We are service designers based in the San Francisco region exploring the critical intersection of climate and design.
What is the Climate Working Group?
We are service designers based in the San Francisco region exploring the critical intersection of climate and design.
We hold educational events, contribute narratives and imagery to tell climate stories, and network with groups in other regions.
Background
Climate change is one of the most urgent challenges we face as a society. By 2030, conditions that now seem extreme will be the new normal, posing unprecedented challenges to social, economic, and ecological systems. Climate change impacts also exacerbate and multiply existing disparities and pain points in our communities. This new context requires us to start designing for this future today.
These impacts also present challenges that service designers are uniquely suited to tackling—they are complex, intersectional, and expansive in scope and geography. Despite having the right tools for the job, our role in this sector has yet to be thoroughly explored or defined. Our goal as a working group is to lay the foundation for this work and support the application of service design to address climate change through the generation of research, best practices, tools, and/or other projects/products. Join us as we build a community of practice around this intersection.
Event Highlights and Writing
More Information and Contact
Get in touch with us at sdn.cwg.sf@gmail.com
Read about us on Medium.
Thank you to our sponsors, Industrious Embarcadero, Neyborly, and WeWork.
Service designers work within a unique context. Because our work influences service innovation, improvement and delivery across lengthy and often complex customer lifecycles, we must work closely with stakeholders from across our organisations, and even beyond. While we aim for deep expertise in our own practice, we must also familiarise ourselves with the ways many others work
Early Bird tickets for the Service Design Global Conference (SDGC24) are available for sale.
On April 10, 2024, we are holding a special event connected to the publication of the most recent issue of Touchpoint, the journal of service design. The issue explores practical aspects, challenges and successes in translating service design outputs into tangible, impactful solutions –– successful implementation.
If you missed the Service Design Global Conference 2023, you can now register for a ticket to watch the recordings from our Replay section.
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