‘We need a Ministry of Creation & Climate Change’
WDCD-founder Richard van der Laken calls for more influence of the creative industry on political decision making
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‘Together we have real developing power’
WDCD teams up with IKEA Foundation and Autodesk Foundation for Global Climate Action Challenge
Precious Plastic takes the next step
The full story behind Dave Hakkens' plastic recycling project
Learn how to design for the circular economy
Activation sessions at WDCD Live Amsterdam will inspire you to help shape the economy of the future
ECO coin puts value on nature
Rewarding environmental action through an alternative currency
‘The silver lining is that people are fighting back’
350.org founder Bill McKibben finds hope in the massive public uprising against Trump administration’s climate change denial
Find inspiration in the marshes of Chibayish and the magic of feathers
Athenaeum recommends #1: Three magazines on rural life and nature
Rescue your leftover food with the Brinery
A modern interpretation of the forgotten process of food preservation
Industrial scars: The environmental cost of consumption
A book of photographs that combines beauty and horror to make a point
Here’s an after-movie that looks ahead too
Take a short look back at WDCD Live São Paulo 2016 and see what's up for Amsterdam Live 2017
Investigating how the future city can feed itself
IKEA’s innovation lab SPACE10 researches self-sustaining urban food production
How design can help address violence against women
Shay Raviv (STBY) describes what to expect from the breakout session on Violence against women: Deconstructing cultural behaviour
Four design managers on the power of design for brands
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2016 report: What Design Can Do for Brands & Business breakout
In search of values that make a design toolkit
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2016 Report: What Design Can Do for Africa breakout
A nice variety of stories on music and design
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2016 report: What Design Can Do for Music breakout 2
Impact requires a simple idea and a little magic
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2016 report: What Ideas Can Do for Impact breakout
Back in kindergarten for the music
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2016 report: What Design Can Do for Music breakout 1
And the winners are…
Here are the five finalists of the WDCD Refugee Challenge
It’s a Rap! Headlines in Rhymes
Senegalese rappers present weekly newsflash Le Journal Rappé
Zaaf, a life in a bag
Young Ethiopian woman entrepreneur conquers the world with leather handbags
Saving Ethiopian handloom weaving from extinction
International design brands revive traditional weaving in Ethiopia
A chance of one in five
25 projects on the shortlist of WDCD Refugee Challenge
Refugees tell their stories on their own terms
'My Stories, My Terms', awriting and visualization workshop combining the word with a design process
Love-Europe serves refugees as a guide
|Free app navigates newcomers through new places and necessities