Telltale Stories

How can design thinking solve environmental challenges?


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The renowned, Dr.Leyla Acaraglu talks us through the underlying causes that have led to the current environmental crises and what, she believes, needs to be done to address these from a systems perspective.
"We need to question and challenge ourselves to think about what it is that brings value to our lives, because most of us buy things because we get the associated benefits of happiness, and status, and convenience, and so challenging ourselves on the value propositions of the things that we buy and bring into our lives is really important." Dr. Leyla Acaraglu 
 Dr.Leyla Acaraglu is a product designer, sociologist, systems thinker, Ted Talker, and Founder of Disrupt Design and the learning platform Unschool. She has, among other things, worked with the U.N. to create, what is called The Anatomy of Action, which sets out 15 everyday actions that anyone can take to live sustainably.
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Telltale StoriesBy Alexandra Clark