Four Trends Shaping Circular Design Today
Less plastic, more people power + other big ideas from the No Waste Challenge
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‘The Earth feels and lives just like us’
Notes on indigenous knowledge from ‘Urgent Conversations on Earth Day’
Paola Antonelli launches ‘Broken Nature’ podcast
A four-part series to examine our fragile ties to the environment
The difference between appropriation & appreciation
Notes on power, identity and community from ‘Urgent Conversations on Earth Day’
Kiji Arita revives forgotten ceramics in Japan
Sander Wassink & Yoriko Ishizawa discuss their latest collaboration
Past Challenge winners – where are they now?
See how 5 winners of WDCD Challenges continue to grow their impact today
Plastic In the Air
New interactive website visualises the microplastics in the air we breathe
No Waste Challenge receives a record-breaking 1409 entries
The global design competition now enters its selection phase
Urgent Conversations on Earth Day
An online event about design, climate action & ancestral knowledge
Wekesa Zablon on his hyper-local approach to circularity
No Waste Challenge in Nairobi: Tackling mobility, food and community
Food waste, reimagined
Foodvalley NL highlights six circular initiatives changing the way we eat and farm
Making objects and queering spaces
Coolhuntermx celebrates women in Mexico's creative industries for #IWD2021
Six innovations taking on the plastic waste crisis
WWF highlights bold solutions to achieve no plastic in nature by 2030
Protest Posters for the Global Climate Strike
This week's visual relief features artists Anisa Makhoul, Karabo Poppy & more
‘Climate change is the most challenging brief I’ve worked on’
Naresh Ramchandani on creativity, sustainability & designing out waste
Haven’t we all been bad designers?
New campaign shares calls to action by Bruce Mau, Selly Raby Kane & more
In Indian society, repair is a dying skill
No Waste Challenge in Delhi: On frugality, sharing and craftsmanship
Clayre Coello & Carmen Serratos: weaving networks between women
Coolhuntermx celebrates women in Mexico's creative industries for #IWD2021
21 creatives offer up 21 words of inspiration
This week's visual relief is a series of punchy, typographic pick-me-ups
The world’s first 3D printed earthen house
TECLA brings together ancient materials and new technology
Gjenge bricks are cheap, colourful & stronger than concrete
Meet the inventor making building blocks out of Nairobi’s plastic waste
The link between waste & climate change, explained
Breaking down the mother of all environmental problems
A monkey house in between trees
Marko Brajovic completes his latest structure in the forests of Paraty, Brazil
Why waste is a socio-political issue
Making sense of the same storm, from very different boats