Interested in the lifecycle of products and how we can design for the end of our relationship with them, not just the beginning? Joe Macleod’s renowned Endineering Course begins again on January 30. “Attendees will be among a few people who are engaging in this critically needed approach to product development. Learning how to identify and design for consumer off-boarding experiences – endings.” The course is online, two hours per week for four weeks. Full details here

The Common Table is “a publishing platform dedicated to food futures and systemic change”. Founded by Studio Lovell (a practice combining the writing and design skills of mother and daughter Sophie and Orlando Lovell), it brings “viewpoints and insights from around the world to the table, to enable greater constructive dialogue and exchange about new ways of understanding, approaching and potentially improving the food-related systems that surround and include us”. Check it out here

The climate theory of everything: reflecting on the lessons of COP28, Business Green’s James Murray argues that the overlapping crises that we are currently experiencing must be viewed through the lens of Climate Crisis. “If the climate is at the heart of these interlocking economic, societal, and security crises then the only solution is to tackle the root cause. Applying a climate lens improves every policy and instils greater optimism and better returns in every project. Climate action is the only viable path out of these dangerous decades.” Read it here

It’s time to “do away with sustainability categories in architecture awards” argues property expert, journalist and broadcaster Kunle Barker in the Architects’ Journal. “I would prefer to see (in the same way as we do for safety) a standardised and minimum level of sustainability that a project must meet to be considered for any award, a standard that increases every year, encouraging us to continually improve.” Read the piece here

McKinsey looks at the growing pressures on retailers to make their packaging less harmful to the environment and suggests four actions that can help them rise to the challenge. Read their analysis here

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