sustainable economies. We then explored the lexicon of creative industries and how plural narratives are so intrinsic in the circular and creative economies as well as across differing cultures. Watch here
Lonali Rodrigo - Founder and Lead Designer at House of Lonali
24 March - Going beyond corporate social responsibility
In this session, we discussed what going beyond corporate social responsibility looks like and how we can go from sustainability strategy to regenerative transformation of the business itself. Parallely, we looked at addressing social issues in Sri Lanka through creative and circular economies. We then explored the lexicon of greenwash to define and identify greenwashing practices occurring globally and here in Sri Lanka. Watch here
Arj Wignaraja - Alchemist for Good Growth at Good Life X
Carole Collet - Professor in Design for Sustainable Futures
The 4 day residency aimed to develop an understanding between different sub sectors of the creative industries and the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Sri Lanka. The selected creative innovators and practitioners will go through an interactive residency and facilitate links between diverse groups to share best practices, and encourage greater interaction and collaborations.
