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WHAT IS A CIRCULAR ECONOMY?

A circular Economy is an economy that reuses everything within it meaning there is 0 waste. You use all fabric and resources available. This stops overuse of materials and resources

Over consumption is a problem among our economy circular economy stops this. This is due to materials being reused and recycle. This is futuristic and the ideal for our economy as this will result in a everlasting economy.

A circular economy is ideal for the future as it means we as humans are not destroying the planet and ecosystems. This is a major step into being eco friendly and using sustainability everyday.

Nature vs Humanity- who will win?

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Circular Economy | Regenerative Organic Agriculture

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WHAT IS PROTOPIA?

Protopia is all about gradual, realistic progress toward a better future, without expecting perfection. In fashion, it’s about making steady improvements like using eco-friendly materials, paying fair wages, and reducing waste. Think of it as fashion moving toward sustainability, inclusivity, and tech-driven innovation—like recycling clothes, using 3D printing, or creating more diverse representation in designs. It's not about being perfect, but about creating a fashion world that keeps getting better over time.

EXAMPLES OF PROTOPIA IN FASHION

Sustainable fashion – Brands shifting toward using eco-friendly materials, such as organic cotton, recycled fabrics, or biodegradable fibers, and reducing waste in production processes.

Ethical labor practices – Fashion companies prioritizing fair wages, safe working conditions, and transparency in their supply chains.

Circular fashion – Brands and designers embracing recycling, upcycling, and taking back old clothes to repurpose or resell, contributing to a circular economy.

Tech and innovation – The use of technology, such as 3D printing, to reduce waste, or digital fashion to reduce the need for physical production, while still enabling creativity and expression.

Diversity and inclusion – Fashion becoming more inclusive of different body types, ethnicities, and genders, promoting representation and breaking traditional standards of beauty.

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What does AI imagine when you mix protopia and fashion.

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What does AI imagine when you mix protopia and fashion.

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I asked AI to show me what protopia mixed with fashion would look like and this is what I got. This links to our idea of patchwork through the jacket. I like to use AI as another perspective and using it to bounce of with research and ideas is always fun as you never know what you'll get.

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The concept of Protopia links to many predictions in trend forecasting - STEPIC

social, technological, environmental, Industry and creative. All of these factors play a huge role into how designers design and create innovations. All changes and approaches to design are put in place due to human disconnect and hopelessness. Protopia and stepic are closely link and connected as a lot of points in this article suggest that small changes are impactful.

WGSN suggests that we will become less about the me and more about the we as a society. Protopia suggests something similar.

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Here is a snapshot of another report on WGSN about the future of long life span garments - links to the concept of the hospital gown as after use it would be used for interior spaces etc.

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Homelessness: Causes, Types and Facts | Crisis UK

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Find out the causes, effects, and types of homelessness - and what we’re doing to end it for good.

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At least 354,000 people homeless in England today Shelter warns of a bleak winter for many as homelessness rises by 14% in a year
New research from Shelter shows at least 354,000 people in England, including 161,500 children, will spend Christmas without a home - a shocking increase of 14%, 44,500 people, in one year.

Shelter's detailed analysis of official homelessness figures and responses to Freedom of Information requests reveals that one in 160 people in England are now homeless. This is up from one in 182 in 2023, owing to a sharp rise in people sleeping rough and families trapped in temporary accommodation. The research shows:

326,000 people are in temporary accommodation (17% increase in one year) - most of whom are in families with children.

3,900 people are sleeping rough on any given night (27% increase).

There are a further 16,600 single people in hostels or other homeless accommodation

Record private rents combined with inadequate housing benefit, rising evictions and a lack of genuinely affordable social homes has resulted in homelessness soaring. Families who become homeless are usually placed in temporary accommodation by their local council, but all too often this accommodation is far from 'temporary', as the government's own data shows that almost half (45%) of families have been there for over two years.

England's chronic shortage of homes for social rent has left over 1.3 million households on social housing waiting lists across the country. With so few social homes available, families who become homeless have little hope of moving into a safe and secure home anytime soon. Instead, thousands of families are living out of bags and suitcases, spending months crammed into B&B rooms, often sharing kitchens and bathrooms with strangers. People who are not entitled to homelessness accommodation often are forced to sofa surf with family and friends or sleep on the streets.

Shelter's frontline services are doing all they can to support thousands of people facing homelessness this winter - from providing expert advice to families stuck in unsafe and unsuitable temporary accommodation, to giving emergency help to people at risk of having to sleep rough. The charity is asking the public to donate to its Urgent Appeal to help it be there for the thousands of people experiencing homelessness this winter.

