🌎 We're looking to speak to six design educators in the next season of Climify who are working on sustainable/regenerative design, climate justice, and/or climate action in their classroom and research. ▶️ Please feel free to share with your networks and LinkedIn groups! 💻 https://lnkd.in/gAh-Tavt
Oct
27
Jul
24
Eric is hosting, and Re-nourish again is sponsoring the current season of Climify on the Climate Designers' network. Season 2 will feature a range of provocative and engaging climate and sustainability experts to help design educators and designers bring climate science and action into their work. Episode 1 of Season... read more →
Jul
30
Re-nourish is excited to financially support the new podcast, "Climify" from the Climate Designer network. We're even more thrilled that our own Eric Benson is the host. What is "Climify" you may ask? Well...If you're a designer or design educator wanting to be a part of solving our climate crisis,... read more →
Jun
10
Many creatives want to apply their skills, passions, and talents to good use to help fight our climate crisis and make it a bit more fair and equitable for life on Earth. Unfortunately, it's a bit of a challenge to find a matching group to help, and also, many times,... read more →
Feb
18
(Read the full call to action here). Systems Thinking is “the way” The current model of teaching and practicing design is rooted in Colonial Imperialism which rejects the cyclical process of nature for one that is linear and unsustainable which consistently excludes non-white cultural voices, creates toxic waste and messaging, increases... read more →
Jan
28
As part of my existential search to figure out my life, I'm taking it day-by-day. In that journey, I have asked myself for years "what makes a good day?" I haven't figured that out quite yet. I do know that I need moments of reflection and peace daily to truly... read more →
Dec
21
What makes a good day? This is a question I’ve been asking myself daily even before my normal routine was hijacked by the 2020 pandemic. Days currently blend together. I lose track of time. Seemingly I have ample time to learn or try new endeavors, but it never works out... read more →
Jul
17
Since the summer of 2019, Re-nourish has been helping to get the Climate Designers project launched and effective in creating climate action in the design community. As part of that initiative, we are hoping to affect design education to help graduate the next workforce of climate designers. Instead of the... read more →
Jan
29
When we decided to re-do the content and look of our site, we knew we wanted to return to our roots of digital illustrations. When we switched to photography, it was due to time and money. We had neither. Luckily with some funding we got last year, we were able... read more →
Dec
08
The planet and humanity needs designers to change the way they make things. This was the astutely accurate thesis from the 2002 book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart. Their book changed my life. I had for some time wondered what negative impacts all... read more →