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Projects ‘Steps to Citizenship’ and ‘Reimagining Civic Education’ are selected as winners of the SDN challenge!

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Transd recent graduates win first prize for their project ‘Steps to Citizenship’ and third prize for project ‘Reimagining Civic Education’, in the first National US…

Project Interzone is selected as a finalist of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards!

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We are thrilled to share the news that Project Interzone was selected as a finalist of the first ever Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards,…

Join us for the Start up Design Jam! April 1st, 2017!

| Conferences

You’re invited to Startup Design Jam! Calling all game-changers! If you have a background in web development, marketing, communication, public relations, design or business development,…

THE COMMUNITY MOBILITY CHALLENGE

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For students passionate about social change and developing the skills necessary to turn their ideas into action, we are excited to announce that ELab has teamed…

Setting the Stage for Possibility

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Considering the scale of the complex issues humanity and the planet are being faced with today, it is important for not only the so-called ‘experts’, to…

The Importance of Alternatives

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Having come from a country with so many social contrasts and political upheaval, I feel the imperative need for alternative realities firsthand. Speculative design introduced…

When Many Have a Will, There’s a Way

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Photo by author: Jardim Lapena, São Paulo, Brazil. The limitations of my field as an architect were clearly brought to light when I started volunteering…

SOUND THE MOUND!

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SOUND THE MOUND is a project that addresses complex issues of climate, sanitation, landfill reclamation, public parks, cellular technology, public art, sonification and more. Join…

What Can We Do About Climate Change

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We have already warmed the climate by about one degree Celsius, and this one degree has already caused shrinkage in land mass, the escalating number…