Join creatives from all disciplines, focusing their talents on taking climate action

What’s next for 2025?

A note from our founder

We’ve been quiet the last two years focused on planning, internal operations, and strategy for the long term. We have a suite of programs and offerings we would love to offer our members, and are seeking funding to launch those programs. In the meantime, we are excited to roll out our refreshed monthly newsletter and our Doom & Bloom podcast.

As always, we encourage you to join as a free member, find a Chapter near you, and enjoy our host of resources and content from years past. 

We also would like to thank our existing paid members for your support. We are currently a 100% volunteer led organization, and we wouldn’t be here without our supporting members. If you are not currently a supporting member but believe in what we do, we welcome your support while we work towards our long term vision for the organization.

If you are interested in being a part of what’s next, check out our volunteer opportunities. We are excited about what’s ahead, and co-creating the future of Climate Designers together with our members. We’d love to collaborate with you!


Marc O’Brien
Co-founder of Climate Designers
October, 2024

What our community is saying

Great to be among so many thoughtful and creative people. For my part I am on a quest to help the public embrace the reality of climate change so we can honestly address how it affects society and culture and then intentionally co-create the future world we wish to inhabit. Both tasks require great imagination, expert storytelling skills, and innovative design. The climate movement needs creatives of all kind to help society understand this moment in history. I need others creatives in my life for collaborating, dreaming, and scheming ways to evolve our thinking.

— Peterson Toscano, Sound Design and Storytelling

Climate change is a global problem which requires global actions on billions of levels. I believe that bottom-up initiatives have lots of potential. I’m here because I want to share my knowledge and skills as a product designer and a teacher, work on open-source projects educational projects related to sustainability and basically do whatever I can to contribute to positive changes.

— Anna Kavouras, Design Research and Teaching

I have always felt drawn to nature and biodiversity and now I feel the need to do something as a designer to protect and regenerate our planet. So, I’m hoping this community can help me define a path to create meaningful projects with sustainability as a main focus.

— Fernanda Burillo, Product Design

I was feeling a bit helpless and lost, wondering what to do with this intense drive to put my creativity to work. It often would bubble up as a feeling of impending doom, although I knew it was coming from a place of love for the planet. Like so many others, I've struggled a lot with that climate anxiety (and general anxiety), but finally turned a corner and am ready to turn that anxiety into action.

I was really encouraged when I stumbled on this page, and can't wait to connect with and learn from this group!

— Juliana Linder, Brand x Product

Join our community for free

We are committed to offering access to our community and nearly all of our resources for free. Join us on Mighty Networks as a free member for access to the global online community. 


In addition to our online Mighty community, we also offer the following for free:

Join as a Supporting Member

We are a 100% volunteer led and member supported organization. Your support allows us to keep the lights on and continue to offer as much as we do for free.

All supporting membership tiers receive the same benefits. Higher tiers are for those who want and are able to offer additional support. Your generosity benefits the entire community.

Supporting Members get:

  • Exclusive access to 30+ recordings from design experts across the world from our Global Party Series and Virtual Summit

  • Hopefully more soon pending our fundraising journey. We need your support now more than ever as we work to build a foundation for the the long term future of the org

  • Our genuine gratitude and appreciation

Sign up as a supporter so that we can collectively further this essential work.

Student

$4.99/month

For students, those with low incomes, or simply for those who would like to support us in a more accessible way.

Professional

$12.99/month

For professionals committed to climate action and supporting the Climate Designers community.

Leader

$49.99/month

For those who would like to contribute more to the future of Climate Designers and the creative industry.

Working with a team of designers?

Buy a package for your creative team at a discounted rate. This includes everything in the paid plan. Email hello@climatedesigners.org for details and to help you get your team set.

Supporting Members get access to recordings from our Global Party Series and Virtual Summit

A monthly event series with innovators, experts, and creatives working on the most kick-ass and boundary-pushing climate solutions.

In March 2021, we produced a two-week virtual summit, introducing our members to topics we believe are important in taking climate action. This wasn’t your typical conference.

FAQ

  • We define design as any practice that directly affects the physical and digital world around us. Many who impact the design of our world, do not have “designer” in their title.

  • No—most of our members identify as some type of designer or creative person but we welcome anyone.

  • There are all types of designers from Graphics to Architecture to Design Research. You can see some of the disciplines of our featured designers here.

  • We expect you to get out of membership what you put in. There is no official time commitment but the more you interact with other members, attend events, and participate, the more you will learn and be inspired. We recommend attending at least one event a month and logging on to the online community a couple times a week.

  • If just participating isn’t enough for you, you can consider joining the Climate Designers core team or becoming a Chapter Leader. Email hello@climatedesigners.org and say hi!

  • Absolutely. We have many students, educators, and members at all different levels of learning. We encourage learning about Climate Design as early as possible in your design education!

  • We were founded in 2019.

  • Marc O’Brien and Sarah Harrison are the original founders of Climate Designers. Sarah is now pursuing other projects, and Marc is still running the day-to-day along with the help of our team.