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July 22, 2018July 28, 2018 abigailgarbett1 Comment

Highlights from week 3 of the Climate-KIC Journey 2018

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Almada Urban Garden

July 14, 2018July 28, 2018 abigailgarbettLeave a comment

Highlights from week 2 of the Climate-KIC Journey 2018

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Posted in Climate Journey 18, Climate KIC, Projects, UncategorizedTagged climatejourney18, climateKIC, community, Design, innovation, nature, portugal, sustainability, urbangarden

Beautiful People Eat Ugly Fruit

July 7, 2018July 28, 2018 abigailgarbettLeave a comment

Highlights from week 1 of the Climate-KIC Journey 2018

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Preparations for the 2018 Climate-KIC Journey

June 27, 2018July 28, 2018 abigailgarbettLeave a comment

A short introduction to Climate-KIC and the journey I will be embarking on over the next five weeks. Plus my first assignment!

Posted in Climate Journey 18, Climate KIC, Projects, UncategorizedTagged climatechange, climatejourney18, climateKIC, innovation, sustainability

Design for Government; The Final Result

June 25, 2018July 28, 2018 abigailgarbettLeave a comment

Introducing 'Exploration Areas' a new identity for Finland’s Hiking Areas in the third and final phase of Aalto's Design for Government course 2018.

Posted in Design for Government 18, Projects, UncategorizedTagged aalto, conservation, Design, designforgovernment, hiking, sustainability

Fashioned from Nature at the V&A

June 6, 2018July 26, 2018 abigailgarbettLeave a comment

A look inside the V&A's latest exhibition exploring fashion's complex relationship to nature from 1600 to the present day. 

Posted in Design, UncategorizedTagged activism, Design, fashionedfromnature, innovation, nature, sustainablefashion, v&a

FILM REVIEW: NaturePlay, Take Childhood Back

May 29, 2018January 26, 2019 abigailgarbettLeave a comment

Written by Aimie Stilling and co-directed with Daniel Stilling, the award-winning documentary NaturePlay tracks the movements of the latest 'endangered species in the wild today- our children'.

Posted in Nature Connection, Thoughts, UncategorizedTagged childdevelopment, friluftsliv, nature, natureeducation, natureplay, scandinavia, sustainability, udeskole

Aalto Sustainability MAYDAY

May 20, 2018July 28, 2018 abigailgarbettLeave a comment

Reflections on the inaugural event of Aalto Sustainability Hub. 

Posted in UncategorizedTagged aalto, aaltosustainabilityhub, climatechange, community, creativity, innovation, nature, resources, sustainability, wickedproblems

Every Object is Political

May 17, 2018July 26, 2018 abigailgarbett2 Comments

The story of a pair of Primark cargo trousers, made in Bangladesh 2013.

Posted in Design, UncategorizedTagged Design, fastfashion, feminism, lovedclotheslast, primark, ranaplaza, rapidresponse, rapidresponsecollecting, sustainability, sustainablefashion, v&a, whomademyclothes

Loved Clothes Last

April 27, 2018July 26, 2018 abigailgarbettLeave a comment

The more I repair the things I own, the more I treasure them.

Posted in Design, DIY, Thoughts, UncategorizedTagged fashionrevolution, lovedclotheslast, makedo, repair, sustainability, sustainablefashion, whomademyclothes

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