Greengaged is a not for profit organisation founded in 2008 by Sophie Thomas from thomas.matthews, Sarah Johnson from Re Design and Anne Chick from The Sustainable Design Research Centre at Kingston University.
Greengaged aims to advance the design industry’s capacity to respond positively to key environmental challenges such as climate change. This is done by offering thought leadership, creating spaces for dialogue, and opportunities for knowledge sharing - within the industry and beyond.
Sophie runs the communication design agency thomas.matthews, a trail-blazer in innovative sustainable design, which she co-founded in 1998. She is an ambassador for the cause through her lecturing and in her role as trustee to the Design Council and has co-founded the designer’s resource Three Trees Don’t Make A Forest.
Sarah runs the social enterprise [re]design an organisation that propagates sustainable actions through design. [re]design promote products and projects that are friendly to people and planet, and partner with a wide range of organisations to pioneer sustainable innovation.
Anne is Director of the Sustainable Design Research Centre and heads up the new MA on Design for Development at Kingston University. She has been an academic pioneer in sustainability for over fifteen years and her sustainable design research, knowledge transfer and educational work are acknowledged worldwide.
With an array of socially focused clients under her belt, Kate is an independent communications designer and consultant. In 2008, Kate set up and led the digital communications for greengaged and has since joined the team to assist its invaluable online presence. Kate is currently studying an MA in Design Writing Criticism at London College of Communication.
Posted by Kate Andrews on Sep 21, 2008 at 07:41 PM | 1 comments
In the second part of the Greengaged event, “Wasted Talent”, the twenty-five piece group of designers, writers and academics arrived at Powerday waste recycling centre on Thursday morning. We were warmly met by Chris and John from Powerday, who after a brief introduction split us into two groups for an informal tour around the facility.
Posted by Kate Andrews on Sep 17, 2008 at 08:31 PM | 0 comments
Following London United’s inspiring workshop 'Imagine 2058', we would like to encourage you all to take yourself on your own journey to the year 2058. So, take a moment to relax, close your eyes and walk around the city… 50 years from now. What can you see?
What does the city look like? What sounds are about? Where are the people, and what are they doing? What clothes are people wearing? What emotions do you get? What emotions do you see on others? Are people happy, are they talking to one another? Where can you buy some food? What is the form of transport; is there any transport? When you look at the sky, what colour is it? What is the weather like? Take a good look around you, can you see any trees or any water?
What does the year 2058 look like to you? Post your stories below...
Posted by Kate Andrews on Sep 17, 2008 at 07:30 PM | 0 comments
At 6.30pm on Monday 15th September 2008, as a full moon rose over Covent Garden, John Grant, Aladin and other members of the 11 strong London United collective took to the greengaged limelight for their first ever workshop, “Imagine 2058″ - a journey through time. London United’s Aladin took centre stage to a circle of thirty five attendees and, in a soft tone, instructed “Relax and close your eyes… each time you exhale, you are going to move forward another year… 2010, 2011, 2012…”
Posted by Kate Andrews on Sep 15, 2008 at 01:02 PM | 0 comments
Early this Monday morning, in the heart of London, over sixty people arrived at the Design Council, for the “BIG BANG” breakfast launch of Greengaged, the eagerly anticipated sustainability hub at London Design Festival 2008!
Following an introductory welcome from David Kester, Chief Exec of the Design Council, Sophie Thomas, co-founder of thomas.matthews, took to the stand and set an ambitious launch debate: “This house believes that the primary responsibility for tackling global climate change lies with the design industry.”
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