GREEN GRADS to Highlight GREEN LIVING At GRAND DESIGNS LIVE April 29th-May 7th At The Excel Docklands
Image By Courtesy of GREEN GRADS
Vases grown from mycelium, a new seaweed bio-material, a heating blanket powered by the sun, and a DIY robot to monitor polluted water worldwide: these are just a few enterprises the GREEN GRADS are bringing to Green Living Live. at GRAND DESIGNS LIVE, April 29-May 7 at Excel, Docklands, London.
GREEN GRADS promote graduates and their projects through shows, films, informal Salons, a website , a YouTube channel and Instagram. Currently there are around 80 GREEN GRADS profiled on www.greengrads.co.uk.
But Who And What Exactly Are GREEN GRADS?
“We’re a ‘platform’ promoting recent graduates of UK Universities who are confronting the world’s most pressing eco-issues,” explains founder/curator Barbara Chandler, who will be at the show. “Our graduates are tackling sustainability, climate change, circular production, waste and pollution, new materials, biophilia, bio-diversity and much more. We find them at universities and degree shows. And we promote them through shows, films, informal Salons, a website, a YouTube channel and Instagram.
Barbara also gives a huge vote of thanks to all supporters of the GREEN GRADS initiative: Epson, FESPA, Prinfab and Imageco ltd : “Without your support we couldn’t continue.”
And 24 GREEN GRADS – Innovators, Makers and Activists - Are Coming To GRAND DESIGNS LIVE.
See the profiles of the 24 GREEN GRADS below and don’t miss their talks on the Sustainable Future Theatre.
Who Is Running GREEN GRADS
Founder/Curator: multi award-winning design journalist Barbara Chandler, known for her long-running pages in the London Evening Standard. Barbara is also a photographer with skills honed by numerous exhibitions and commercial ventures. This is invaluable for “populating” publicity and social media, website and exhibition reports.
Show/Events Director: Michael Czerwinski, founder/director of Studio Tucktite). Michael has extensive experience of delivering exhibitions, talks and seminars, including numerous events for the Design Museum. He is the co-founder/director of the Illustrators Fair
Textile Projects: Debbie McKeegan; CEO of Texintel); FESPA Textile Ambassador. Debbie took charge of the unique GREEN GRADS TEXTILE CHALLENGE 2022 with its call for ECO STORIES from graduating textile students.
