Ecological Design Collective | Alaa Saad | Activity https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/members/alaa/activity/ Activity feed for Alaa Saad. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:15:28 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.15.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 1edb1dcd869d54a2d68753783c6a2e0c Alaa Saad posted an update: The Guardian discusses a new study that suggests that […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4670/ Mon, 15 Jul 2024 21:18:17 -0400 The Guardian discusses a new study that suggests that the climate crisis is extending the length of Earth’s days! Check it out.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/15/climate-crisis-making-days-longer-study

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f39210161cd9194bb29d67901af0447b Alaa Saad posted an update: Tools for Climate […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4639/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 02:05:39 -0400 Tools for Climate Change Art
https://www.frankejames.com/6-tools-to-make-world-leaders-see-the-big-picture/

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3afbd67080db13412802d76b0b1c26f4 Alaa Saad posted an update: The Association of African American Museums emphasises […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4636/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 04:28:28 -0400 The Association of African American Museums emphasises how damage from storms, flooding, and rising sea levels threatens cultural sites, calling for resources allocation..

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/02/07/black-museums-face-greater-peril-in-the-climate-crisis

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d36c6f25b85de426472fab7d66106a88 Alaa Saad posted a new activity comment https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4616/#acomment-4632 Mon, 24 Jun 2024 16:03:33 -0400 That is great, Inna– Congrats!!

In reply to - Inna Alesina posted an update

Our project Gifts of Time, Space, & Attention, received notable mention in speculative design category/ design awards[…]

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4e5736d8fe538a921f68448af6e286db Alaa Saad posted a new post. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=7787 Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:40:59 -0400
A Gallery Tour with Inna Alesina

Inna Alesina’s exhibition, The Gifts of Time, Space, & Attention, highlights the issue of invasive plants in Maryland. Alesina’s innovative methods include her foraging efforts and…

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ed2a9f7576066334709e3500321699e2 Alaa Saad posted an update: "The morning of the flood every man who originated from […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4600/ Sun, 09 Jun 2024 03:34:21 -0400 “The morning of the flood every man who originated from the same village—regardless of their communal affiliations—felt obligated to give emotional or material support to his fellow villagers. Their story offers hope even as climate change forebodes a turbulent and dangerous path ahead. The hope is that trying to be good men means cooperating…

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e842189ba2de317cc174080e52597b98 Alaa Saad posted a new activity comment https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4573/#acomment-4582 Mon, 03 Jun 2024 23:06:10 -0400 Just a quick note! We will have a sign next to our table for you to know where we are. If you can’t find us, we will also tell the servers behind the cashier so they can point you to where we are sitting. Looking forward to seeing you!

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Please join us!

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eb6d8cca4f06c465d06327387600101d Alaa Saad posted an update: Please join us! https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4573/ Thu, 30 May 2024 20:44:53 -0400 Please join us!

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1dd2b20699415d157cdc5b0634b2341b Alaa Saad posted an update: “A massive infrastructure project in Agora Hills, Calif. […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4564/ Tue, 28 May 2024 16:05:41 -0400 “A massive infrastructure project in Agora Hills, Calif. is underway to suture together the vast tracts of fragmented wildlife habitat that have been separated by the highway for decades.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/27/wildlife-crossing-bridge-california/

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6fd222424329f1302942a2e92f70f3c5 Alaa Saad posted an update: Ahmann examines the long-lasting environmental and […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4562/ Tue, 28 May 2024 03:51:39 -0400 Ahmann examines the long-lasting environmental and health impacts of coal and oil industries in South Baltimore, highlighting how they worsened over time, and were compounded by infrastructural failures.

https://www.sapiens.org/culture/baltimore-coal-oil-industries-legacies/

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152f32f7a584e55ada45590009f715c2 Alaa Saad posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7728 Mon, 27 May 2024 21:39:29 -0400
June Tide Pool Social!

RSVP below and join the Ecological Design Collective on June 4th from 5-6 pm ET at Peabody Heights Brewery (401 E 30th St, Baltimore, MD)…

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61d2ec2d950fd19d69722427724e52bb Alaa Saad posted an update: "But grasping for ancient technologies and […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4549/ Tue, 21 May 2024 19:47:55 -0400 “But grasping for ancient technologies and techniques without paying attention to historical context misses one of the most important lessons ancient farmers can reveal: Agricultural sustainability is as much about power and sovereignty as it is about soil, water, and crops.”

