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Lindi Shepard posted a new event.

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 02:13:45 -0400

Join the EDC to kick off the 2025-2026 year with a social gathering at Union Craft Brewing. Whether you’re a long-time member or a new…

em piro posted an update: Fellow data-heads! I have a vision for some really […]

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 20:41:04 -0400

Fellow data-heads! I have a vision for some really dynamic datasets + visualizations + maps that bring together data, community voice, and make visible both the needs and changes that happen as a result of community organizing.

I’m envisioning a dataset that can produce beautiful visualizations of a wide range of inputs, all coming from…

Anand Pandian posted an update in the group Green Building: A new essay I wrote for MOLD magazine. “As so much seems […]

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 14:15:22 -0500

A new essay I wrote for MOLD magazine. “As so much seems to be falling apart at our feet, the task of finding structures and forms to keep life going looms ahead. What might spaces that acknowledge our vulnerability to decay look like?”

https://thisismold.com/series/metabolism/eaten-away-by-ants

thisismold.com

Eaten Away By Ants - MOLD :: Designing the Future of Food

From the Venice Architecture Biennale to construction studios in Ghana, anthropologist and writer Anand Pandian explores how architects and designers are creating in tandem with decay.

Anand Pandian posted a new event.

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:57:57 -0500

The Future of Here: A Glimpse of a River Culture to Come

Baltimore folks, please join us for the opening of a speculative environmental exhibition at the Peale Museum called The Future of Here: A Glimpse of…

Noah posted a new event.

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 16:54:31 -0500

Anand Pandian posted an update: In the dark of the moon,in flying snow,in the dead […]

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 03:03:28 -0500

In the dark of the moon,

in flying snow,

in the dead of winter,

war spreading,

families dying,

the world in danger,

I walk the rocky hillside, sowing clover.

Wendell Berry, 1968

em piro posted an update: I'm from the PNW, and for me the sound of seagulls […]

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:19:38 -0400

I’m from the PNW, and for me the sound of seagulls is inextricable from this region – so much so that it was my ringtone after I moved to the Midwest. Early this morning I heard seagulls calling to each other as a magenta dawn rose over the city and its sleepy residents, and it reminded me of the vibrant social relationships of our nonhuman…

Jessie Croteau started the discussion L4E Seeking Applicants for PhD student Fellowships - Fall 2025 in the forum Opportunities

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 12:09:04 -0400

L4E Seeking Applicants for PhD student Fellowships - Fall 2025

Leadership for the Ecozoic (L4E) is seeking applicants for its next cohort to start in Fall 2025, with PhD opportunities available in McGill’s Department of Anthropology and UVM’s program in Sustainable Development Policy, Economics, and Governance (SDPEG).

L4E offers exceptional graduate students the chance to participate in a dynamic community…

Jessie Croteau posted an update: Check out our new Opportunities Forum! This is a space […]

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 17:28:53 -0400

Check out our new Opportunities Forum! This is a space to share that you are looking for a person to collaborate with or looking for an organization to volunteer with. A space to share your CV, share job opportunities, share expertise, and work requests.

https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/forums/forum/project-forum/

Ebram Victoria posted an update: Hello EDC family! I wanted to introduce myself as a […]

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 18:22:09 -0400

Hello EDC family! I wanted to introduce myself as a new curator. I am currently a PhD student in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Built Environment and a graduate of the Master of Landscape Architecture program at Morgan State University.

As an environmental entrepreneur, ecological advocate, landscape designer-builder, my work focuses on…

Jessie Croteau posted a new event.

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 13:41:58 -0400

Water Sampling with Blue Water Baltimore

PLEASE NOTE: This event is intended for those who live, work, or recreate near the Stony Run. We hope to add more community water sampling…

Jessie Croteau posted an update: Certainly! Here’s a more professional version of the […]

Sun, 11 Aug 2024 20:05:41 -0400

Certainly! Here’s a more professional version of the introduction:

Hi EDC Community!

I am excited to introduce myself as one of your new coordinators. I am currently a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, where I am working on a dissertation in political theory where I suggest deterioration is not inherently negative and that durability…

Anand Pandian posted an update in the group Life-centered design: “Recognizing how animals inhabit our cities is the first […]

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 20:28:19 -0400

“Recognizing how animals inhabit our cities is the first step toward reducing the harm these spaces create for animals, like the risk that architectural glass poses to birds.”

Great to see this piece about the course you also shared with us @rfadok…

theconversation.com

This anthropology course looks at building design from the standpoint of different species

Humans aren’t the only species to consider when constructing new buildings. This course teaches students to take animals into account as well.

Jessie Croteau posted an update: Imagine a future where our streets, parks, and gardens […]

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 20:33:42 -0400

Imagine a future where our streets, parks, and gardens glow softly with the natural light of plants. Instead of relying solely on electricity, we could have outdoor spaces lit by bioluminescence. Last night I met a biochemist who told me about bioluminescent plants, genetically engineered to emit light, which might offer a glimpse into…

scientificamerican.com

This Genetically Engineered Petunia Glows in the Dark and Could Be Yours for $29

The engineered “firefly petunia” emits a continuous green glow thanks to genes from a light-up mushroom

Richard Fadok posted an update: I wrote an open access article about teaching […]

Fri, 02 Aug 2024 17:55:14 -0400

I wrote an open access article about teaching multispecies design that I thought might be of interest to this group.

escholarship.org

The Multispecies Metropolis: Anthropological Ruminations on Bestial Urbanism

Author(s): Fadok, Richard Alexander | Abstract: Human-animal co-habitation is a fact of urban existence, yet animals are illegible in the contemporary American city. As climate change, development, and other planetary forces disturb the more-than-human dynamics of cities, often gravely, anthropological … Continue reading

Tory Stephens posted an update: Hey everyone! Grist Magazine has an NEW short […]

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:13:53 -0400

Hey everyone! Grist Magazine has an NEW short term political newsletter.

Did you know that extreme weather events, fueled by climate change, are impacting more than just our landscapes? They’re making it harder for many Americans to get to the polls and participate in democracy.

This newsletter dives deep into this critical but…

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State of Emergency

State of Emergency is a limited-run Tuesday newsletter from Grist, launching in August 2024. Subscribe today.

Anand Pandian posted an update in the group Green Building: A chance to visit the elegant earth-inspired […]

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 14:45:54 -0400

A chance to visit the elegant earth-inspired buildings designed by Laurie Baker for the Centre for Development Studies in Trivandrum, India, in 1971. More on his work here:

https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/case-studies/a4760-centre-for-development-studies-by-laurie-baker-a-response-to-the-location/

Richard Fadok posted a new post.

Wed, 19 Jun 2024 23:59:34 -0400

The Multispecies Metropolis: A Photo Archive of a Student Design Exhibition

Whether domesticated or wild, nonhuman animals visibly and invisibly inhabit spaces made by human architects, for human occupants, or at least to satisfy human needs.…

Anand Pandian posted an update in the group Green Building: “The cities of the future should experiment with […]

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:38:32 -0400

“The cities of the future should experiment with architecture, but in service of making spaces more livable and sustainable, not simply iconic.”

nytimes.com

Mark Cyzyk posted an update in the group EDC Book Club: https://www.salon.com/2024/05/03/why-climate-change-action-re […]

Fri, 03 May 2024 13:09:20 -0400

https://www.salon.com/2024/05/03/why-climate-change-action-requires-degrowth-to-make-our-planet-sustainable

Interview with Kohei Saito, author of Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto.

salon.com

Why climate change action requires "degrowth" to make our planet sustainable

Salon spoke with Japanese philosophy professor Kohei Saito about his new book, "Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto"