Beyond your professional design life, there is a lot you can do in your public and personal life to improve the world. If you live in a democracy, vote. Vote specifically to uplift your value system in combination with improving the greater good for the rest of us. Vote with... read more →
Sep
24
Sep
24
Creating for the web or mobile device can provide many opportunities to connect, educate, and mobilize. However, it is important to remember that just because you aren’t using paper, that UI/UX work does still have a negative environmental and social impact. Server farms, for example, that host our online creations... read more →
Sep
24
Design in the era of 400 ppm (parts per million) of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere means that we are working against the clock to avoid a climate change catastrophe. To create going forward means that we have to reduce our impact and also design to renourish our planet. It... read more →
Sep
24
Design in the era of 400 ppm (parts per million) of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere means that we are working against the clock to avoid a climate change catastrophe. To create going forward means that we have to reduce our impact and also design to renourish our planet. It... 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 →