While tools such as education, policy, and technology are often prioritised in discussions about building a more sustainable world, the potential influence of art in this space can be...
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Enter the Redesign Everything challenge for a circular future now
What Design Can Do has launched the Redesign Everything Challenge, its fifth Climate Action Challenge in collaboration with the IKEA Foundation. WDCD invites innovators from every corner of the...
5 Compelling cases for recycle and repair
Every day, the world sends about 5 million tonnes of waste to landfill. This figure is already well beyond what most countries can currently handle, but it will nearly double by 2050 if business...
How nature informs the artisans of Madagascar
Artisans from Madagascar do not boast about their sustainability practices; for them, it is simply the only way to create. Before the term ‘slow fashion’ was coined and upcycling was on-trend,...
Ijeamaka Nwizu launched Diakwu Cloth to preserve the Nigerian weaving tradition
While growing up in Nigeria Ijeamaka Nwizu was enchanted by her grandmother’s traditional outfits. Specifically, those made from Akwete fabric – a traditional handwoven textile from Igboland. “I was...
7 Lifestyle guides for low-impact living
Creating a just and regenerative world takes daily acts of constant care. To make this easier for you, we have produced a series of guides filled with ideas on how to weave acts of care into...
The Waste Guide: Refuse, reuse and recycle
Reason to care: Waste has become the symptom and symbol of our linear capitalistic economic system that prioritises overproduction and overconsumption. Convenience has become a key to maintaining...
The Home Guide: Create an Earth-friendly home
Reason to care: For many of us, our homes are spaces of comfort and familiarity. When it comes to sustainable living, our homes are an important focus, because they are one of the few spaces we can...
The Garden Guide: Watch how your garden grows
Reason to care: Industrial agriculture is extractive and driven by profit maximisation instead of creating farming systems that care for the Earth. This way of farming and rearing livestock is...
The Kitchen & Food Guide: Cook and clean with care
Reason to care: The kitchen is the hearth of many homes. It’s a space where family and friends gather to share food, connect with each other, tell stories, continue traditions, and build a sense of...
The Bathroom Guide: Take stock of your beauty regime
Reason to care: The beauty and wellness industry overwhelms us with more products than we know what to do with and with constant calls to buy more. It’s an industry that pushes hard at convincing us...
The Wardrobe Guide: How to lower your fashion impact
Reason to care: Most fashion is produced in a fast fashion system which has a huge impact on planetary and social systems. The fast fashion industry is driven by overproduction and overconsumption....
The Travel Guide: Holiday with peace of mind
Reason to care: Travelling is such an important source of joy in many of our lives. We learn about new cultures and experience new places. When we travel, we break away from our regular routines and...
Joy of Africa
Over five years summer in Cape Town has become synonymous with the annual Joy from Africa to the World campaign at the V&A Waterfront. The beautiful series of installations indicate a shift away...
Will COP28 help the world kick its fossil fuel addiction?
Fossil fuels are the elephant in the room at COP28, the United Nations climate conference. It’s the big deal that will be in the small print when the final text from this year’s United Nations...