Ecological Design Collective

The Ecological Design Collective is a community for radical ecological imagination and collaborative practice. With roots in Baltimore and relations around the world, we aim to build space for researchers, designers, activists, artists and others to conceive and develop alternative ecological futures together. We pursue and support ecological and life-centered design processes in a collective manner, grounded in the insights that arise from collaborative exploration and in the resourcefulness of the natural world. Working in a spirit of attentive listening and mutual responsibility, we seek to build community and capacity for social, economic, and environmental justice. We intend to nurture diverse experiments in ecological transformation: material and inventive outcomes that always acknowledge their social roots, that take failures as necessary and inevitable compost, that pursue joyful exchange as a vital nourishment for diverse communities.