Restoring New York City’s Reefs
In conversation with REC Winner Mary Lempres
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How creative storytelling and fundraising go hand-in-hand
Talking shop with Sunny Dolat and Kigge Hvid
Kaori Akiyama & Shubhi Sachan on everyday materialities
6 questions with the founders of Studio Bycolor & Material Library of India
‘It feels like closing a loop’
Past winners Emy Bensdorp & Loreta Castro on the Redesign Everything Challenge
Fostering youth participation with Next Gen Design
Five European design platforms launch ambitious new collaboration
Announcing the Redesign Everything Talks
A new circular design event series with Amsterdam’s Pakhuis de Zwijger
What if the future could be better than the past?
5 design visions to restore and reimagine
Putting frontline communities first
5 impactful ways to reframe and reconnect
Building better with less
5 inspiring initiatives to reduce and refuse
Redesigning the end of the line
5 compelling cases for recycle and repair
Co-creating possible futures in the Amazon
Refik Anadol unveils new collaboration with the Yawanawá people of Brazil
Your Summer Reading List by Liza Enebeis, Bebel Abreu & more
6 recent favourites on regeneration, feminism & the business of design
Farmers and creatives meet at Juntos Farm
A community space for regenerative agriculture
Too much clothing, not enough justice
Stop Waste Colonialism is the latest project from The Or Foundation
Amanda Costa on the road to climate justice in Brazil
In conversation with one of São Paulo’s leading youth activists
Clearing up 1.5 degrees of confusion
New series by Ecologi x Waterbear aims to unpack the jargon of climate change
Time and nature take the spotlight in 2022
Our top stories of the year, as picked by our readers and editors
‘Climate action requires extraordinary collaboration’
The Creative Climate Collective on what they learned at COP27
Designing the new utopia & dystopia
How to envision more positive climate futures
Eat, sleep, rave, rewild
New campaign sets out to make London a little greener and wilder
Finding solidarity and sunflowers in Warsaw
Artists rally support for Ukrainian refugees
The Creative’s Guide To COP27
How to take part in the biggest climate change conference of the year
Clean Creatives take on big oil
Ad agencies, it’s time to drop your fossil fuel clients
5 great podcasts on the transformative power of design
Our top picks of recent releases by Grant Gibson, Nairobi Design Week & more