design for climate justice
MCAD // MASD // SPRING 2024
This course explored the intersection of climate justice and social justice, using design thinking, community engagement, and storytelling to address systemic inequalities. Students applied systems-thinking strategies and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to create impactful design projects or campaigns that promote social and environmental change.
Learnings
Connect climate justice and social justice
Apply systems-thinking to social issues
Use UNSDGs to guide design solutions
Analyze systems of power and inequality
Create projects promoting social change
project: little eco heroes
This project aimed to create a campaign using a diverse economies framework to promote climate justice for marginalized communities. Little Eco Heroes, inspired by a passion for education and working with children, focused on providing accessible resources to underprivileged youth in underserved areas.
