Climate Month Event Takeaways Community Spotlight It’s been a busy month for many of us here at Climate Designers between Earth Month, Los Angeles Climate Week, and San Francisco Climate Week. The central Climate Designers team hosted a few events, as well as many of our Chapters in other regions and cities. Here are some highlights from our collective events this month, plus check out the new podcast season from our partner project Climify. Marc & Rachel’s Thinknado session during LA Climate...
about 1 month ago • 6 min read
Climate Designers at San Francisco and Los Angeles Climate Weeks Event Spotlight With both Los Angeles and San Francisco Climate Weeks happening, we couldn't miss this opportunity to produce a few events for both. Los Angeles Climate Week Event April 6th: Marc O'Brien, co-founder of Climate Designers, and Rachel Cellinese, LA Chapter Leader, will be facilitating a Thinknado session during LA Climate Week. During an interactive creative brainstorming workshop, attendees will focus on using...
2 months ago • 5 min read
Latest from Doom & Bloom Program Spotlight In episode two of Doom and Bloom, Marc O’Brien and Brian Stancheski explore why sustainability isn’t at the core of every project—and how to change that. Using the two-word mash up "jolly & sand", they brainstorm ideas around viral campaigns to sustainability beach festivals. They also discuss bold ways to make climate solutions exciting and impossible to ignore. It’s time to rethink sustainability as something desirable, unforgettable, and built...
3 months ago • 4 min read
Supporting our friends and colleagues in Los Angeles Hi all, The devastation from fires in Los Angeles, California is heartbreaking. As you may know, one of our most active and long-standing chapters is Climate Designers LA led by Rachel Cellinese and Margaret To. Last year alone they programmed over a dozen events to bring the community together. They are now working to find ways to support their local creative community, and have compiled the following resources and organizations to support...
4 months ago • 6 min read
Climate Designers community, As we close out the year, we would like to take this opportunity to celebrate all that we’ve done together. We would be nowhere without all of our amazing volunteers and Supporting Members. Thank you to all those who contributed towards furthering this important work. We are a 100% volunteer-led and member-supported organization. While what we offer is largely free, it is not free to run this organization. If you appreciate the work we do and would like to see it...
6 months ago • 5 min read
Hey Climate Designers, For those in the USA, enjoy the holiday weekend with friends and family. We hope you avoid the corporate consumerist frenzy and instead support your local artists and small businesses this season. Or, consider buying nothing at all :) Enjoy this month's climate-positive projects. Marc & Natalie From Soil to Soul: A Documentary Series Volunteer Spotlight Margaret To co-leads the Climate Designers Los Angeles Chapter, and is the co-founder of Studio SAKA, a creative...
6 months ago • 5 min read
Welcome to our new newsletter! A note from the founders Hey Climate Designers! We’re excited to share with you our new and improved monthly newsletter. We’ve been quiet this year as we focus on internal operations and long term planning. While most of the work we’re currently doing isn’t visible externally, we have a number of projects happening behind the scenes. The latest of these is this refreshed newsletter, designed to highlight the incredible work of our team, the larger Climate...
7 months ago • 4 min read