Future Observatory has a new website documenting its work championing new design thinking on environmental issues. Coordinated by the Design Museum in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council, Future Observatory curates exhibitions, programmes events and funds and publishes new research, including a forthcoming report authored by URGE on reducing the carbon impact of temporary and touring museum exhibitions. Explore the new website, which was designed by Spin, here

The third edition of design consultancy Made Thought’s To Think journal “urges designers and businesses to think deeper about solutions to the climate crisis and encourage optimism instead of fear”. Co-edited by Made Thought’s Ben Parker and A Plastic Planet’s Sian Sutherland, the publication “focusses on how we can ‘accelerate towards a new future’, [and] comprises interviews from 12 experts working in different fields such as population, consumerism, energy, the ocean and materiality,” according to Design Week. More here

And talking of magazines, the latest issue of The Preserve Journal is out, continuing its “unfolding dialogue of what a sustainable, transparent, and resilient food culture might look, feel, and taste like”. The issue includes contributions from South Africa, Cuba, Austria and Serbia. More here

Mass tree-planting is often held up as an important contributor to alleviating the results of climate change, but just how effective is it? Carbon Brief has an in-depth Q&A explainer on everything you need to know about how trees benefit nature, people and the climate. Find it here

The Better Battery Co.’s packaging is designed to make battery recycling easier. Its recycled cardboard box is designed to help the user identify which batteries are new and which have been depleted: “Each one has a white end and a blue end. When you put a used battery back in the box, you turn it upside down, so the white end is visible. When the trail path has turned from blue to white, it’s ready to recycle the batteries,” FastCompany reports. More here

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