We send monthly newsletters and occasional additional announcements about new events, design opportunities, and other great resources for climate designers.
Welcome to the new Climate Designers newsletter!
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 Designers community, and that of designers across the world innovating at the intersection of Design and Climate. Our goal is to create a space to highlight topics we care about that we do not see covered as often in mainstream Design and Climate conversations. We are focused on regenerative, equitable solutions, and questioning the role of the design within our existing industries. We recognize that design played a part in creating the climate crisis, and are looking beyond incremental improvements towards the larger systems change we need to enable a climate positive future. This newsletter will be an evolving format as we see what resonates with you. Let us know what you think and what you’d like to see more of in the future by submitting your feedback here. 🙂 Enjoy! Marc & Natalie Creating season 4 of Climify has been an absolute joy, thanks to our fantastic team. We've discovered that while changing the system can be a daunting task, it’s best tackled through small, localized interventions. The magic happens when you visualize how the system operates and identify the most connected areas to target. We also learned that protest and corporate advocacy are two sides of the same coin—both essential for driving meaningful change. Plus, we’ve highlighted the importance of integrating generational knowledge and a commitment to decolonization into our future actions. Together, these elements can help us build a more equitable and just society. Join us for the finale, where we celebrate the journey and look ahead to inspiring change! If you haven't listened to the season yet, here are three amazing episodes to get you excited about the rest!
Alicia Storie: The House of WellbeingVolunteer Spotlight Alicia Storie leads the Climate Designers UK Hub, and is the founder of ADesignStorie, a multi-award winning sustainability-focused interior design studio. She creates diverse projects ranging from tiny homes to yoga studios. Each project is crafted with a biophilic approach inspired by the local landscape. Alicia recently presented The House of Wellbeing at Dundee Design Festival in Scotland, set to be the world's most sustainable festival. Her installation included two tiny timber structures designed to showcase biophilic design and innovative sustainable materials, and featured elements included CO2-absorbing paint and seaweed-based lighting. The installation’s Future Materials Table invited visitors to explore 51 biomaterials—such as seaweed bioplastics, paper pulp, and coffee leather—highlighting their potential applications in sustainable interiors.
Doom & Bloom cuts through the noise to the heart of design and climate action. Our future is undecided—how will we use our collective imagination to design a better world for all? Through unfiltered conversations, we unpack today's challenges through the lens of creativity and possibility to motivate designers to take meaningful action. Explore bold, innovative ideas that shift away from the current paradigm towards a regenerative future.
Question of the MonthIs there an area of climate you have been wanting to learn more about? If so, which one?
OpportunitiesCurrent Design and Climate Jobs, Courses, and other Opportunities Jobs Manager, Climate Action & Design Excellence at the AIA, Remote in the USA Communications Manager at Save the Harbor, Boston MA USA Senior Director of Design at Change.org, USA based, flexible location Creative Lead at Centrica Energy, Hybrid/Remote, England Multi-page Designer at thinkPARALLAX, Remote USA UX/UI Product Design Apprentice at BackMarket, Hybrid/Remote, Paris Courses & Programs RegenIntel January 2025 Cohort - Apply now for early bird pricing Terra.do’s Climate Change: Learning for Action - Apply by November 22nd EventsUpcoming Virtual Climate and Design Happenings Free Designing with Life: Catalyzing Innovation from MIT on November 4th Design for Planet Festival from Design Council on November 6th Design Within Conflict, Building for Peace from Harvard’s ArtLab with Shana M. griffin on November 13th Paid Climate Symposium 2024 from Harvard Business School on November 2nd Circular Design Deep Dive from IXDA on November 19th–20th InspirationWhat we’re Reading/Watching/Listening to in Design and Climate 🔈(UX) Activism in AI from Design Observer with Google’s Ovetta Sampson 📺 (Architecture) Building made from mushroom waste from Sam Bentley on MycoHAB 📺 (Art) Lands and Symbiotic Futures Exhibition from Women Eco Artists Dialogue 📺 (Systems) Hopes Conference Recordings from University of Oregon 📺 (Thought Exercise) How hurricane debris gets cleaned up from PBS News
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Climate Designers
We send monthly newsletters and occasional additional announcements about new events, design opportunities, and other great resources for climate designers.
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...
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...
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...