Polly Neate, chief executive of Shelter, said: "As the country prepares to wind down and celebrate the festive season in our homes, it's unimaginable that 354,000 will spend this winter homeless - many of them forced to shiver on the wet streets or in a mouldy hostel room with their entire family.

"Across England, extortionate private rents combined with a dire lack of genuinely affordable social homes is trapping more and more people in homelessness. Parents are spending sleepless nights worrying about their children growing up in cramped and often damaging temporary accommodation, as weeks and months turn into years without somewhere secure for them to call home.

"Until the government builds the social homes needed to end the housing emergency for good, Shelter will be there for people facing the devastation of homelessness. But we cannot do it without the help of the public - your donations allow us to provide emergency help for those facing a night on the streets as well as give vital, expert advice and help to people to keep their homes."
Sally, 43, is currently in temporary accommodation in Dorset with her 14-year-old daughter. She was made homeless earlier this year after being evicted. The family were placed in a room in a Travelodge after spending eight hours on the street. With Shelter's help, they were moved into a different hotel and are now in temporary accommodation in a one-bed flat, but they are still experiencing problems with the accommodation.
Sally said: "I've been through a lot in life with the loss of my sister and husband, but I have never experienced as much stress as I have this year being evicted and becoming homeless. I've always paid my rent on time but was still locked out of my home on the day the bailiffs came. I had to wait on the street for the whole day before me and my daughter were put in a hotel room by the council. It smelled like a urinal and was covered in pet hair, which made my chronic illness worse and left me very poorly. I'm grateful for Shelter's support stepping in and getting us out of there.

"My daughter is autistic and the two most important things for her are routine and stability. These have been impossible to maintain while we've been homeless, which has been incredibly difficult for her, and she has run away countless times. Our current accommodation is unsuitable for my health needs, as I need a bath to manage the pain. We have a neighbour who shouts, bangs the doors and swears throughout the night, and the screams are scaring my daughter. The 24-hour laundry room that everyone in the block uses is behind our thin bedroom wall, so the noise of the machines keeps us awake.

"My daughter keeps telling me she can't live in these conditions. We've been messed about for months and there's nothing I can do about it. It makes me feel like our lives are worthless. I'm just going to have to put this year behind me and hope for a better 2025."

Shelter's research also looks at areas across England where homelessness is most acute:

London comes out worst, with one in 47 people homeless in the capital. The total number of people homeless in the city has risen 12% in a year, to a total of 187,000 people. Newham has the highest rate with one in 18 people homeless.

Outside of London, Slough is the local authority with the highest rates of homelessness with one in 51 people homeless, followed by Luton with one in 57 homeless and Manchester where one in 61 are homeless.

The North East has the biggest annual increase of 53%, from 1,500 people to 2,300 people.

While Shelter's analysis is the most comprehensive overview of recorded homelessness in England, the true figure is likely to be higher as some types of homelessness, like sofa-surfing, go unrecorded.

To donate to Shelter's Urgent Appeal, visit shelter.org.uk/WinterAppeal
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Notes to editors:
Notes to Editors Table 1: Estimated number of people who are homeless as at a given night in 2024, by type of homelessness, England

[1] Est. no. of people homeless and living in TA arranged by the council as at 30th June 2024

[2] Est. no. of people homeless and living in TA arranged by them or homeless at home as at 30th June 2024

[3] No. of people sleeping on the streets on a given night

[4] Est. no additional single homeless people living in hostels

[5] No. people living in accommodation provided by social services

[6] Est. total no. homeless children

[7] Est. total no. homeless people (adults and children)

[8] Rate of homelessness (1 in X people)

We estimate that on a given night in 2024 there will have been over 354,016 people who were homeless, which is a rate of 1 in 160 people

This population is mainly made up of people who are homeless and living in temporary accommodation

Table 2: Estimated number of people who are homeless as at a given night in 2024, by type of homelessness, by region of England

[2] Est. no. of people homeless and living in TA arranged by them or homeless at home as at 30th June 2024

[3] No. of people sleeping on the streets on a given night

[6] Est. total no. homeless children

[7] Est. total no. homeless people (adults and children)

[8] Rate of homelessness (1 in X people)

Area

[1] Est. no. of people homeless and living in TA arranged by the council as at 30th June 2024

[2] Est. no. of people homeless and living in TA arranged by them or homeless at home as at 30th June 2024

