The Design Council’s Design for Planet Festival opens on 17 October for two days of presentations, discussion and workshops to help designers “gain the skills, knowledge and inspiration you need to put the planet at the heart of your work”. The programme features “over 60 of some of the world's leading experts in design and sustainability”. On Day 2, Design Declares’ partners, including URGE’s Alexie Sommer,  will host a collaborative discussion. Anyone can attend the Festival online for free. Details here

The Guardian reports that Killarney has become the first town in Ireland to ban single-use coffee cups. Previously, the paper reports, “the County Kerry town went through about 23,000 cups a week – more than a million a year – adding up to 18.5 tonnes of waste”. Now, If you want a take-away coffee, you must bring your own cup or pay a €2 deposit for a reusable one. Story here

Thirty projects have been named on the sustainability shortlist of this year’s Dezeen Awards. There are six categories: Sustainable building, renovation, interior, design (consumer), design (building product) and material innovation. Nominated projects include Sugarcrete, “a sustainable, ultra-low-carbon construction alternative to existing high-carbon materials”, the refillable Kankan soap dispenser by Morrama and Two Times Elliott (shown), and “zero-gas residential precinct”, Nightingale Village, in Melbourne. Full details here

Applications are open for the Green Web Fellowship. The Green Web Foundation, a non-profit which advocates for a fossil-free internet, is “seeking five practitioners in digital rights and climate justice who want to build bridges across these movements”. “Successful fellows will be supported in a peer-learning program and deliver a community-based project that contributes to digital rights and climate justice.” The part-time fellowship runs from December 7 for six months. Deadline for applications: October 31. Details here

“Every poster in this exhibition is a failure”: Creative Review speaks to curator Tim Medland about We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970-2020, a new exhibition of 50 years of environmental posters at the Poster House in New York. Read the interview here

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