Climate Designers is the global hub for designers and creative professionals from all industries, committed to using our creative skills for climate action
We focus on career professionals who are ready to act on climate, and are seeking additional support in doing so. We aim to provide actionable tools and resources, connect professionals to each other for shared problem solving, and create a community of like-minded creatives to support each other in building climate solutions together.
Armed with knowledge, a professional network, existing and new skills, the members of Climate Designers can create massive positive change quickly to guarantee humanity’s ability to survive and thrive in our lifetime and future generations.
MISSION
To empower designers to learn, connect, and act on climate solutions
VISION
A global design community actively co-creating a just and regenerative world
Find impactful work that matters
As a professional network and education platform, we help designers build careers by connecting them with impactful work opportunities which gives hiring companies and potential clients a high quality recruiting pool.
An online community to back you up
Our community brings together design practitioners of all kinds to master the best new climate action practices — how to communicate in ways that incite change, knowledge of up-to-date terms, policies, and technologies, and how to lead teams to take action.
Knowledge, training, and tools
Equipped with this knowledge, professional network, and skills, Climate Designers' vision is to empower every single designer to feel confident in doing their part in addressing our climate emergency, which will guarantee humanity’s ability to survive and thrive in our lifetime and future generations.
Goals
To trigger the mindset shift needed on a global scale to rebuild the regenerative systems we need to survive and thrive as a species and planet.
To empower every designer in every job with the knowledge, community, and support to be part of creating this new paradigm we know is possible.
To fundamentally redesign the design industry so that “sustainable design” is no longer a term that needs to exist. We envision a world where it is inherent in design practice to put social and planetary health first.
Our Theory of Change
We believe that community and education is the key to action. One can know what to do, but without peer support, efforts to take action fall flat.
One can be surrounded by community, but without a clear north star of what to do, action is misguided. But, values aligned community with clear knowledge of what to do, catalyzes effective action. All of our programs are designed with this theory of change in mind.
Who We Serve
Our focus is on design professionals, especially mid-career and design leaders. This is because they are in positions of influence right now during this pivotal time for us to take climate action. It is also a large component of our member base.
Secondarily, we focus on design educators and students. We have content that supports design educators, although the majority of our content and programs are designed to inform practicing designers.
Our Definition of “Designer”
To us, a “designer” is anyone involved in the creative decision making process. This includes engineers, business leaders, architects, marketers, researchers, and many without the term “designer” in their title. The entire world is designed, from the built environment, to our stuff, to our digital world. That’s a lot of creative decision makers.
We’re not checking IDs at the door. Anyone who feels they would benefit from being a part of our community is welcome.
Our Values
With the help of our global community, we’ve developed five core values that shape our work and our world. We stand by these as we create a new creative industry.
We are pro-human
We realize all designers are culture-makers
We are excited to design a better world
We are fighting for transformational system change
We try things and learn from mistakes
Our Principles
Our principles ground us in the work we do so that everything we do drives us towards a design industry that prioritizes climate action
Designers Shift Culture
All Design Must Be Inclusive
All Design Must Be Regenerative
All Design Must Create Measurable Change
ORIGINAL CO-FOUNDERS
Founded in 2019
Since then, we’ve grown into a global community as a grassroots organization run by passionate volunteers.
Marc O’Brien is a climate designer and educator taking climate action to create opportunities that positively benefit all living species
Sarah Harrison is a climate designer strategically focused on solving problems that matter
Stay in the loop
Get updates on events, podcast episodes, and more ways to get involved.