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Holistic Sustainability

Holistic Sustainability

How can we start to see sustainability as more than material actions like recycling and plastic reduction? These posts explore the other dimensions that shape sustainability.

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Pragmatic to a fault

How a lack of narrative stunts the growth of the climate movement and liberal American politics in the 21st century. (+ resources)

Numbered silhouettes of three people standing in a group, implying they lack a voice.

Putting the social back in media

🍄 Growth Imperatives, No. 16

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A new metric for design beyond ‘growth’

What is “degrowth,” and how can it influence design?

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Friction is a reminder

Much of the design industry's work is centered on making life as simple as possible, but what happens when that idea is taken too far?

A macro of a bee's wings.

How can design be "inspired by nature" without greenwashing?

While biomimicry is a step in the right direction, do we misunderstand what parts of nature we’re supposed to mimic?

A close-up photograph of "cocoform," a material made from coconut fibers and latex.

We need more than sustainable packaging to address the climate crisis

Materials have played a central role in sustainable design for decades, but is their function overstated?

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