Social Awareness Campaigns

1. UN Women. Raising awareness about sexism This campaign focuses Google search engine to dinish the sentences “Women should…” or “Women need to …” and how the autocomplete results raise awareness of the kind of sexism that is still alive. (Created by  Ogilvy & Mather Dubai ) 2. Raising awareness about the consequences of buying exotic… Continue reading Social Awareness Campaigns

Educational Games

1/ Tipping  Point  presents players with real-world climate questions in fun, semi cooperative game. 2/ Ekotys is a brand that uses sustainable materials to build their games and toys. 3/ Solar robot. Learn how to make a moving robot using solar panels and motor skills. 4. Wingspan. You play as a bird enthusiasm and your… Continue reading Educational Games

Mapping the Green Book

This is a very nice resource to understand the power of maps. “Grantee Candacy Taylor is working to show the importance of the “Green Book” to the next generation. Find out how Candacy Taylor is doing this, and why it is important to keep these historic sites alive. ” Watch the video here.

Mental Maps

This comes from National Geographic: “Mental maps are a mix of objective knowledge and subjective perceptions that are created from a person’s internalized representation of aspects on Earth’s surface. We use our experiences, knowledge, and ideas to organize spatial information to determine relative location, distance, and connections in our minds. These maps are important references… Continue reading Mental Maps

Viktor Papanek

Starting this unit, i would like to suggest to follow and learn about one particular designer, whose work somehow relates to the work we are doing. So for this unit, we will learn a bit more abot Viktor Papanek. Viktor Papanek was a controversial designer because he said things like: “Advertising design, in persuading people… Continue reading Viktor Papanek

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Ghost Fishing

We often mention the importance of doing things for the environment. Little things make a difference, you write. But often, we become discouraged because we think our actions do not really matter. However, last week I was fortunate to meet Raul Alvarez. He has an organization called ghost fishing that really makes a difference on the oceans… Continue reading Ghost Fishing