Emma Dewberry

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Drawing again on these ideas for my summer time

The EDP team won the award for outstanding impact on society and prosperity at the OU Research Excellence Awards #ouresearch

Sustainable and Responsible Design Education: Tensions in Transitions mdpi.com/1645374 #mdpisustainability via @Sus_MDPI - by @Ecocene + @WeDontDoRetro + @elfdewberry

Check out "Design in a Time of Climate Emergency" eventbrite.co.uk/e/design-in-a-… @Eventbrite

#happyEarthDay2022. My unsung earth hero is Edith Cobb, advocate for value of nature in childhood imagination. 45 yrs after EC work a new UK sustainability curriculum announced @https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/april/new-natural-history-gcse-to-focus-on-saving-the-planet

Celebrating 50 years of design teaching and research at the Open University with Nigel Cross, Robin Roy and Georgy Holden. 11/11/21 at 16.00 eventbrite.co.uk/e/design50-des…

@designcouncil This is so critical for UK design futures - a brilliant initiative by the Design Council. We need to bring creativity, humility, eco literacy to debates about our material and resource cultures and the knowledge and skills we value and develop through life.

Design for Planet will give a platform to visionaries from the design sector who are leading the way in sustainability and climate-action, and support others in the industry to prioritise the welfare of their planet. designforplanet.org #DesignForPlanet #OneStepGreener

The Upside #5 - Local Heroes for Net Zero linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

‘Code red for humanity’ @IPCC_CH No more ‘messaging’. No more #greenwashing. No time left for ‘climate anxiety’, t-shirts, or slogans. One activity counts. Action. #ActNow #ClimateEmergency theguardian.com/science/2021/a…

Today it’s cool, tomorrow it’s junk. We have to act against our throwaway culture | Jonathan Chapman theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

What could a New Relationship between Local State and Community look like_ and how would it enable deep social change? Grateful to @TNLComFund and the many who joined me in this enquiry which you can read here bit.ly/RadicalWay

To mark #EarthDay, on Thurs at 1pm an expert panel gathers to reflect on the findings in the #DasguptaReview on the Economics of Biodiversity, and discuss what it really means to value the natural world. Join the livestream bit.ly/3aqRjtE #RSAearthday

Always a delight to get hands on author copies of a new book. Here they are on the beach which helped me write it. bit.ly/3wwvHW6 @OMaraBooks @ThisIsOban #loveoban #renewableenergy

Great to be part of team working on OU/BBC coproduction #Ayeartochangetheworld. We need to talk 'sufficiency', starting with product longevity @OUFreeLearning ow.ly/pEL750Em81Y

“I don’t want you to listen to me, I want you to listen to the science,” says Greta Thunberg in the first episode of a new three-part documentary, co-produced by The OU and the @BBC. Greta Thunberg: A Year To Change The World - Tomorrow, 9pm on BBC1. ounews.co/around-ou/tv-r…

Product sufficiency, #circular economy, design-led #ecoliteracy, #sustainable consumption @designopenuni …. if you’re interested in exploring this “eco-life of products” then apply for a PhD with me at open.ac.uk/blogs/design/d… Funding applications @OOCDTP Deadline 12.01.21

All products should be sustainable No ifs No buts We are calling on EU to make all our new products Sustainable by 2030 Have your say today on the Sustainable Product Initiative Roadmap #GreenDeal #CircularEconomy #SustainableDesign ec.europa.eu/info/law/bette…

So exciting to see Greens going into govt in Ireland and winning spectacularly in France It will mean rapid action on climate, active travel, air quality in cities, warmer homes and much more Desperately sad that unfair electoral system prevents us having these benefits in UK