Climate Change Design Jam

This series explores how citizens, activists, NGOs and governments respond to climate change issues in innovative and democratic ways. 

For this event, we partnered with the global activist network 350.org to frame design challenges around specific climate campaigns, offering pathways to collaborative design and action for student participants. Throughout the event we introduced design tools and frameworks while facilitating space for students to build trust, bring their own passion and skills to the conversation, and work together to design climate-focused action projects.   

The series took place over four weeks in March 2022, and consisted of three facilitated workshops held on Saturdays in order to accommodate a variety of student schedules. Between workshops, students work together in teams to expand on and test their design ideas. We offer optional “office hours” in order to provide guidance and feedback, and help students prepare to present their work.   

We produced a short video following this design jam, featuring an overview of the jam process, as well as feedback from student participants. Check it out!

What students are saying about the Global Classroom:

“The Global Classroom is the literal definition of learning made fun!” 

“I can clearly see the value of multi-continental collaboration and engagement, particularly in terms of a crisis that is so global.”

“I believe that the design thinking process is a great tool for the collaborative projects.”

“Collaborating with people from different parts of the world taught me how to collectively solve a problem and make progress towards a common goal.”