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/ancient-modern-farmers-climate-change/

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fbf1466f89b8dbc7be09c43c839c44d2 Alaa Saad posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7614 Thu, 16 May 2024 13:37:43 -0400
EDC Book Club: Futures After Progress by Chloe Ahmann

Please RSVP to join the EDC Book Club later this month for a discussion of Chloe Ahmann’s new book, Futures After Progress: Hope and Doubt…

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b6f8f400d61a4ebaf03741951f1f789b Alaa Saad posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7596 Thu, 16 May 2024 13:05:49 -0400
A Gallery Tour with Inna Alesina

Please RSVP to join us for a tour of Inna Alesina’s exhibition, The Gifts of Time, Space, & Attention. Explore her exhibition that highlights the issue…

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997bd3bc9161f58ca53e6e71a0bba452 Alaa Saad posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7562 Fri, 10 May 2024 02:18:45 -0400 0 cf9e05c644a6ee42d4c70f4fd523eca2 Alaa Saad posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7543 Fri, 10 May 2024 02:14:53 -0400 0 534ca5bd5b3084cb4feb5b2e3e250ebc Alaa Saad posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7517 Fri, 10 May 2024 02:10:57 -0400 0 f626752db576be44207bfdb5444a6408 Alaa Saad posted a new activity comment https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4491/#acomment-4493 Thu, 02 May 2024 21:52:37 -0400 This is such a brilliant post, thanks so much for this— gathering some ideas and will write back

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I have been thinking a lot about the “ecologies of militarism”—particularly as it is weaponized in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. I’ve always loved Forensic Architecture’s detailed[…]

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5d2de29a77c08a0a8c8d41985c9555aa Alaa Saad posted a new post. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=7474 Wed, 01 May 2024 02:51:56 -0400
Revalue and Reuse: A Conversation with Mary Mattingly

On April 29th, 2024, the EDC’s ECO-ARTs group hosted a conversation with renowned environmental artist Mary Mattingly. Mattingly is known for merging art, environmental activism,…

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792782b10b1e1afbabd008136caeaa11 Alaa Saad posted an update: 🌎Another Earth Day well spent at Johns Hopkins […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4446/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:49:16 -0400 🌎Another Earth Day well spent at Johns Hopkins University! EDC was thrilled to be part of engaging students in eco-conscious conversations through creative ways! 🎨 From collage to coloring and painting, our activities sparked imagination and passion for sustainability. We were blown away by the talent and enthusiasm of the participants, making…

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50baea19f6c92c1291fc10fbe29cee20 Alaa Saad posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7306 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 02:53:54 -0400
April Tide Pool Social: Earth Fest!

Join the Ecological Design Collective at Keyser Quad (Johns Hopkins University-Homewood Campus) for the Earth Fest as our Tide Pool Social. Dive with us into…

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32223e6b7ea9c06d69632dc8930e2cd7 Alaa Saad posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7199 Mon, 15 Apr 2024 20:02:54 -0400
A Conversation with Mary Mattingly [ONLINE]

Join the Ecological Design Collective for a discussion with this year’s Guggenheim Fine Arts Fellowship recipient Mary Mattingly. Mattingly is known for merging art, environmental activism,…

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d72dd3323774e27693092190f6f1b1ac Alaa Saad posted an update: An interview with a senior researcher on fossil fueld […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4357/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 19:13:41 -0400 An interview with a senior researcher on fossil fueld in Human Rights Watch:

“But why on god’s barely-green Earth is this happening? How exactly are these oil companies allowed to make all that money, while we wither into recession?”

https://www.vice.com/en/article/ak385j/how-oil-companies-get-away-with-everything-expert

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e0343db6401c312abf28831e58299f13 Alaa Saad posted an update: "The elegantly shaped tears and crusty clumps, the […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4328/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 15:37:21 -0400 “The elegantly shaped tears and crusty clumps, the defined and ill-defined — does one lead to the other? Does the creation of something, whatever it is, always produce inordinate waste? What do the creation of beauty and waste…

