D&AD and WeTransfer have launched Creativity as a Catalyst for Change, a free, five-part workshop series “exploring how to use creativity to solve real-world climate challenges”. “Split across 3 modules, this free on-demand course will break down the complex landscape of using creativity for good, how to establish your personal views and match these with the realities of the commercial creative industries”. More details here

Online stationery business Moo interviewed URGE’s Sophie Thomas for its blog, discussing design, sustainability and the circular economy. ““My mantra is ‘waste is a design flaw’ because effectively, you’re not designing the whole, you’re not designing for a system. But currently, we have a lot of waste, so how can we get it back and start using it? We need to redefine what waste is. It’s just an untapped resource in the wrong place, we need to get it back into the workplace.” Read the full interview here

“For the past couple of years, I’ve been working with researchers in northern Greece who are farming metal. In a remote, beautiful field, high in the Pindus mountains in Epirus, they are experimenting with a trio of shrubs known to scientists as “hyperaccumulators”: plants which have evolved the capacity to thrive in naturally metal-rich soils that are toxic to most other kinds of life. They do this by drawing the metal out of the ground and storing it in their leaves and stems, where it can be harvested like any other crop.” Fascinating Guardian piece on the potential of the natural world to help us adapt to climate breakdown. Read it here

For Earth Day on April 22, the Nature Conservancy’s Let’s Planet Together online event features “hand-picked collection of community leaders, scientists and celebrity guests. Each expert will inspire change ranging from beer production to coral restoration, to moose migration to making a difference in your own neighborhood” Details here

Bloomberg Green has launched a climate documentary film competition with a prize of $25,000. Bloomberg Green Docs wants films under 10 minutes long which address the urgency of climate change. A shortlist of five will be screened at a festival in October. Deadline: September 16. Details here

Fashion Revolution Week promises to “collectively reimagine a just and equitable fashion system for people and the planet” by “bringing together the world’s largest fashion activism movement for seven days of action”. The event runs from April 18 to 24 – “we’ll be celebrating changemakers and trailblazers from around the world through our Fashion Open Studio programme of free online events. The events demonstrate how our manifesto works in practice – for an industry that embraces alternative business models, preserves the environment and honours the people who make our clothes”. Details here

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