Exploring design to environment methods though grassroots initiatives

Targeting sustainability in our industrial society requires integrating specific criteria the design process of products and processes. A paradigm shift is necessary economical, social political systems to ensure natural ecosystems preservation on planet while fulfilling needs. Various research methods have therefore emerged change way services are designed, developed, used discarded considering territorial contexts. Design for Sustainability, Sustainable Transition, Socially Responsible Design, post-growth design, etc. provide several sustainable principles process. However those approaches remain mainly experimental limited context. In parallel a wide variety grassroots initiatives territories. They propose alternative ways they integrate new constraints practical manner. This aims confront diversity Environment (DtE) with ‘grassroots’ order understand possible evolution integration into industry. paper presents first literature review results started project 2020. An original protocol proposed this paper, based focus groups practitioners eco-design experts from The presentation four DtE frameworks analysed paper. finally discusses opportunity enriched by non-official-designers life cycle engineering. bottom-up may drive an expression industry aligned some emerging local socio-technical systems.