If you need help with methods and tools to measure and reduce your business’s carbon emissions and want to learn about innovative design-led net-zero solutions, the Design Museum is running its Design Methods to Decarbonise your Business one-day workshop on October 19. The workshop will be led by URGE’s Alexie Sommer with speakers including Head of Sustainable Bonds for EMEA and the Americas at HSBC, Anjuli Pandit, co-founder and CTO of xtonne, Bengt Cousins-Jenvey, Climate In Colour founder Joycelyn Longdon, URGE’s Ralf Waterfield and staff from the Design Museum. Details here
The Design Council has launched the #DesignForPlanet Fellowship podcast, promising “thought-provoking conversations on how the design community can address the climate crisis”. Hosted by Alisha Morineke Fischer, the series will run each Friday until the Design For Planet Festival 2022 in November. The first episode features Bernard Hay and Josie Warden, Head of Regenerative Design at the RSA exploring the use of language in design across disciplines and its role in tackling the climate crisis. Listen here
And talking of Design for Planet, the 2022 programme is now live. Over 60 design and business experts including Architect and Circular Design Pioneer William McDonough, Co-founder of Superflux Anab Jain, Model and Ecologist Zinnia Kumar, Design Declares co-founders Jo Barnard and URGE’s Alexie Sommer will take part over the two days of the festival which runs from November 8-9. Details here
‘I have to put up with it’: interesting article from The Drum talking to ad agency employees about working with fossil fuel clients and the way in which some agencies conceal their work for such clients. Read it here
