The SEP traveling exhibition was hosted at the Biennale du Design of Saint-Etienne (France) 2006 whose theme was “Cohabitation”. Although the subject of the biennale was really close to the Sustainable Everyday Project”, with the idea of social innovation, local development and creative communities, the exhibition was not, at first, foreseen to be at the biennale.
SEP exhibition was brought, in the nick of time, to present the idea of “Life Systems” toward daily sustainability for an up-coming co-elaboration with the “Cité du Design” of Saint-Etienne. “Life Systems” is a project that aims to create solutions inspired by the SEP ways of doing and scenarios, to promote sustainable lifestyles in the city.

The Sustainable Everyday Project presented the EMUDE and the new “Creative Communities for Sustainable Lifestyles” iniciatives in Wuppertal, Germany the past 22nd until 25th of November in two back to back conferences related to sustainability.

The first one, the Expert Conference on the Marrakech Process - Creating Solutions for Sustainable Consumption and Production on 22-23 November. The 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, usually called Marrakech Process, is a programme led by UNEP and UNDESA, aims to catalyze and guide the transition to a more sustainable global economy.

Within the Marrakech Process, the Task Force on Sustainable Lifestyles is an initiative supported by the Swedish Ministry for Sustainable Development. Its specific goal is to develop and implement sustainable policies to change consumer behaviour and to promote more sustainable lifestyles.

In this framework, the Creative Communities for Sustainable Lifestyles (CCSL) project has been established to build on the results of a recently concluded European research called Emerging User Demands for Sustainable Solutions (EMUDE). Its main aim was to explore the potential of grass roots innovation and pinpoint emerging patterns of sustainable living.

The second conference, called SCORE, was organized to provide an opportunity for input of case studies on mobility, food, and housing. Also, it build a broad platform for presenting work of science and scientists that may be of direct relevance for the activities of the 10 Year Framework Task Forces.
SEP was involved in the voice of François Jegou and Ezio Manzini, linking this subject to the lifestyle agenda with EMUDE’s set of conceptual tools to deal with the sustainability issues, defining research and design guidelines.