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Climate change has a communication problem
Over the years, I’ve noticed that certain tendencies in contemporary climate discourse have had a limiting…
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From earthly electronics to a room full of carbon tiles
This summer marks one year since sixteen design-driven startups were awarded the top prize in What…
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The world’s first Solar Biennale kicks off on 9 September
When we first met designers Marjan van Aubel and Pauline van Dongen, they were just starting…
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Impact Manager
What Design Can Do is looking for aN IMPACT MANAGER (32 hrs/week) What Design Can Do…
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How to use logic (and make magic) as a creative
In recent years, we’ve seen more creatives engaging with societal and environmental issues than ever. But…
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Circularity as a feminine principle
Have you ever considered how the concept of a circular economy relates to gender discussions? My…
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Orla Hennessy
Orla Hennessy is the Impact Manager at What Design Can Do. She studied at King’s College…
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Motherhood, gender equity and board games
Motherhood, gender equity and board games. All of these things are more related than you think.…
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Derk Loorbach
Derk Loorbach is director of DRIFT and Professor of Socio-economic Transitions at the Faculty of Social…
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Boost your creativity and deepen your activism
In a time of mounting climate anxiety and deepening social crises, what can designers do to…
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Merijn ten Thije
Merijn ten Thije helps to empower companies in the field of sustainable energy, circular economy, sustainable…
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THE IMPACT OF CREATIVITY (FULLY BOOKED)
More and more designers and creatives are using their work to tackle urgent societal and environmental…
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Anna Queralt
Anna Queralt has worked at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation for the past four years building capacity…
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Your Summer Reading List by WDCD 2022
Recently, we announced the star-studded line-up of speakers who will grace the stage at WDCD Live…
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Zoe Mendelson & María Conejo
Journalist and author Zoe Mendelson teamed up with visual artist María Conejo to create Pussypedia, a…
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From warning gongs to backpack radios
How can we ensure a better flow of information during natural disasters? Especially in the emergency…
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Ammara Jabbar
Ammara Jabbar is a multi-disciplinary artist and writer based in Karachi, Pakistan. She graduated from the…
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Cinema, and all the things climate can’t change
In 2008, Josh Fox‘s family was offered the sum of $100,000 to allow a natural gas…
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Corporate Fundraiser
What Design Can Do is looking for a corporate fundraiser Introduction What Design Can Do (WDCD)…
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Fearless fashion on every and any gender
As a young boy living in the city of Lagos, Adebayo Oke-Lawal became enamoured with the…
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A new platform for creatives on the frontline
Over the past few weeks, millions of people have been displaced as a result of the…
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On war, peace and the architecture of belonging
Can the design of a city help maintain its peace? And if it has been destroyed,…
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WDCD Live returns to Amsterdam on 3 June 2022
It’s finally time to roll out the yellow carpet! This summer, What Design Can Do (WDCD)…
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SPACE10 POPS UP IN MEXICO CITY
Back in February, we shared SPACE10’s latest residency, ‘Tomorrow’s Materials’, which investigates biomaterials in Mexico City.…