Words by Jem Collins June 27, 2024 Innovation Science Society Technology World Positive News partners This article has been created by Positive News and supported by What Design Can Do Share: Is it possible to redesign everything we make to be in harmony with nature? ‘Yes’, say creatives and entrepreneurs from around the world, as they answer the call of the Redesign Everything challenge For many of us, conversations about recycling can be reduced to what can and can’t be put in a weekly collection bin. But to solve the plethora of issues contributing to the climate crisis, we need to be much bolder. That’s the ethos behind this year’s Redesign Everything Challenge , run by the international organisation What Design Can Do .
More than 500 designers answered the call in the form of their most creative climate solutions, redesigning everything from electronics to clothing. Here are just four of the 11 winners: Join the winners for a live event Meet the #RedesignEverythingChallenge winners in Amsterdam on 5 July and learn more at #WDCD2024 Find tickets on the What Design Can Do website Tackling incoming textile waste – The Revival For social entrepreneur and co-founder of The Revival , Yayra Agbofah, clothes are a “second skin”. He explains: “I think clothing is beyond fabric, it’s a part of you.
If something is your second skin – because of its close proximity to your skin, your soul, your heart – then you should have a relationship with it. That’s wha.