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Ecolabs is a not-for-profit organisation – a network of visual artists and designers – working for ecological literacy through the creation of materials, projects and programs that foster a transformational vision for a sustainable future. EcoLabs also publishes Ecomag, a design publication about systems change. Calls are out for the second edition on Ecological Economics, submissions due May 2010.
David McCandless is a self-proclaimed Data journalist, and has created this excellent website InformationisBeautiful.net, and a number of books, compiling examples of beautiful images that communicate data – or how the world works. There are a number of interesting climate related examples, including this one on the number of climate denialist scientists in the US.
Green Patriot posters is a project supported by The Canary Project to mobilise action on climate change through attention arresting poster campaigns. Working with students, designers and open to the general public, many posters were produced and displayed around the US in the spirit of WWII mobilisation efforts.
The 2010 State of Design Festival in Melbourne focussed on the role of Design to effect change. Many environmental themes were explored, including A Liveable Cities Exhibition, sponsored by Melbourne Water, which brought together leading Melbourne designers to present fascinating installations relating to current water use and suggestions for sustainable change. Pictured is one work, which encouraged people to take home a tube, each containing a prediction of the future, to consider. An interesting example of how a company can harness the arts to visualise and communicate environmental relationships to help meet its goals.