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URGE is a multi-disciplinary creative collective that works with organisations to envision and enact radical responses to the climate emergency.

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Green Grads showcase projects that turn waste into resource. URGE shares books on creative wellbeing, purposeful practice, regenerative design, and the natural intelligence behind biomimicry.

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Green Grads rethinking materials - and URGE reading materials
Green Grads showcase projects that turn waste into resource. URGE shares books on creative wellbeing, purposeful practice, regenerative design, and the natural intelligence behind biomimicry.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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In North Devon, Ecotribo turns retrieved ocean plastics into high-quality new products, and invites you to take part in every stage — from clean-ups to collaborations.

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Shore to Shelf with Carrie Probert of Ecotribo
In North Devon, Ecotribo turns retrieved ocean plastics into high-quality new products, and invites you to take part in every stage — from clean-ups to collaborations.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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URGE joins the World Design Organisation.
Plus updates from founders Sophie Thomas, Michael Pawlyn, and Alexie Sommer and the next generation of sustainable designers at the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair this week.
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URGE News and Green Grads in the North
URGE joins the World Design Organization | Updates from founders Sophie Thomas, Michael Pawlyn, and Alexie Sommer | The next generation of sustainable designers at the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair this week.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Sophie Thomas invites you to take part in a pioneering year-long pilot programme developed with CIWM, Design Council and WRAP – offering behind-the-scenes access to waste facilities, expert-led workshops, and practical tools for a truly circular economy.

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An invitation to join Design Skills for Circularity
URGE’s Sophie Thomas invites you to take part in a pioneering year-long pilot programme developed with CIWM, Design Council and WRAP – offering behind-the-scenes access to waste facilities, expert-led workshops, and practical tools for a truly circular economy.
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September 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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URGE highlights at London Design Festival 2025 | September 13 - 21

Bike tours, bench displays, hands-on workshops and the D! Climate Action Cards. LDF 2025 offers creativity, collaboration, and action.

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URGE highlights at LDF 2025 September 13 - 21
With highlights from bike tours to bench displays, hands-on workshops and the D! Climate Action Cards - LDF 2025 offers creativity, collaboration, and climate action.
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September 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Across the two days at the Barbican, URGE co-founders Alexie Sommer, Michael Pawlyn and Sophie Thomas will join an inspiring line-up of speakers. Here’s how you can join them.

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URGE at the World Design Congress September 9-10
Across the two days at the Barbican, URGE co-founders Alexie Sommer, Michael Pawlyn and Sophie Thomas will join an inspiring line-up of speakers. Here’s how you can join them.
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August 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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The International Court of Justice has delivered its opinion that climate inaction can breach international law. But the most inspiring part? It all began with 27 law students from the Pacific Islands.

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Climate history made at the world's highest court by 27 students
The International Court of Justice has delivered its opinion that climate inaction can breach international law. But the most inspiring part? It all began with 27 law students from the Pacific Islands.
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August 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Interior Design MA students from the RCA bring radical spatial experiments to The Gallery, and 125 objects explore humanity’s relationship with water at the Wellcome Collection

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Now showing: superMATTER and THIRST: In Search of Freshwater
Interior Design MA students from the RCA bring radical spatial experiments to The Gallery, and 125 objects explore humanity’s relationship with water at the Wellcome Collection.
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July 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Design Declares invites contributions to its Climate Action Cards for the World Design Congress 2025, plus selected New Designers talks and tours this week.

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Design Declares' Climate Action Cards and New Designers 2025
Design Declares invites contributions to its Climate Action Cards for the World Design Congress 2025, plus selected New Designers talks and tours this week.
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July 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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As the Design Council launches its Skills for Planet Blueprint, this is a good time for designers to embed its mission. Alexie Sommer & Bengt Cousins-Jenvey report.

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Design Council Skills for Planet - Are you one of the million?
As the Design Council launches its Skills for Planet Blueprint — a first step toward up-skilling one million designers in green skills — now is the time for designers to embed the mission. By Alexie Sommer & Bengt Cousins-Jenvey.
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June 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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A selection of events this month from the London Festival of Architecture, Scotland’s Architecture Fringe, London Design Biennale, London Climate Action Week and elsewhere.

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June events for a regenerative + circular + low-carbon future
A selection of events from the London Festival of Architecture, Scotland’s Architecture Fringe, London Design Biennale, London Climate Action Week and elsewhere.
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June 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Five thought-provoking ways to engage with the latest thinking on regenerative design. You just might have to adapt it to your discipline.

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Five ways to regenerate your regenerative design
Five thought-provoking ways to engage with the latest thinking on regenerative design. You just might have to adapt it to your discipline.
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May 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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URGE member Paul Zhu shares his lessons from starting the gift card Ecoswap for ethical and sustainable brands.

