Cultivating native plants in São Paulo
In conversation with REC Winners Daniel Caballero & Edegar Silva
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Does the world really need more novelty oats?
Claire Potter on balancing the 'thin tightrope' of product design education
‘Design could transform how things work in government’
Kassim Vera on bridging the gap between design & policy in Jalisco
No Place for Sex Trafficking
New program makes hotel rooms and holiday rentals safer for all
Students present five perspectives on waste-free futures
Highlights from the HKU x WDCD minor programme Design for Social Change
Eco-Anxiety: Searching for the light at the end of the smog-filled tunnel
Exploring the phenomena of 'earth emotions'
New and noteworthy books
Athenaeum Bookstore’s selection of relevant reads for the WDCD community
‘Design education is about critical thinking and experimentation’
Joel Towers, parting Executive Dean of Parsons School of Design, focused new curriculum on sustainable development and social engagement
Educating a conscious and active next generation
WDCD Live São Paulo takes a look at education as an important topic for climate action
Watch the video and bring light to a child in Mali
Cyclus campaign by Arjowiggins and Antalis teams up with Childfund Alliance to provide families in Mali with solar lamps
‘We want to become the ultimate rats’
Experience designer Nelly Ben Hayoun founds the University of the Underground to make social dreams come true
Providing children with the tools for change
Global Children's Designathon on 12 November calls for educational reform
‘Design is too important to leave to designers’
WDCD ambassador David Kester founds UK branch of Design Thinkers Academy
Refugees deserve better education
OpenIDEO's Refugee Education Challenge seeks education solutions for refugees
A Barbie that reads books and eats healthy
Lammily as envisioned by designer Nickolay Lamm
Learning on islands
No classrooms in the En archipel school
A good read for children everywhere
RtR book fair on literacy day in Vietnam
