A Conversation with Soledad Salamé
On February 9th, the EDC’s ECO-ARTs group held a conversation with Baltimore-based visual artist Soledad Salamé, exploring the connections between ecologies and technologies in her…
Ecological Thresholds: Growth and Change in 2023
The Ecological Design Collective strives to create a community for radical ecological imagination and collaborative practice. This year at the Ecological Design Collective has been…
Walking the Highway to Nowhere
A guided tour documents past harms, engages present struggles, and imagines radical possibilities in West Baltimore. On September 21st, 2023, Ecological Design Collective curator Cristina…
Telling Your Climate Story: A Climate Imaginarium Workshop
What is your climate story? Our personal experiences often force us to confront what it means to live in the midst of ecological collapse —…
Open Source Tools for Online Organizing
Watch this conversation between Redon Skikuli of Cloud68.co and Anand Pandian of the Ecological Design Collective Our means of communication help define whatever we make…
The Making of a Passive House in Italy
Once upon a time in Northern Italy… June 8, 2023 The charm of this place, Patone-Isera, is the view: the site is only 600 meters…
On the Term “Degrowth”
The first time I heard the term “degrowth,” I felt unsettled and confused. I agree with Mike Degani’s assessment of the term in his recent…
Degrowth is a Planned Reduction of Useless Stuff
Degrowth is a weird and unsettling word. It sounds more intuitive in the original French— la décroissance. For some that’s the appeal, and for others that’s the problem.…
An Earth Day Eve of Solidarity
In recognition of Earth Day, a coalition of local environmental and community organizations hosted Looking Back & Building Forward: An Environmental J…
Watch “Painting with Plastics: A Conversation with Artist Mbongeni Buthelezi”
As this year’s featured artist at COP27, the UN Conference on Climate Change, and other international environmental conferences worldwide – South African artist Mbongeni Buthelezi…