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Structural engineering to consumer engineering with Paul Zhu
URGE member Paul Zhu shares his lessons from starting the gift card Ecoswap for ethical and sustainable brands.
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May 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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If you want to think about the Circular Economy as more than just recycling, there are six events in May and June you need to know about.

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Stay in the loop with these six Circular Economy events
If you want to think about the Circular Economy as more than just recycling, there are six events in May and June you need to know about.
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April 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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If you need inspiration or investment to do something new in 2025, one of these free events could be for you.

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Six events to find or fund your big idea
If you need inspiration or investment to do something new in 2025, one of these free events could be for you.
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February 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Bengt Cousins-Jenvey takes over from Ella Doran as editor of the URGE newsletter. He revisits past editions and asks for feedback from readers.

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New year, new editor
Bengt Cousins-Jenvey takes over from Ella Doran as editor of the URGE newsletter. He revisits past editions and asks for feedback from readers.
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February 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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URGE co-founder Alexie Sommer explores Alki's new state-of-the-art workshop in Northern Pays Basque, showcasing its fusion of high design, sustainability, and artisanal craftsmanship.

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Putting Basque Design on the map.
URGE co-founder Alexie Sommer explores Alki's new state-of-the-art workshop in Northern Pays Basque, showcasing its fusion of high design, sustainability, and artisanal craftsmanship.
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January 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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To warm up for the year ahead, we share some dates of exhibitions and events along with some good podcasts and talks to inspire us.

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Happy New Year!
As we step into the second week of a brand new year, we want to extend a warm and heartfelt welcome to our URGE community. We hope that you’ve had a restful break and a smooth transition into 2025. To warm up for the year ahead, we share some
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January 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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URGE co-founder Michael Pawlyn explores how shifting human worldviews can foster an epochal transformation to address planetary crises, advocating for systemic changes beyond conventional models.

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December 16, 2024 at 9:04 AM
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URGE co-founder Sophie Thomas reflects on her chapter in the book MATERIALS: An Environmental Primer (published by RIBA), exploring the urgent need for #material #innovation and #circular #design.

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Future Innovations and Trends
URGE co-founder Sophie Thomas reflects on her chapter in the book MATERIALS: An Environmental Primer (published by RIBA), exploring the urgent need for material innovation and circular design.
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November 18, 2024 at 9:50 AM
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Today's URGE newlsetter article by @fedg.bsky.social as a thread ↓
fedg.bsky.social Federico Gaggio @fedg.bsky.social · Oct 21
🧵 Media aren't just conduits for content - they are environments that shape our culture, thinking & behaviour. We need ecological intelligence to understand our impact on nature, and we need media literacy to grasp how media shapes our world. #MediaEcology
October 21, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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URGE co-founder Federico Gaggio investigates the field, considering how media contribute to the crises we face, and what a healthy Media Ecology may look like.

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Media Ecology
URGE co-founder Federico Gaggio investigates the field, considering how media contribute to the crises we face, and what a healthy Media Ecology may look like.
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October 21, 2024 at 9:01 AM
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Hopeful Activism Meets Long-Term Thinking: Reflections from URGE’s Equinox Festival Panel.

Plus Design Declares and Disrupt Design upcoming workshop on Circular & EcoDesign and Surfers Against Sewage Dip a Day campaign.

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Hopeful Activism Meets Long-Term Thinking: Reflections from URGE’s Equinox Festival Panel.
Plus Design Declares and Disrupt Design are seeking expressions of interest for their workshop on Circular & EcoDesign and will you join SAS in their cold water campaign this October?
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September 23, 2024 at 9:32 AM
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We're back. We are hosting a panel on 'Hopeful Activism' at Equinox in Wasing exploring the role of design in fostering positive change. Plus Michael Pawlyn will be interviewing Brian Eno at the Regenerative Architecture Index launch.

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We at URGE are thrilled to be hosting a panel on 'Hopeful Activism' at Equinox in Wasing. This event promises to inspire and engage as we explore the role of design in fostering positive change.
As September unfolds, the anticipation for the London Design Festival builds, bringing with it an exciting array of events across the city...
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September 9, 2024 at 10:53 AM
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What does a Global Plastics Treaty look like?

The United Nations Environmental Assembly will congregate for their final negotiations on the legally-binding plastics treaty this November, + this week the documentary Common Ground comes to the UK

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What does a Global Plastics Treaty look like?
The United Nations Environmental Assembly will congregate for their final negotiations on the legally-binding plastics treaty this November, + this week the documentary Common Ground comes to the UK
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July 29, 2024 at 8:30 AM