Design a Better World
Organizations
What you do makes a difference. And you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
Jane Goodall
The Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation at Georgia Tech University through research, education and services, promotes technological innovation and the development of user-centered research, products, and services for individuals with disabilities.
The Wellbeing Economy Alliance is a time-bound project that is building momentum for economic transformation and changing the debate so that economies around the world deliver shared wellbeing for people and planet.
The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California Berkeley, studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being and teaches skills and provides resources that foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society.
Check out these organizations dedicated to making the world better. You will find great inspirations for designs, as well as resources, and maybe even a job.
Effective Altruism is a social movement and philosophy focused on maximizing the good you can do in your career, projects, and other life decisions. The organization and website provide resources that promote this purpose.
80,000 Hours is the estimated time that you will spend working during your career--perhaps, the greatest resource that you have to improve the world. It is also an organization that wants to help you find a career that can help you make the world a better place.
The Design Justice Network uses design to imagine and build the worlds we need to live in — worlds that are safer, more just, and more sustainable.
Braver Angeles is a non-profit organization with programs and resources for network of volunteers who are bridging the political divide in the U.S. to move relationships from hatred and disdain to respect and appreciation.
Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is a global organization whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities and create space for Black imagination, innovation, and joy.
The Design Studio for Social Intervention (DS4SI) is an artistic research and development outfit for the improvement of civil society and everyday life, dedicated to changing how social justice is imagined, developed and deployed in the United States.