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863453810555a2fbfe9cf72a65bbe6fc Alaa Saad posted an update: Is it possible for contemporary art to tap into history […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4296/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 04:29:02 -0400 Is it possible for contemporary art to tap into history and revitalize the economy and ecology of the city of Eleusis?

https://hyperallergic.com/879586/art-alone-cannot-save-the-greek-city-of-elefsina/

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69dada71ddf69d64d89cafd2b71b0982 Alaa Saad posted an update: “ Does the creation of something, whatever it is, always […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4289/ Thu, 21 Mar 2024 20:57:11 -0400

 Does the creation of something, whatever it is, always produce inordinate waste? What do the creation of beauty and waste…Read more

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8809fcaa1e0025d823a6b5a8bba89ec4 Alaa Saad posted a new activity comment https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4262/#acomment-4282 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 13:47:58 -0400 Congrats!

In reply to - Jana Kopelent Rehak posted an update

Please, feel free to use the code for authors discount for my new book We Live in the Water. Best, Jana

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b5a605af04f5335944dc3358d366652e Alaa Saad posted an update: On disrupting colonial narratives through art […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4270/ Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:57:45 -0400 On disrupting colonial narratives through art and landscapes

https://hyperallergic.com/874028/sami-artist-outi-pieski-call-for-ancestral-return/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=D022824&utm_content=D022824+CID_174676be2fb41981a73d5b40d4d6a9e5&utm_source=hn&utm_term=A+Smi+Artists+Call+for+Ancestral+Return

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2d2e8d305470ed6697025053f3260163 Alaa Saad posted an update: Check out the artist Outi Pieski exhibition […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4222/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:43:40 -0400 Check out the artist Outi Pieski exhibition critiquing colonial approaches to landscapes and using local practices to represent ecosystems, focusing on the connections between environmental and cultural labor– craft, ritual, and more broadly philosophies of…

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e6d2ca4b694181a373c76574aa176291 Alaa Saad posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=6958 Fri, 08 Mar 2024 16:38:26 -0500
EDC Book Club: Slow Down by Kohei Saito

Join the EDC Book Club this month for a discussion of a new book on the degrowth movement by Japanese philosopher and political ecologist Kohei…

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802ee1bc83c5530d1eb7582bb55c538b Alaa Saad posted a new activity comment https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4197/#acomment-4205 Mon, 04 Mar 2024 15:53:12 -0500 I agree with you I like the way Mathew Huber approaches it too, if you would be interested!

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What are the analytical and political problems does the degrowth movements suffer from today?
https://jacobin.com/2024/02/degrowth-movement-problems-climate-change/

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914c9b8ad9d89084657c64659fe39541 Alaa Saad posted an update: What are the analytical and political problems does […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4197/ Fri, 01 Mar 2024 21:54:45 -0500 What are the analytical and political problems does the degrowth movements suffer from today?
https://jacobin.com/2024/02/degrowth-movement-problems-climate-change/

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2739a50f75a84bd7b8051a8a8176978d Alaa Saad posted an update: “This installation “is an attempt to blur the line […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4191/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 14:56:26 -0500 “This installation “is an attempt to blur the line between the celebrations of a funeral and what happens to a cemetery once we leave it,” they told me.“ — between art, life and…Read more

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98f33747e4ed9bc5775806c5c388b2a2 Alaa Saad posted an update: New York's escaped eagle owl dies […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4162/ Sun, 25 Feb 2024 22:27:26 -0500 New York’s escaped eagle owl dies in Manhattan!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/24/flaco-new-york-citys-beloved-owl-dies-after-striking-building?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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7919dde20aaf94bd17659ecb3714d3c2 Alaa Saad posted an update: On curating and creating in the desert— artists speak but […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4151/ Sat, 24 Feb 2024 17:20:54 -0500 On curating and creating in the desert— artists speak but finding inspiration that is landscape-centered, going beyond human-centered architecture and monuments.. how to create with a space’s history and…

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ba17d4460a815003b9fce3317ba92539 Alaa Saad posted an update: Mona Lisa gets to have some soup offerings by […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4120/ Sat, 17 Feb 2024 21:21:04 -0500 Mona Lisa gets to have some soup offerings by climate activists again 🤯


https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/mona-lisa-splashed-soup-climate-protest-1234694440/

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7a3d084335cfe3f62884c9257e5d5df1 Alaa Saad posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=6771 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 05:40:48 -0500
Virtual Tide Pool Social: Eco-Sketches

