Designing Environmental Solutions
It’s time to disrupt the way we view conservation, and the solutions possible. Conservationists can be technology leaders—and, in fact, they need to be tech leaders to tackle the growing sophistication of threats to nature.
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Lesson 1: Designing for Humans
How do I understand the needs of those involved with my challenge, in order to design solutions they’ll love?
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Lesson 2: Generating New Ideas
How do I come up with innovative ideas for environmental solutions?
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Lesson 3: Prototyping and Iteration
How do I prototype, test, and iterate an environmental solution?
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General Resources
Some great toolkits and resources to learn more about innovation in conservation:
- Stanford d.School Tools for taking action
- IDEO Design Kit and The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design
- Playbook: PermissionToPlay offers a comprehensive set of worksheets
- Interaction Design Foundation: What is Design Thinking?
- IDEO Circular Design Guide: Methods
- GV’s Sprint Process in 90 Seconds
- Circular Classroom
- Sustainable Innovation Manual
- Rare’s Behavior Change For Nature: A Behavioral Science Toolkit for Practitioners
- Guide for Parks Innovation, a collaboration between IDEO and National Park Service
- TNC Agility Lab is a great example of a conservation organization actively embracing quick prototypes to learn and grow
Lesson 3: Extra Resources for Educators
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