WDCD Live: The fuel, the knowledge and the network
WDCD Live Amsterdam (24 & 25 May 2018) aims to connect designers, NGO's and businesses
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Design prototyping and product development
Challenge Accelerator workshop: Product development requires constant re-examination of ideas
Climate Action Challenge: Five days of acceleration
Challenge winners gather in Amsterdam for a profound bootcamp to help develop their projects further
What design does for the plastic problem
Fossil fuel industry investments set to rise plastics production by 40% in next decade
“A floresta é meu laboratório de design”
Arquiteto Marko Brajovic recebe Lucas Verweij e Jurgen Bey em seu atelier
‘The forest is my design laboratory’
Architect Marko Brajovic welcomed Lucas Verweij and Jurgen Bey in his Atelier Marko Brajovic
‘WDCD opened my eyes to adaptation’
350.org’s Nicole Oliveira reflects on her participation in challenge jury
‘I want to do what our clients need, not what they want’
WDCD Live São Paulo 2017 report: Activation Session 13 Climate Action Challenge - From Idea to Impact
‘Recognize the power of design to raise ambition everywhere’
Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa of UNFCCC calls upon designers to be bold and act on climate change
‘Although it is hard, we must act with optimism’
WDCD Live São Paulo 2017 report: Day 2
‘Designers should start co-creating with technology’
WDCD Live São Paulo 2017 report: Day 1 / part 1
‘We need unusual coalitions’
WDCD Live São Paulo 2017 report: Day 1 / part 2
Bringing together as many voices and ideas as possible
WDCD Live São Paulo 2017 kicks off after two intensive jury days
Aquatic plant paper closes local loop
Water plants are harvested for use in the aquatic plants paperAntalis Netherlands partners in project for paper production from locally harvested aquatic plants
Dancing change into the court room
Design Academy graduate Dorota Gazy aims to bring humanity back in the justice system with the help of dancers
‘Use creativity to give sustainable behaviour a fighting chance’
Design is a powerful tool for activism, WDCD Live São Paulo speakers will show
Educating a conscious and active next generation
WDCD Live São Paulo takes a look at education as an important topic for climate action
‘Climate action needs the voice of women’
UN’s Patricia Espinosa aims to raise the voice of women proposing solutions to environmental problems
‘We can create a vision of how we can transform the world’
WDCD Live São Paulo speaker Babette Porcelijn wants to curb our hidden impact on the planet
CODA Award for Guto Requena’s Dancing Pavilion
Interactive façade of dance club reflects the mood of the dancing crowd
Decision day for the nominations
WDCD Climate Action Challenge enters next round; nominations on show during Dutch Design Week
Entries from 70 countries, many from the global south
‘Quality of entries for the WDCD Climate Action Challenge is very high’