Designing economic sustainability through technology in a scarce resource and hostile environment: A design prestudy of green community living feasibility in Wales

Despite the short-term effects of Covid-19 and political conflict nationally and globally, the planning for a future in which the Earth is no longer providing the requisite abundance to feed the unsustainable supply chain currently in existence, in particular, in regards to the energy, agricultural and transportation industries, has not yet been fully considered. Although progress is being made in all industries toward efficiency—with energy production in the UK going 100% carbon neutral over the next decade—the culture of living, that is, the design of our lives must come together to construct a future in which the unsustainable excess and waste demanding frantic production are no longer an option, as cultural change has come too slow to prevent the worst of climate change
already occurring. Such a move requires thinking in completely new ways of culture and society, in particular designing regional, agile economies capable of generating sustainable wealth through technology implementation. This paper is the pre-study of designing this future--with a science and technology emphasis--envisaging a future grid of sustainable communities located in Wales whose main export would be surplus energy and IT insourcing.