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Skills for the Planet: which green skills all designers need to put into practice

Everything not made by mother-nature has been designed. And 80% of a product's environmental impact is decided at the design stage. So, what skills as designers we need to make planet-centric decisions and increase our positive influence?

To explore this topic, we invited Cat Drew, Chief Design Officer at Design Council. Cat has devoted her career to using design to help people to live happier and healthier lives. From leading Design Council's Design for Planet mission to creating the world’s first Government AI & Data Ethics Framework.

In this 90-minute interview, she'll share the Skills for the Planet Blueprint by Design Council, to help designers shape a regenerative, resilient and inclusive world for all.

What you’ll take away from this session:

Skills for Planet Blueprint mapping out the critical green skills that all designers need to put into practice

How to introduce innovation skills and mindsets to more traditional sectors

How to set vision and bring together organisations and sectors around a common purpose

What it means to be a Chief Design Officer at Design Council

Cat Drew

Chief Design Officer at Design Council

Cat leads the Design for Planet mission at the Design Council to shift the design sector to work more regeneratively.

She co-founded the UK Government’s Policy Lab, pioneering the use of design in policymaking. She introduced speculative design to government policymaking, applying it to projects on ageing and rail, and led a major engagement initiative to create the world’s first Government AI & Data Ethics Framework.

Ekaterina Solomeina

Co-Founder of Future London Academy

Ekaterina is a creative director, entrepreneur and TEDx speaker.

She worked as a Creative Director with a variety of agencies and in-house teams, including Microsoft, Nike and Samsung and creative legends like Donatella Versace and Michael Wolff (Co-Founder of Wolff Olins), collaborated with product leaders from Uber, Wise, Amazon, Arrival and more