International Design Day 2024: 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙? 💭 What if designing with care and compassion was not only deeply meaningful but exciting and sought after? Do you already know of designers who embody this ethos in their design practice and work? #isitkind #idd2024 #theicod

Human rights belong to all of us. They are non-negotiable. And they are fundamental to our hopes for a world at peace.

Empowering minds, transforming futures. 📚 Goal 4 of the #GlobalGoals focuses on ensuring inclusivequality education for all. Let's work together to unlock the potential of every learner and build a brighter tomorrow! Learn more: un.org/sustainabledev…

#HappyEaster2024

🎉 Happy International Design Day 2024: is it kind? This year's theme for International Design Day honoured the legacy of the humanitarian designer Rob L. Peters, who once said, "What if we all decided to be a little kinder than necessary? What a gift to pass on." #isitkind

Open Call for Participants! Living Archives of Movements and Collective Struggles Facilitated by Isa Gutierrez Sanchez as part of her Extitutional Knowledges project at FAC. Mondays 6–8:30 pm (13, 20, 27 May, 3 June). Call closes on 10 May. More info: feministresearch.org/wp-content/upl…

The Centre for Entrepreneurship and Sustainability at Brunel University London London is organising the 2nd CES Conference 'Unlocking Social Impact'. On 23/5/24, I will deliver a keynote on integrating SDGs within HE curricula at this event. Full programme brunel.ac.uk/research/Resea…

Academics condemn the genocide committed by the state of #Israel in #Gaza We compose this text with sadness and indignation almost eight months after the beginning of Israel's relentless bombardment of #Gaza... Sign the letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1-0…

How does fashion stack up against other big carbon emitters? Hint: Fashion pumps out more carbon than all international flights and maritime shipping combined! Our new story sheds light on the true cost of fashion. Test your knowledge and take our quiz. feature.undp.org/fashion-revolu…

DISCERN, the International Journal of #Design for Social Change, #Sustainable Innovation & #Entrepreneurship. Special issue on decentring design: crafting shifts, in and through #fashion, Vol. 5 No. 1 (May 2024). designforsocialchange.org/journal/index.…

"We must feel that we are all citizens of this one planet." - David Attenborough #ClimateAction #ActNow

Did you know over 3 billion people rely on the oceans for their livelihood? That's almost HALF the global population! The oceans are essential for achieving the #GlobalGoals. Take action on #WorldOceansDay! globalgoals.org/goals/14-life-…

Zero hunger, zero stunting, zero malnutrition. That's the world we must create by 2030 through #Goal2. Because a well-nourished population is a healthy, productive, and prosperous population. Learn more ⬇️ globalgoals.org/goals/2-zero-h…

This year, the DRS was honoured to recognise the contributions of Professor Ezio Manzini to the field of design research by presenting him with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston during DRS2024. Read more here: designresearchsociety.org/articles/drs-l…

Your morning reminder.

📢 “Education is the single-most important investment any country can make. In its people. And in its future. So let’s start walking the talk. Let’s come together to end the global crisis in education.” 📚 @AntonioGuterres at #HLPF2024: Transforming Education special event

Fashion as Catalyst: Making and Advocacy for Social Change | Film Hear from Dr Seher Mirza & a project participant from CSF’s Decolonising Fashion & Textiles project, which explores design for cultural sustainability with refugee communities. Video credit: David Betteridge

Discern, International journal of design for social change, sustainable innovation, and entrepreneurship. Call for papers, next issue autumn 2024. More info designforsocialchange.org/journal/index.… #SocialDesign #SocialInnovation #Sustainability

Young people, activists, advocates & other influential voices are heading to UN Headquarters in New York for the Summit of the Future Action Days. Together, they will share their hopes & aspirations for #OurCommonFuture. Follow the action: summitofthefutureun.org/action-days?_g…..