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WDCD Climate Action Challenge draws submissions from all corners of the world
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‘In three weeks we start building the first real AGRIshelter’
Improved design of sustainable emergency shelter now ready for implementation
‘We were absolutely surprised by the outcome’
Biomimicry research as part of floating architecture workshop
‘We are on track to become a healthy social enterprise’
The WDCD Refugee Challenge update 2: Makers Unite
Do we need resilient car design?
With half a million cars ready for the scrapyard in Houston alone we might want to think of adaptive mobility solutions
‘The current immigration system is entirely obsolete’
The WDCD Refugee Challenge update 1: The Welcome Card
Floods everywhere, we must act
From Houston to India, floods take thousands of lives
WDCD alumni and friends among Best Designs of the Year
Several projects with ties to What Design Can Do nominated in the Design Museum's Best Designs of the Year contest
Driving faster than the wind in your face
Seven student teams arrived in Den Helder for one of the four large sustainability races in the world
One month to go, but don’t wait till the last day
Already 500 users planning to enter projects to the WDCD Climate Action Challenge
Future of electric driving is made in Eindhoven
Amber Mobility, Lightyear.One and Lina flax car set to revolutionize carbon free mobility
‘Trump is a setback, but I’ve seen worse setbacks’
Al Gore can still see the positive side of things
“Palestrante do wdcd vai a onu”
A cicloativista Aline Cavalcante fala sobre seu encontro com a secretária executiva da Divisão das Nações Unidas sobre Mudanças Climáticas (UNFCCC) no WDCD Live Amsterdam.
‘Patricia Espinosa is a great ally for me’
Aline Cavalcante (right) and Patricia Espinosa quickly connectedBiker activist Aline Cavalcante talks about her meeting with UNFCCC-head that originated from WDCD Live Amsterdam
Help Amsterdam fight bicycle congestion
FlickBikes, one parked according to the rules, the other notNew free floating rental bikes confront the city with parking problems
WORKSHOP DE ARQUITETURA FLUTUANTE COM FOCO NAS MUDANÇAS CLIMÁTICAS
Workshop de 8 dias na floresta brasileira pretende gerar ideias para o WDCD Climate Action Challenge
Impact grants for two social design start-ups
Young designers with their concept made during a DesignathonLand Life Company and Designathon Works receive funding from Expo 2020 Dubai
‘Climate change is at the centre of an information war’
In his new film Al Gore warns for the influence of big money on public opinion about climate change
Climate change might lead to power cuts
Research by Leiden University shows that droughts may cause shortage of cooling water for power plants
EAU is a radical new concept for a luxury yacht
Tjep. nominated for the International Yacht & Aviation Awards with 100 percent electric yacht
Liuzhou Forest City will be entirely covered by trees
Construction has begun in southern China of the world’s first tree-clad city designed by Stefano Boeri
‘Carbon farming can play a role in reversing the climate crisis’
Carbon farming helps capturing carbon dioxide from the air in the soil
Banana paper, laser tree e vertical university
Primeiras entradas para o WDCD Climate Action Challenge visíveis na plataforma do Challenge.
Banana paper, a laser tree and a vertical university
Vertical University: Imagine a university where farmers are professors