Great session, thank you Design Council Cathy Parker MBE, SFIPM everytime I spend time with the teamI feel more inspired. The #highstreet has many varied stakeholders and you are preparing to deliver value in so many different ways. Thank you for an insightful day.

Well done, IKEA, and interested to see whether MycoComposite gets more widely adopted. Massive, industrial-scale "packaging mushroom" farms seem like something out of a William Gibson novel, but the world is in desperate need of sth. better than cardboard/plastic. 🍄▶️📦

Global insect biomass is falling at exactly the same rate that global GDP is growing. Turns out GDP is an accidental indicator of how quickly we are unraveling the web of life. Perhaps we should replace GDP with insect biomass as our primary indicator of progress.

Coronavirus: Nasa images show China pollution clear amid slowdown bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…

We had one of our first digital roundtables today with some of our Built Environment Experts (AKA BEEs!) With the collective expertise, we discussed what support is most needed amidst a pandemic and where the role of design can help.

People tend to under estimate the vast amounts of urban space that are taken up by motor vehicles and their parking. For instance in Berlin, cars, each used for an average of 36 minutes each day, have 78% of road space. theguardian.com/environment/20…

I was interviewed by xKojix_Yt, the Founder of A Circle Back for her podcast, This Circular Life. We talk about inequality, privilege, climate and systems change, and how the future will be radically different. You can listen to it: feeds.buzzsprout.com/1166885.rss open.spotify.com/episode/1owWJz…

Three new ways to think about #airpollution from traffic are raised by this article by Damian Carrington and the linked (open access) from @NILU_now ...thread theguardian.com/environment/20…

"BP sought to explain what a carbon footprint is 'in a way which assigns responsibility for climate impact to the individual'." "The strategy is to put as much blame on the consumer as possible...it basically ensures that nothing changes...” mashable.com/feature/carbon…

In the following weeks, I will be sharing key insights from my PhD research, starting with a piece on the Psychology of Climate Change and how to improve public and political engagement with the climate crisis... medium.com/@GyorgyiGalik/…

Join @imaginari_es, Kata Molnar, Judit Boros & me Budapest Design Week this afternoon at 17:00 (CET) for the ADES (Institute of Advanced Design Studies) webinar where we'll be looking at systems, design practice, climate change, natural resources, and a just transition... facebook.com/events/3672934…

The following blog post describes the 4 design experiments I developed during my PhD. Applying insights from social psychology, I looked at the potential role of AI agents and emerging technologies in helping people transition to low-pollution lifestyles. medium.com/@GyorgyiGalik/…

I've been teaching my mum to recognise how the Hungarian media are manipulating her worldview, including the infantilisation efforts of daily news always ending with a story in the zoo. She sent me a photo of a leopard last night to add to my collection 💪👏 #stupidifythemasses

"If your home lies somewhere between one refugee camp to the next, the sky your roof, barbed wires for walls...This may not be your crisis" powerful message from @sara_asfiya as part of the first showcase of the Low Carbon Design Institute Low Carbon Design Institute

Fascinating and sobering talk from Kevin Anderson asking for real zero by 2035 (not net zero by 2050) at Design Council 's #DesignForPlanet Festival

The Council on Urban Initiatives launched our new website today where you can download our recent publication 'Shaping Urban Futures' which focuses on cities at the forefront of addressing the multiple, urgent crises we face. Website: councilonurbaninitiatives.com UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose LSE Cities UN-Habitat

What a joy to have led research on Bogotá's District Care System with Gyorgyi Galik & Tayo Isa Daniel Diana Rodríguez Franco & Natalia Moreno Salamanca's leadership of the Care System along with all those working on the initiative were an inspiration. Check out the report for lessons we should learn👇

Here's why carbon budgets, not long-term 'net zero' targets, are an appropriate guide to staying below 1.5-2°C. Captioned in: English, Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish, Indonesian, Assamese, Malayalam, Marathi & Greek Please get in touch if you can help us translate to other languages!

A superb explanation by George Monbiot of why non-violent direct action is not only an essential component of a healthy democracy, but why our future depends on it. 👏👏👏

the most powerful climate report of the decade was published on monday, after 195 governments fought over the words in its summary for policymakers, and the only media allowed in the room just published its account of who lobbied for what 1/