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What does designing for life mean in practice? Who is doing it? How we can help? I write, talk, and advise. We also host offsite/retreats here in France .

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How might art and design reshape our relationships with coastal ecosystems and intertidal zones? On 2 October #CoastalCoArt reappears at Lancaster University in the UK as a TEA talk and presentation https://lnkd.in/eQcu9dt2https://www.trybooking.com/uk/event/119313

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Interesting, of course - but a pivot in design to "immaterial concerns, attending to the soul and spirit as much as the body” could see greenwashing replaced by spirit washing. Healing the earth means paying *closer* attention to its materiality

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Walker Art Center presents its inaugural Design Triennial, titled Beyond Materialism.

October 17, 2026–February 14, 2027

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How might art and design reshape our relationships with coastal ecosystems and intertidal zones? On 2 October #CoastalCoArt reappears at Lancaster University in the UK as a TEA talk and presentation https://lnkd.in/eQcu9dt2https://www.trybooking.com/uk/event/119313

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We are excited to be launching a short online course with a field component on the theme of Urban Ecology and Alternatives through Kalpavriksh, Vikalp Sangam and a sub-group of The Alternatives Learning Collective (TALC).

For any queries, please write to alt.edu@kalpavriksh.org

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