Climate change has a communication problem
Three critiques on the use of language and media in climate discourse
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Meet emerging designers of colour exploring climate justice
DesignKind Digital Showcase 2022 takes place on 7 July
A festival dedicated to the New European Bauhaus
Four-day event celebrates Europe’s most beautiful, sustainable and inclusive projects
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The creative entrepreneur’s guide to WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
Your Summer Reading List by WDCD 2022
5 radical books to reframe your perspective
Cinema, and all the things climate can’t change
Josh Fox to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
Four solutions for the climate crisis, animated
Illo Studio and The Nature Conservancy launch punchy new campaign
Clean energy, by and for the people
How community & creativity is helping Europe reach its climate targets
How design took shape in 2021
Our top stories of the year, as picked by our readers and editors
Design, COP26’s best creative tool for climate action
Five design projects that can help us reach the climate summit's goals
Three visions for water-resilient cities
Rethinking what design can do for water with SPACE10 and TU Delft
An interactive atlas of climate change
New IPCC report visualises our possible climate futures
No Waste Challenge winners revealed
16 design-driven solutions to take less, make better & handle smarter
Aireal is a library of carbon negative materials
New database explores foams, fibers and plastics that capture CO2
85 promising ideas for a world beyond waste
Introducing the No Waste Challenge nominees
A Downing Street Disaster
Studio Birthplace & Greenpeace release animated film about UK's plastic exports
Four Trends Shaping Circular Design Today
Less plastic, more people power + other big ideas from the No Waste Challenge
‘The Earth feels and lives just like us’
Notes on indigenous knowledge from ‘Urgent Conversations on Earth Day’
The difference between appropriation & appreciation
Notes on power, identity and community from ‘Urgent Conversations on Earth Day’
Plastic In the Air
New interactive website visualises the microplastics in the air we breathe
Urgent Conversations on Earth Day
An online event about design, climate action & ancestral knowledge
‘Climate change is the most challenging brief I’ve worked on’
Naresh Ramchandani on creativity, sustainability & designing out waste
A mobile game that plants real trees
Studio Drift on reconnecting with nature through Birthplace, the game
Do we dare imagine a city without waste?
An animated call to action featuring designer Bruce Mau