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URGE Collective

A creative industries collective dedicated to system change

Sep 08, 2026
Useful Totem: an exploration into circular making
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Useful Totem: an exploration into circular making
Case Studies  | Sep 08, 2026
Environmental audit of Wellcome Collection's THIRST exhibition
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Environmental audit of Wellcome Collection's THIRST exhibition
Newsletter  | May 29, 2026
DSfEC Sprint to Design Out Waste
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DSfEC Sprint to Design Out Waste
Newsletter  | Mar 18, 2026
ICYMI: the must-read intelligence report released under FOI
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ICYMI: the must-read intelligence report released under FOI
Newsletter  | Mar 03, 2026
Design has a digital carbon footprint that all creatives can address
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Design has a digital carbon footprint that all creatives can address
Newsletter  | Feb 13, 2026
CIWM partners with URGE to deliver design skills pilot programme
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CIWM partners with URGE to deliver design skills pilot programme

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Newsletter  | Mar 18, 2026
ICYMI: the must-read intelligence report released under FOI

A landmark intelligence report linking ecosystem collapse to UK food and national security appeared this year after a Freedom of Information battle. Most people missed it, but creatives need to read it and act on it.

ICYMI: the must-read intelligence report released under FOI
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A landmark intelligence report linking ecosystem collapse to UK food and national security appeared this year after a Freedom of Information battle. Most people missed it, but creatives need to read it and act on it.

Newsletter  | Feb 13, 2026
CIWM partners with URGE to deliver design skills pilot programme

Design Skills for Embedding Circularity has officially been announced: designers learn from waste-site visits and expert sessions, then tackle end-of-life in a June sprint. URGE needs you.

CIWM partners with URGE to deliver design skills pilot programme
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Design Skills for Embedding Circularity has officially been announced: designers learn from waste-site visits and expert sessions, then tackle end-of-life in a June sprint. URGE needs you.

Case Studies  | Mar 01, 2025
Green Skills Training Program for Casson Mann

A tailored nine-month Green Skills training programme for Casson Mann with a focus on Reducing Emissions, Evaluating Green Impact and Influencing Green Behaviour.

Green Skills Training Program for Casson Mann
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A tailored nine-month Green Skills training programme for Casson Mann with a focus on Reducing Emissions, Evaluating Green Impact and Influencing Green Behaviour.

Training  | Jan 01, 2025
Sustainability Capacity Training for Design Teams

URGE builds green-skills training for design teams: carbon + materials literacy, circular design, supply chains and regenerative thinking, built into the creative process. Start with a quick diagnostic, then mix and match workshop modules. Want to design your programme? Get in touch.

Sustainability Capacity Training for Design Teams
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URGE builds green-skills training for design teams: carbon + materials literacy, circular design, supply chains and regenerative thinking, built into the creative process. Start with a quick diagnostic, then mix and match workshop modules. Want to design your programme? Get in touch.

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Newsletter  | Sep 26, 2022
Design for Planet returns
Design for Planet returns

The Design Council's Festival will run from 8-9 November

Newsletter  | Sep 22, 2022
Design Declares launches
Design Declares launches

Industry-wide campaign to encourage designers to take action on the climate and ecological crisis launched by group including URGE

Newsletter  | Sep 20, 2022
UK's first fully-circular focused venture studio
UK's first fully-circular focused venture studio

etsaW Ventures will "create, support and scale circular economic ideas that will positively change our world"

Newsletter  | Sep 12, 2022
URGE panel at Material Matters Fair
URGE panel at Material Matters Fair

We've put together a great line-up to discuss the theme Repair, Restore, Recycle plus, The Solar Biennale imagines a world powered by the sun

Newsletter  | Sep 05, 2022
Celebrating 'ugly lawns', plus Reselfridges emphasises resell, repair, rental and refills
Celebrating 'ugly lawns', plus Reselfridges emphasises resell, repair, rental and refills

Swedish island runs contest to find worst lawn of the summer

Newsletter  | Aug 30, 2022
Using waste PPE to help reinforce concrete
Using waste PPE to help reinforce concrete

Plus, could transparent solar panels replace windows?

Newsletter  | Aug 22, 2022
Wagamama's new packaging aims to reduce virgin plastic use
Wagamama's new packaging aims to reduce virgin plastic use

New design is 70% recycled PET

Newsletter  | Aug 15, 2022
The football shirt that charts the climate crisis
The football shirt that charts the climate crisis

Reading FC's new strip displays temperature change data

Newsletter  | Aug 08, 2022
Using DALL-E to reimagine cities
Using DALL-E to reimagine cities

US artist uses AI to visualise more people-friendly spaces. Plus, how the Great Bubble Barrier removes plastic from Dutch river and V&A's LDF plans

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