Tempting popsicles with a message
Polluted Water Popsicles Project draws attention to water pollution in Taiwan
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Climate Action Challenge starters kit offers an extensive resources pack
ADOPTING THE CIRCULAR DESIGN GUIDE
an opportunity to discover the potential of circularity
The Manifesto Workshop with Bruce Mau
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
Surviving the Flood on a Giant Pelican
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
Don’t Waste Waste: A Second Life for Ocean Plastic
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
Countering Media Monologues
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
What will the post-fossil neighbourhood look like?
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
Designing Activism
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
Damn the Rearview Mirror!
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
Measuring air pollution with 50 shirts of grey
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
Waterproof Futures
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
A wind-up toothbrush and a self-illuminating kitchen drawer
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
Techno Morality
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
Show Me Data
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
Check Your Hidden Impact!
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
Pyramid of Technology
Participants experimented with a brand new workshop methodology developed by the Next Nature Network
Closing the Loop
Activation Session where participants were invited to consider a design all the way from sourcing to production to use, in order to find ways of making the process circular.
36-hour Design Jam kicks off Climate Action Challenge
The Climate Action Design Jam was a jam-packed, 36-hour bonanza of brainstorming, ideation, prototyping and pitching.
Hovering between hope and despair
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017 Report: Day 2 plenary sessions
‘No doubt that we need design to solve mankind’s problems’
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017 marked the kick-off for a two-year exploration of the topic of climate action.
It’s time for a Ministry of Creativity & Climate Affairs
WDCD Live closes off with a manifesto directed at politicians around the world
Climate Action Challenge call for entries is now open
WDCD, IKEA Foundation and Autodesk Foundation call for game-changing ideas to help adapt to climate change
WDCD Live Amsterdam has taken off
Friends of WDCD gathered for the pre-conference dinner