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Eat, sleep, rave, rewild
At first glance, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the Rewilding Rave campaign belonged to the newest…
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Finding solidarity and sunflowers in Warsaw
In Warsaw, there exists a community that calls itself Slonecznik, which means ‘sunflower’ Polish. I am…
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Surviving crude oil in Cabimas
This is a story about the people of Cabimas: a Venezuelan city located in the state…
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Goodbye quick fixes, hello long-term solutions
Today we live in a world that’s bursting at the seams with stuff: households with a…
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Meet the ‘plastic revolutionaries’ of Kenya and Uganda
The world is only too familiar with the global menace of plastic pollution. According to the…
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Gabriel Calvillo
Industrial Designer from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Co-founder of Maliarts, a multidisciplinary creative agency…
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Jared Jiménez
Ecodesigner and consultant who seeks to contribute to the resolution of environmental problems from a circular…
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Karen Kerstin Poulain
Architect graduated from the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, she completed a master’s degree…
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Tania Tovar/Juan Carlos Espinosa Cuock
TANIA TOVAR TORRES Tania Tovar Torres is an architect, curator, and writer. Her practice explores creative…
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Atenea Herrera/Pierre Violet
Atenea brings her knowledge to the center of the fashion discipline with her experience as a…
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Taina Campos
Taina Campos. Industrial designer focused on regenerative design through the exploration of biomaterials. Graduated from CIDI…
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Rianne Makkink
Designer-architect Rianne Makkink is the co-founder of WaterSchool and the Dutch design collaborative Studio Makkink &…
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Kevin Kimwelle
Community architect, researcher and social innovator in sustainable development. He researches the use of alternative design and…
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It’s time to build a circular society — one great idea at a time
What if we could get to the root of the climate crisis, and make our lives…
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Ashley Phillips & Miro LaFlaga on putting purpose over profit
How do you run a successful business that’s driven by purpose, and not profit? Not an…
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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…