Tagoro
Project Collaborators
Making Humans Equal Participants In The Ecosystem.
Tagoro is a vision of what our future could look like if we treated human beings as an equal member of our eco-system. It imagines a society that follows a ‘Cycle of Benefit’, in which education and career vocations are dedicated to bettering the living world around us in order for us to receive the benefits it has to offer, and to keep our environment safe. The target audience for this project doesn’t just include people, but the animals and plant life that we share this planet with. By reimagining urban spaces that are designed to make room for nature and protect ALL that live there, from flora to hedgehogs to us, Tagoro becomes a place where people and nature thrive together.
The Cycle of Benefit is at the core of Tagoro, informing every decision made within the community. Education makes environmental health a core subject, and careers, or vocations, centre around protecting and supporting the ecosystem. The result is that the earth around us remains healthy, which in turn benefits our health. This cyclical system is intended to make this future sustainable, so that knowledge and care about the environment can be passed down to younger generations.
On the left is a 3D mock up of a man-made beehive which would be put up about the city where extra habitat space is needed. On the right, is a 'Busy Bee' award for students who engage with efforts to protect and support the environment around the city.
Concept Art
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