About Greengaged

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 Thomas

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 Johnson

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.

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thomasmatthews.com

three-trees.org

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redesigndesign.org

Anne Chick

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.

Kate Andrews

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.

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kingston.ac.uk

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kateandrews.wordpress.com

About Us
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Blog: Events

Greengaged is back!

Posted by Kate Andrews on Jun 17, 2009 at 04:26 PM | 0 comments

Sophie and Annephoto by: Kate Andrews

Welcome everyone to the new and improved Greengaged website! After an energetic ten days at London Design Festival 2008, the Greengaged hub is taking brand new directions for 2009 and beyond! We have gained international recognition for the events of last summer and the discussions and debates we raised are far too important for us to leave in the past. So, we have been working hard to build a better digital presence, that will allow for more accessible information and knowledge to this years events, and the future of the Greengaged hub!

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Imagine 2058

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…”

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