Is design causing more harm than good?

When it comes to the complex issues facing our planet, is design causing more harm than good? This is the question posed by George Aye of Greater Good Studio in Chicago in his online Design Ethics Masterclass. View it here

Iceland MD Richard Walker’s new book The Green Grocer is billed as “one man’s manifesto for corporate activism”. The book focuses “on practical ways that businesses can help reverse climate change and promote social justice while generating a profit”. More here

The Co-Op has pledged to stop selling ‘bags for life’ after discovering that many people only used the once before throwing them away, according to the BBC. The Co-op said its move would take 29.5 million bags for life, or about 870 tonnes of plastic, out of circulation every year. Story here

Design Week reports on Meat The Future, an exhibition at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History which will explore the impact growing and producing food has on the world, with one such area of focus being eco-labelling. More here