Rethinking sustainability: Beyond green buzzwords 🚀

Sustainability isn’t just about slapping on a label or making promises, it’s about real change. From cutting through greenwashing in product design to rethinking our relationship with repair and consumption, here are x3 bits of inspiration to get you thinking deeper about sustainability.

1. Book: Better Things: Materials for sustainable product design

Are “recycled materials” and “bioplastics” as green as they sound? Transparency in design is now a must, driven by laws, standards, and consumer demand.

In Better Things, Daniel Liden unpacks the truth behind sustainability claims, cutting through greenwashing with expert insights, data, and actionable guidance. Covering six key material categories plus emerging tech, this is the no-nonsense guide for designers, manufacturers, and conscious consumers. GRAB A COPY

2. Short film: The Shitthropocene

A wild ride from the dawn of our impulse-driven brains to the way capitalism has hacked our nervous systems, The Shitthropocene is Patagonia at its most unfiltered. It’s about how we got here, why we can’t stop, and whether there’s still a way out. Oh, and there are dancing cave people.

3. Workshop: Finisterre: Lived & Loved Repair Workshop (London)

A celebration of repair culture during London Repair Week, this hands-on workshop is for anyone who believes in keeping their clothes in play for longer. No sewing experience? No problem. You’ll learn the essential techniques used in Finisterre’s in-house workshop, from darning knitwear to patching jackets and sashiko denim repair.

📅 Date & Time: Thursday, March 6 · 6 – 8 PM GMT
📍 Location: Finisterre, 47 Neal Street, London WC2H 9PZ

Bring any brand, any garment, just no zips, leather, fur, rucksacks, or shoes. It’s about making what you already own last, learning a skill, and joining a community that values repair over replacement. BOOK IN