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.

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thomasmatthews.com

three-trees.org

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redesigndesign.org

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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kateandrews.wordpress.com

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

Knowledge

This page is the repository of podcasts, articles, and other media downloads, curated by the Greengaged team with guests from throughout the design industry.

Podcasts

Audio podcasts from past events are added to the Greengaged channel on the iTunes music store. Subscribe today to make sure all future podcasts are automatically downloaded when they become available.

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Articles

greengaged material survey – the results are in!

As part of Materials Day at this year’s greengaged event we ran a survey to find out about designers favourite materials | by Sophie Thomas (0 comments)

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A Starck Reality

Greengaged co-founder Sophie Thomas raises her criticism of Philippe Starck's Design for Life series, currently airing on BBC2. | by Sophie Thomas (1 comment)

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Designing With Intent

Brunel University Researcher, Dan Lockton, writes on Behaviour Change and Designing with Intent. Edited by Kate Andrews. | by Dan Lockton (0 comments)

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Exploring Behaviour Change Barriers at Greengaged

Greengaged curator, Ed Gillespie offers a great summary feature about the happenings on day one of Greengaged 2009... | by Ed Gillespie (1 comment)

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Greengaged at the Design Council for the London Design Festival 2009

We have announced our guest curators and their themes for the London Design Festival, Sept 2009, hosted by the Design Council | by Sophie Thomas (0 comments)

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The Age of Stupid

Pitched to be this year's most talked-about climate change film, The Age of Stupid is a new movie from director Franny Armstrong | by Kate Andrews (0 comments)

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