Designing Climate Action - Introductions

1. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION WE’RE DOING THIS BECAUSE IT’S HARD Class 1 | September 10, 2015

2. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 CLIMATE CHANGE & PUBLIC OPINION Increasing severity Disinformation Obfuscation and confusion

3. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 A CONCISE EXPLANATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE 3 - Source: http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/06/how-tesla-will-change-your-life.html

4. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 TEMPERATURES HAVE ALREADY INCREASED BY 1°C 4 - Comic: XKCD; Title statistic: Climate Change, The Science of Global Warming and Our Energy Future.

5. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 THE U.S. IS IN THEIR OWN LEAGUE ON CO2 EMISSIONS 5 - Google, WRI

6. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 BUT THE U.S. PUBLIC IS CONFUSED & DISINFORMED 6 - Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, http://environment.yale.edu/poe/v2014/

7. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 AND GLOBAL INTEREST HAS WANED OVER TIME 7 - Google Trends global warming climate change An Inconvenient Truth climategate cap & trade

8. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 THE MEDIA IS FEEDING THIS CONFUSION 8

9. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 POLITICIANS ARE OUR LEADING SKEPTICS 9

10. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 OUR STORIES Jen van der Meer Rebecca Silver

11. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 JEN VAN DER MEER 1111

12. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 TECH ANALYST MBA – HEC MOM ITP PITCHFEST OPEN DATA LUMINARY LABS DRILLTEAM DACHIS WEST VILLAGE DESIGNERS ACCORD SYSTEMS THINKING SUBURBAN CHILDHOOD FROG DESIGN ORGANIC INC. SUSTAINABILITY BA COMP RELIGION REASON STREET ECONOMIST JEN VAN DER MEER

14. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 1414DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 REBECCA SILVER: I see the forest for the trees Focusing on where I can have the biggest impact Leveraging technology to scale action on climate change Co-founding a (fledgling) clean-web startup Teaching sustainability at SVA & Parsons 14

15. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION Disrupting Dominant Logic Empowering Individuals Building Coalitions Accelerating Action

16. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 IT’S TIME FOR CLIMATE ACTION 16 Game changing climate change events are taking place: • At COP21 in Paris in December, members of the UNFCCC will negotiate a binding climate agreement (or fail in their attempt) • The Whitehouse & EPA have recently proposed a Clean Power Plan and carbon reduction goals (INDC) • The 2016 US Presidential Election will foment the conversation DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 16

17. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 WE CAN DESIGN A MOVEMENT We live in the center of the action on Climate Change: • The UN is convening to double down on its Sustainable Development goals • The Pope will address climate change in his visit to NYC • New York Climate Week 2015 will offer a stage for our class DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 The People’s Climate March during NY Climate Week ‘14 17

18. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 WE’RE DOING THIS BECAUSE IT’S HARD 18 How might we accelerate stakeholder action, in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change? • What leverage points should we focus our attention on? • What tools, services, campaigns, activities, educational solutions, and/or platforms might we create to incite key actors and influencers to take action? • How can we build a community of engaged experts to help us scale our ideas? • How can we measure or model the potential effects of the solutions we develop?

19. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 HARNESS YOUR AMBITION – YOU’LL NEED IT 19 Part 1 | September 10 – 30 | Designing Climate Action event design • Goals: Become masters of the climate change conversation, harvest ideas for Part 2 of class • Activities: Research, roleplaying, event planning, workshop design, web design • Core Deliverable: Public event on “Designing Climate Action,” and online forum Part 2 | October 8 - November 5 | Lean as a tool for action • Goals: Develop concepts which accelerate climate action; elevate conversation with experts • Activities: Lean customer discovery, quantitative research, concept development • Core Deliverable: Final concept and prototype Part 3 | November 12 - December 17 | Taking action • Goals: Design successful pilots, launch/handoff projects • Activities: Running pilots, measuring impact, event planning, developing partnerships • Core Deliverable: Final concepts, pilot results, public demonstration of projects

20. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 FIRST MAJOR PROJECT: NYC CLIMATE WEEK EVENT 20 WHAT: Designing Climate Action Event, a New York Climate Week 2015 event, hosted by you! FOR WHO: The NYC climate change community WHEN: September 30th (Wednesday), 6:30-9:00pm WHERE: Products of Design DESCRIPTION: Designing Climate Action is an open-innovation forum for designers, scientists and entrepreneurs to collaborate to accelerate climate action. Through an iterative and participatory workshop hosted by the Products of Design community, the event will bring together industry leaders with activists to foster inter-disciplinary partnerships and seed endeavors. Select ideas generated during the event will be developed by Products of Design masters students throughout the fall semester, and publically presented in December 2015 to align with with COP21 proceedings.

21. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 NEXT WEEK’S HOMEWORK 21 “It’s not information overload. It’s filter failure” - Clay Shirky INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT | Design your own media bubble, to effectively filter for the climate change conversation; Infuse yourself with both optimistic & pessimistic views (start with the video & readings) • Watch: Climate of Doubt, PBS – Frontline, October 23, 2012 • Read: What we Think when we Try Not to Think About Climate Change, http://www.vice.com/read/a-psychologist-explains-why-people-dont-really-give-a-shit- about-climate-change-608 • Read: How Tesla will Change Your Life, http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/06/how-tesla-will- change-your-life.html • Create: Design your media bubble • Document: Document the best sources you found, and post to Google docs • Demo: Be prepared to give a demo of your media bubble in class

22. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 NEXT WEEK’S HOMEWORK 22 “It’s not information overload. It’s filter failure” - Clay Shirky GROUP ASSIGNMENT | Research & synthesize who the key influencers in the climate change conversation are (U.S. centric) • Select a group of influencers (we’ll do this for you): The media, U.S. politics/policy (state and national), the scientific community, the business community, NGOs and activists • Identify: Who are the dominant voices? What is their thesis? What is their motivation? How are they broadcasting their message? Who is listening? How influential are they? What voices are absent from this influencer group? • Document: Concisely synthesize your research for the class; Document it in Google Docs, and make sure your research is searchable; This assignment will contribute to a class-wide research repository to help you in your assignments (Access to Google Folder should be in your inbox)

23. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 SELECTING THE DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION LOGO 23 HEADS DOWN VOTE

24. DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015DESIGNING CLIMATE ACTION | WEEK 1: SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 NOW TO 350.ORG OBSERVE. DOCUMENT. ASK QUESTIONS. WHO’S THERE AND WHY? WHAT OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE ACTION ARISE? MAKE FRIENDS. NETWORK.

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