This article concludes the Upcycling activities in China in a range of locations including cities such as Shanghai, Guangzhou, Changsha and in the Chinese countryside, as well as activities in Lincoln, UK from 2014. The communities that joined in the Upcycling activities were traditional urban communities, new industrial communities and rural communities at the junction of urban and rural areas. The design and organization of the activities in the project is based on the characteristics of communities, utilizing various themes, scale of project and presentation. This specific article analyzes the effect from the eight years of practice and considers how these low carbon design activities, represented by Upcycling, have improved the environmental awareness of communities and the general public, in addition to the special effects in social governance.

Authors: Qiu Dengke, Peng Jinqi, David Bramston, Qiu Zhiyun, Chen Danrong