Community Call 007 - Directory Development of Designers and Patterns

ZWDO Collective is inviting zero waste creatives on August 4th to co-create an online directory that will connect the community to each other, patterns and other resources.

Over the past year the ZWDO team has discovered people involved in ZWD worldwide and listed them in a spreadsheet to help connect the community. We will be sharing this document on the call but recognise it is not exhaustive and may be too Europe/America oriented due to our existing knowledge. We are inviting you to help us highlight people from across the globe working in ZWD, with a particular focus on creatives in Asia, South America, and Africa we may not yet know about.

As well as exploring who is working in ZWD, we’d like to understand how a directory could be helpful to you, and discuss what information the community is looking for. Could it be other ZW creatives to connect and collaborate with, patterns to use, designers to hire, sustainable fabric retailers, or perhaps physical spaces for workshops? Together we will explore what purpose could the directory serve so that we can design a platform that is valuable for as many people as possible in the ZW community.

ZWDO Community Calls aim to build a strong and thriving zero waste community online. They provide a space to connect, share and discuss current topics with inspiring individuals from across the world, while fostering new opportunities for learning and developing relationships and connections. Through open discussion we increase access to new knowledge, ideas, networks, and ways of thinking.

If you have any accessibility needs please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate you. Email us at zwdo.collective@gmail.com.