Harvesting clean energy, using rotten veg
Innovative new material could turn entire buildings into vertical solar farms
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Buy Nothing on Black Friday
And other ways to curb consumption this holiday season
How New York City’s Armour is Being Transformed into Art
The Plywood Protection Project finds new use for boarded-up storefronts
A Whole World Beyond Plastic
Dave Hakkens' latest series is all about biodegradable materials
Style and sustainability for the new normal
Environmentally friendly masks with high impact on local economic activities
CAN NATURE BE RESTORED?
Paola Antonelli explores how creativity can lead us to an “elegant ending”
Students present five perspectives on waste-free futures
Highlights from the HKU x WDCD minor programme Design for Social Change
STUDENTS AGAINST WASTE
Introducing a generation of regenerative designers
No time to waste
How can we design solutions that deal with the dangers of consumption?
Change is calling, rethinking the smart in smartphone
Introducing Fairphone 3, the latest model of ethically produced smartphones
Raise Your Cup
How are we solving the issue of waste during the festival season?
‘The challenge helped to turn our idea into a possible future’
Marjan van Aubel on her Climate Action Challenge winning project Power Plant
One man’s junk is another man’s treasure
How to hijack material flows and transform waste systems in the city
Great Bubble Barrier stops plastic drifting to sea
Amsterdam-based start-up wins €500.000 in Postcode Lottery Green Challenge 2018
Freitag gives animators ‘tarp blanche’
Animation studios produce visual interpretation of the Freitag story
Piles of information for a sustainable lifestyle
‘This is a good guide’ is filled with tips for a conscious life
Game changing designs from Milan
Inspiring design innovations for a better future from Milan Design Week 2018
‘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
Better than meat
Vegetarian Butcher Jaap Korteweg links systemic change to economic success
The fabric that turned Freitag into a brand
With the iconic bags now comes truly sustainable clothing from Freitag
Dave Hakkens’ casual approach to moving communities
How Precious Plastic initiator Dave Hakkens attracts tens of thousands to plastic recycling
What design does for the plastic problem
Fossil fuel industry investments set to rise plastics production by 40% in next decade
Designers must educate their clients on sustainability
WDCD Live São Paulo 2017 report: Activation Session 9, Designing sustainable brands
How to design for an eco-positive business model
WDCD Live São Paulo 2017 report: Activation Sessions 14, Check your hidden impact, and 15, Designing without hidden impact