D! Monthly Session – May

Design Declares is a growing group of designers, design studios, agencies and institutions here to declare a climate and ecological emergency. As part of the global declaration movement, we commit to harnessing the tools of our industry to reimagine, rebuild and heal our world.We will be hosting regular monthly D! online sessions for members of the Design Declares community to share learnings, ideas, and experience around taking action around the 8 Acts, and in our design practice.

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The Design Declares sessions are for the D! community to meet and share learnings around taking action to tackle the planetary crisis.

Join the May D! Monthly sessionD! Monthly sessions are an opportunity for designers of the Design Declares community to meet and share learnings around taking action to tackle the planetary crisis.In May, we'll focus on Act 2: "Start the journey - Invest in educating ourselves and our teams on methods of sustainable and regenerative design, and show leadership by making measurable change to our practice."Part 1: We'll hear from two designers from the community about how they've adapted their practice- Elisabeth Graf will share her journey as Service Designer now focusing on Design for Climate adaptation, and how she's people and organisations build resilience.- Jo Barnard will share some insights around what they've been doing at her industrial design studio <a href="https://www.morrama.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwsIejBhDOARIsANYqkD0xjLv_yVuhizuCPdQhN8l_nYztTtJtsQihy4la5sxiYwvCUjOU-a0aAnf-EALw_wcB" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Morrama</a> to design with the planet in mind.Part 2: Group discussionsWe'll then have groups discussion to exchange learnings/resources and ways to improve the D! Toolkit.This will be an opportunity to hear from how others in the community have been using methods and resources to adapt our practice towards sustainable and regenerative ones. Whether you're a veteran planet-led designer or a climate curious creative, we want to hear about your journey, the challenges and what you learned along the way!We'll also be discussing the Design Declares toolkit: if/how you've been using it, how it could be improved in order to support you and the design community with your goals and challenges around climate action. If you haven't already, we have a live survey to review how the toolkit is used, who and what our community need from a collection of climate resources. Complete the survey <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZUM-yBCOQI_cnwnxozCefaAFN1SvBNzGLbTNzHAdkfdVDfQ/viewform?usp=sf_link" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.The meeting will be on Zoom, and we will split into smaller groups for discussion depending on how many people join.

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