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Lindi Shepard posted a new event. an hour ago
Fix-It FairFix-It Fair is a FREE, family friendly event hosted by the Station North Tool Library and open to the public. At[…]
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amalia deloney replied to the discussion Pilot – Amphibious Council of 2060 in the forum Opportunities 3 hours ago
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Lindi Shepard replied to the discussion EDC Project Award Proposal: Feeling Tingly? in the forum Antidotes to Toxicity 19 hours ago
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Lindi Shepard replied to the discussion EDC Project Awards Entrant– Solarpunk Dollhouse in the forum Antidotes to Toxicity 19 hours ago
EDC Project Awards Entrant-- Solarpunk Dollhouse
So great to see some budding collaborations! I really enjoyed looking through your references, Alexi! Some of…
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Hopeful and forward-looking futuristic short stories that explore how the power of storytelling can help create the world we need “This is a glorious book that challenges our conceptions of bookmaking as much as it questions our conceptions of world-building. … Continue reading
Space is limited~ for size, and to balance local and global participation. Please only RSVP if you can truly make…
El Cambalache’s Department of Decolonial Economics is offering an opportunity to engage in collective, decolonial, and non-capitalist research practice. This…
The Crow’s Nest has expanded our youth call to include college students, and moved the due date to April 8th!…
Flooded Pine Press (a micro-publishing operation run by EDC members Holden Turner and Brianna Cunliffe) seek poetry submissions for our…
Applications are open to the upcoming cohort of The Climatebase Fellowship. Recognized by Forbes as one of the “Top Professional…
The Ecological Design Collective is a community for radical ecological imagination and collaboration. While our work centers on grounded, in-person…
SOLARPUNK– Submissions due March 03 We can’t be what we can’t see. As fascism destroys our social systems, the ability…
Taking place October 9-11, 2026, the Decomposium is a three-day symposium exploring decomposition and the intertwined processes of death, decay,…
The Chesapeake Bay Trust is excited to announce a pilot program to tackle maintenance on small-scale restoration projects in Maryland.…
Open call for a PhD position at the Department of Political Science of Lund University. The position is part of…
- Antidotes to Toxicity
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Echoing the yearly theme of 2025-2026, this is a discussion space for exploring practices that counteract harm. Share approaches to non-toxic materials, regenerative systems, and…
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Our Opportunities forum is a platform to share projects for collaboration, job postings, volunteer positions, calls for art and publication submissions, and other relevant listings.…
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View forum - Jones Falls Futures
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A space to reimagine the present and future of the river at the heart of Baltimore. What could the Jones Falls be like in 2076,…
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Over the 2025-2026 year the EDC asks: What might it mean to search, recognize, celebrate, and create antidotes to toxicity?
 At the Ecological Design Collective, we understand ecological design as more than aesthetic or technical intervention. It is a form of world-building. It is a way of resisting toxicity through the design of spaces, systems, and solidarities that enable life to flourish. To design an antidote is to craft the conditions for health, wellbeing, and joy. It is to reimagine polluted places as sites of renewal. To see not only what is wrong, but what is possible. And to act with others who are likewise struggling to breathe, to heal, to build. For 2025-2026, we will explore the many ways that toxicity manifests and the diverse strategies from the scientific, to the creative, to the social, to the speculative, that communities are developing to confront and transcend it.
With roots in Baltimore and relations around the world, we’re building a place for researchers, designers, activists, artists, writers and others to conceive and develop alternative ecological futures. Sign up to join us, post and participate, and receive our newsletters.
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