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How we work

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Design like there’s a climate crisis

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Through face to face meet-ups, conversations and case studies the community is openly building and sharing tools and guidance to help designers adapt their practice to always be designing with the planet in mind.

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Our collective principles

We exist to build confidence in leading discussions about climate and shape knowledge and practice. There are no experts, but we seek to grow expertise.
We balance the positive and negative aspects of the challenge at hand. We make constructive contributions, knowing that staying positive helps us take action.
Contributors can work autonomously to further community objectives. Permission is assumed, not given. We collaborate across the design and tech communities.
We evidence what works and why. We share knowledge openly. We iterate.
Global problems require diverse viewpoints to craft viable solutions. Design + Climate is welcoming to all.
We are biased towards action. We create practical tools that help make change.

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We organise ourselves by activities that need to be done

Strategy Defines the strategic direction of D+C and ensures we stay true to it	Community Participation Encourage engagement and discussions, through clear communications and a variety of channels	Events Organise events and gatherings in ways that help build a sense of community and make knowledge/experience building engaging	Tools & Knowledge Building Develop a toolkit with methods that have been applied and tested
How we do it Listen to our community and learn from other industries Empower the community to design with the planet in mind by sharing best practices & creating strategic partnerships	How we do it Onboard new members, moderate conversations, �guides to resources Management of wider comms	How we do it Organise and run physical �and digital events	How we do it Prototype ideas to be tested by members Collate case studies and from the community Produce reusable resources for the community toolkit library

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Strategy	Community Participation	Events	Tools & Knowledge Building
How YOU can contribute Craft content�Get in touch to run a workshop, suggest a discussion theme, lead a discussion, or become a guest speaker Take it to you�Get support from us to introduce the environment into your own workplace or practice through guidance and tools	How YOU can contribute Participate�Contribute to (online) workshops and discussions, share resources and initiatives, actively discuss and develop our thinking Participate in conversations and share your resources on the slack channel too: Share useful resources on the #resources channel with a little description and context (where you’ve found it, when to use it, have you tried or tested it) Share interesting reads and finds in the #links-and-reads	How YOU can contribute Show up�Attend (online) events, where audience members can listen to talks and discussions without the pressure to contribute	How YOU can contribute Keep it practical�Share a tool, methodology, idea: What did you do? What was the outcome? �Develop and prototype new methods or tools through workshops and in your personal practice, and share your learnings: Prototype a method to be added to the library �(see the list of suggested ones on Trello)

We don’t treat people differently based on how long they’ve been involved.�If you think someone should do “x”, then that someone is you!

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‘Cross-channel contributors’ and ‘contributors’

‘Cross-channel contributors’ ensure that the activities inform each other and stay true to our mission and strategy.

‘Contributors’ work on specific tasks. Each member contributes to as many activities as they would like to.

Here is how YOU could contribute to an activity:

Join a channel on Slack

You will find a summary of this month’s activities in the #activities description
Add the new initiative to the summary of this month’s activities in the #activities channel. Include your name so that we know who the main contact is
Feel free to ask for help around your initiative.�The more specific you are about the support you need, the faster you’ll get it.
If the initiative already exists and you would like to help, ask how you can support the existing initiative

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How decisions are made at D+C

Decisions by committee take a long time �and often result in inaction.

Design+Climate is a movement, not an organisation. It is owned by everyone.

If your common sense tells you �a decision is simple and doesn’t require coordination of others, just do it!

If a decision is complex and needs input of �others, it is made by a maximum of 3 people. �At least one of them has relevant experience.

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Resources

Main Google Doc Folder

Community Terms of reference draft

Community prototypes (Trello)

D+C Site: http://designandclimate.org/

D+C slides template

Other Trello Boards:

Developing ideas (ideas gathered from workshops in 2019)

Existing resources (relevant external resources gathered by the D+C Community)