[3] No. of people sleeping on the streets on a given night

[6] Est. total no. homeless children

[7] Est. total no. homeless people (adults and children)

[8] Rate of homelessness (1 in X people)

Nat rank

Area

Region

[1] Est. no. of people homeless and living in TA arranged by the council as at 30th June 2024

[2] Est. no. of people homeless and living in TA arranged by them or homeless at home as at 30th June 2024

[3] No. of people sleeping on the streets on a given night

[6] Est. total no. homeless children

[7] Est. total no. homeless people (adults and children)

[8] Rate of homelessness (1 in X people)

National rank

Homelessness comes in many varied forms and is extremely difficult to accurately measure. This research estimates a snapshot of the number of people who are recorded as homeless on a given night in 2024 is 354,016. This figure is 14% higher than when calculated in 2023 when it was 309,550

322910 is an estimate of the number of people (adults plus children) who live in households which have been found to be homeless and are living in local authority arranged temporary accommodation under homelessness legislation. It is calculated using the detailed household type information in table TA2 of the Temporary Accommodation tables, from Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) official statutory homelessness statistics. 'Other' household types are assumed to contain an average of two people. Q2 2024 data is used wherever possible, if it is not available, the most recent available quarter is used. If no data was published in the whole year, the area is excluded. Local authorities who did not publish useable data in the last 12 months were: Isles of Scilly, Wolverhampton, North Warwickshire, Kensington & Chelsea, and Lambeth. MHCLG, Statutory homelessness live tables, Detailed local authority level tables, Table TA1 and TA2.

7004 is an estimate of the number of people (adults plus children) who live in households who have been found to be homeless and are living in temporary accommodation arranged by themselves or 'homeless at home', meaning that they are legally homeless because it is not reasonable for them to continue to occupy their home, but they have not yet been accommodated by the local authority. The number of people in these households is assumed to match the average seen in the households above and the same conventions on dates are followed as above. MHCLG, Statutory homelessness live tables, Detailed local authority level tables, Table TA1

3898 is taken from the annual count of rough sleepers on a single night, as at Autumn 2023 (most recent available). These figures are widely considered to be an underestimate of the true scale of street homelessness. DLUHC, Rough Sleeping Snapshot: autumn 2023, Table 1

16648 is the estimated number of people living in a hostel or supported accommodation on any given night is calculated using hostel bed space data from research conducted by Homeless Link (2024 report forthcoming). We remove 6% to account for voids, and adjust against the published TA figures to ensure there is no double counting. Full details of this methodology are published in the accompanying Shelter report.

3556 is the number of people (adults and children) living in temporary accommodation arranged by Social Services under section 17 of the Children's Act. This is estimated using an FOI sent to all county and unitary authorities in England, asking for this data. Many councils do not hold or are unable to access this data easily, meaning that this figure is an underestimate.

The number of people 'in temporary accommodation' at an England level is a combination of people in temporary accommodation provided by local authority housing departments and social services departments.

Of the total number of people (adults and children), we estimate that 161,495 are children who are homeless. At the national level this is comprised of the number of children living in temporary accommodation arranged by the local authority under homelessness legislation and the number of children living in temporary accommodation arranged by Social Services under Section 17 of the Children's Act.

The North East has the biggest annual increase of any region 53%, from 1,507 people to 2,308 people.

Length of time in TA

33,780 families with children in temporary accommodation at the end of March 2024 had been there for over two years. This is 45% of all families in temporary accommodation. This data is published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and is available at Statutory Homelessness Financial year 2023-24. Table TA4c - Number of households with children by type of temporary accommodation provided and length of time England 31 March 2024

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About Shelter: Shelter exists to defend the right to a safe home and fight the devastating impact the housing emergency has on people and society. Shelter believes that home is everything. Learn more at www.shelter.org.uk

About Shelter's Winter Appeal 2024:Right now, thousands of families across England are homeless and are stuck living in grotty temporary accommodation. Shelter's expert advisers, across our community services, emergency helpline and online advice services, are doing all they can, this winter and all year round, to support families to find or keep hold of a safe home. Donate now www.shelter.org.uk/winterappeal

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At least 354,000 people homeless in England today - Shelter England

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New research from Shelter shows at least 354,000 people in England, including 161,500 children, will spend Christmas without a home

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10 Root Causes Of Homelessness | St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity

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There are several root causes of homelessness that can impact individuals and families in all groups of society. Discover how you can help.