Log in and draw/ collage flora and fauna that are meaningful to you! Join our February virtual social gathering on February 21st at noon ET,…

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db1f76195498ea18808c8e7634a07268 Alaa Saad posted an update: A fantastic reading list thinking of “being in […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4088/ Mon, 12 Feb 2024 03:01:02 -0500 A fantastic reading list thinking of “being in landscapes”, anticolonial architecture and decoloniality
https://placesjournal.org/reading-list/decoloniality-and-the-limits-to-landscape/

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b3fcdad8e35d4fcd8c7c74f68e2b3c13 Alaa Saad posted an update: Great piece on how something else might emerge amidst […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4059/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 05:19:58 -0500 Great piece on how something else might emerge amidst the dystopia of climate change. Due to a drought in the Brazillian Amazon, ancient geoglyphs and engravings surfaced. I find this piece fascinating due to the unintentionality of discovery and the meeting of the most looming disaster of the present in the face of an ancient world. The…

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bfab8f690150bdf45dfc7ed06b3e0a88 Alaa Saad posted an update: Hi everyone, I have met some of you already, but I wanted […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4057/ Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:34:00 -0500 Hi everyone,

I have met some of you already, but I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I’ve taken over Jonas’ coordinator position (as of Feb 1 – for six months) and am eager to collaborate with all of you.

Currently, I’m in my third year of pursuing a PhD in anthropology at Johns Hopkins. My research focuses on how…

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f531c4aad87d8d7d5b01e125bc3e5aef Alaa Saad replied to the discussion Share your climate story! in the forum Climate Imaginarium https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/groups/climate-imaginarium/forum/discussion/share-your-climate-story/#post-5833 Sun, 12 Nov 2023 16:56:46 -0500 Reply to Share your climate story!

Tides of Endurance

Tranquil lake/ Seafolk fisherman/ Woven Nets/ Cradled dreams


Ascending tides/ Drifting time/ Depleting Waters/ Pillaging livelihoods


Life to blood/ Fish to death/ Body to silhouettes/ Care to neglect

Fish perish/ Inhabitation chokes/ Once fertile/ Now barren


Shadowed skies/ Insatiable greed/ Leaving behind/ A desolate wasteland

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bf2d5ff8d996de174f668daeb56ff99d Alaa Saad posted an update: Great piece on how something else might emerge amidst […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/3433/ Mon, 06 Nov 2023 00:38:01 -0500 Great piece on how something else might emerge amidst the dystopia of climate change. Due to a drought in the Brazillian Amazon, ancient geoglyphs and engravings surfaced. I find this piece fascinating due to the unintentionality of discovery and the meeting of the most looming disaster of the present in the face of an ancient world. The…

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6263b96e001fee59f68c61cac16d5baf Alaa Saad posted a new activity comment https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/3255/#acomment-3256 Wed, 18 Oct 2023 22:16:39 -0400 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/18/the-zero-waste-city-what-kiel-in-germany-can-teach-the-world

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On separating waste– I found this fascinating. The regular idea would be that people would take back their empty bottles to designated spots and ‘reverse vending machines’. Yet,[…]

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43baa1f5fdf5d9d2d3c3a61f39e636e2 Alaa Saad posted an update: On separating waste– I found this fascinating. The regular […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/3255/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 22:16:39 -0400 On separating waste– I found this fascinating. The regular idea would be that people would take back their empty bottles to designated spots and ‘reverse vending machines’. Yet, there is another informal options for ones who do not do it.
“For those too lazy to return their empties, perhaps after an evening drinking in a park, there is also an…

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5fc7b617a0a57e1cd5135184c358e4a8 Alaa Saad posted an update: This is a beautifully written piece about moving […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/2540/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 17:41:24 -0400 This is a beautifully written piece about moving in movements against mining— “what kind if future are we leaving our kids?”

https://aesengagement.wordpress.com/2023/08/28/the-water-of-our-gods-how-protecting-a-psychedelic-cactus-and-local-water-created-a-popular-environmental-movement-in-mexico/

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f89cbbcee4ff23c2046d884f07af7275 Alaa Saad posted an update: https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/forensics-hunters-megafauna/ https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/2405/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 20:17:34 -0400 https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/forensics-hunters-megafauna/

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