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URGE Collective

A creative industries collective dedicated to system change

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

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Design for Planet: highlights and insights

From understanding 'entanglement' to learning from the Global South and the concept of Advertised Emissions: we pick out some Design for Planet highlights

We're off to Design for Planet

URGE will be taking a leading role at Design Council's Design for Planet event this week, but we want to see more than just talk

COP26: that desperate hope

Following all the key events plus Design for Planet and Waste Age

Tracking the impact of Waste Age

Last week, the Design Museum's landmark Waste Age exhibition launched: URGE is helping to create a thorough environmental audit of the show to assess its impact

Why your Climate Shadow may be more important than your Carbon Footprint

Plus Earthshot prize winners, and 'poo tomatoes' spotted in Kent

Tackling the creative industry's class problem

The UK's Social Mobility Commission has created a new toolkit to address the lack of people from working class backgrounds across the industry

Tools to reduce your carbon footprint

The ad industry launches Carbon Calculator: can design do the same?

Design for Planet and URGE

URGE members speaking at Design Council's major new conference

Picturing climate change

EEA's Climate Change PIX winners plus URGE's Fiona Glen at Write the Earth event and no more plastic for Morrisons' bananas

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