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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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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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Yann Arthus Bertrand tells the story of our HOME

Posted by Kate Andrews on Jul 22, 2009 at 08:26 PM | 0 comments

During a TED Talks binge earlier this month, I found myself watching 'Yann Arthus Bertrand captures fragile Earth in wide-angle'. As GoodPlanet Fundation President, and the brains behind both The Earth from Above and the socially insightful project 6 Billion Others, Yann Arthus Bertrand is someone I am continually inspired by. Self-described as "an ode to the planet's beauty and its delicate harmony" his latest project is a documentary film called HOME, in which you are taken on a unique journey around the planet, through the landscapes of 54 countries - all captured from above.

"In 200,000 years on Earth, humanity has upset the balance of the planet, established by nearly four billion years of evolution. The price to pay is high, but it's too late to be a pessimist: humanity has barely ten years to reverse the trend, become aware of the full extent of its spoliation of the Earth's riches and change its patterns of consumption. 

The launch of HOME was claimed 'a major global event', although I wonder how many of you have heard of or seen it? Nevertheless, for the first time ever, a film was released on the same day (June 5th) in over 50 countries and on every format: movie theatres, TV, DVD and Internet. "HOME is more than a movie" he explains. It will be insightful to see how both HOME and Franny Armstrong's Age of Stupid compare in popularity, comprehension and accessibility. You can watch HOME (1hr 33m) online for free here. Do let us know what you think...

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