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What is the link between home economics and a sustainable society? There are many who would say not much. The three speakers at the Home Renaissance Foundation symposium held in May 2009 in the IESE Business School, Barcelona, had a lot to argue against this general consensus.
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Prue Leith, Blueprint
Better designed housing improves society. In light of Boris Johnson's pledge to bring back space standards, Prue Leith calls for a modern approach.
Better designed housing improves society 
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Charles Handy: "Changes in the world of work can help reshape the home and make it an ideal school of life." 14th October 2008.
In this interview for MercatorNet, Catherine McMahon of the HomeRenaissance Foundation asked Charles Handy about his vision of the home as a place of work. Charles Handy will be a keynote speaker at the From House to Home International Conference, 20-21 November 2008.
From House to Home: Bringing work home
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By Prue Leith OBE, Building Design - The Architect's website, 3rd November 2008
From House to Home, a major conference for housebuilders, policymakers and sociologists is on November 20-21. Here, Prue Leith, cookery doyenne, discusses the bad effects poor design has on our lives.
Kitchens big enough to cook in – is it too much to ask?
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Damian Arnold, 21st November 2008
Minimum space standards are urgently needed to ensure that there is more humanity in the planning and design of the homes of the future. This will lead to happier people who are more productive and who will create more successful places that can afford to pay for better homes.
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Colin Brazier, 20th November 2008
The role of the home and the way it might be managed in the future have been debated by international experts from the fields of architecture, interior design, business studies and home-making.
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