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.

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.

About Us
Greengaged | 8 Disney Street, London | 020 7403 4281 | email

Greengaged is tweet-tastic

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Greengaged is tweet-tastic

For live updates on new events, the latest posts and commentary, follow us on Twitter @Greengaged. Get involved with discussions by adding #Greengaged to your tweets!

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David de Rothschild interview

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David de Rothschild interview

In celebration of plastiki triumphantly arriving in Sydney we have published the interview with David de Rothschild from last years materials day

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Materials survey results

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Materials survey results

Results are in for the survey run in conjunction with last year's 'The materials behind sustainability' event.

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Greengaged goes to Beijing

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Greengaged goes to Beijing

The Greengaged week at CAFA has arrived. Watch out for interesting stories and sustainable design ideas emerging in Beijing!

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Greengaged ‘listen again’

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Greengaged ‘listen again’

Events are recorded and available for download on the Greengaged iTunes site. Revisit the 2008 events, and 2009 will be uploaded soon.

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Intelligent Design

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Intelligent Design

With a host of high profile voices, check our articles section for in depth discussions! Our latest feature is from Ed Gillespie of Futerra!

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The day’s events

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The day’s events

Keep an eye on the blog for regular updates on the event of the day from our resident bloggers.

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