Podcast with Ideal Spaces
In this two-part conversation with Ideal Spaces, Jessie Croteau, EDC director of communications, discusses the work of The Ecological Design Collective and the role of…
Category: Conversations
a record of conversations hosted by the EDC
[Recording] Artist Roundtable – Confluence: Reimagining Baltimore’s Waterways
Watch this recording of the roundtable discussion at AREA 405 with the artists featured in the Confluence: Reimagining Baltimore’s Waterways exhibition! Rhea Beckett Rhea Beckett…
Earthcare Infrastructures
Hampering Toxicity’s Reign: Grounded Care Practices and Radical Imagination against a Self-Destructive Culture Featuring Dr. Angelina Kussy, in conversation with Cristina Murphy Our world is…
EDC Panel “Antidotes to Toxicity” at 2026 JHU Sustainability Symposium
EDC curators presented their work at the 7th Annual Johns Hopkins Sustainability Symposium Panel abstract: Across ecological, social, and institutional domains, “toxicity” has become a…
Decentered Multispecies Design: A conversation with Eben Kirksey
This conversation with anthropologist Eben Kirksey was recorded on December 4th, 2025. “Empathy is at the heart of human-centred design projects, which aim to put…
Tool Libraries and Repair Communities
On December 2, 2025, the Ecological Design Collective convened at the Station North Tool Library to start a conversation with Jessa Wais and Blanca Callén…
The River Ear Project: Conversation with Artist Asad Raza
This is a conversation between curator Kristine Roome and artist Asad Raza about his exhibition practice and ongoing projects. Raza creates “metabolic” art exhibitions featuring…
Conversation Series with Artist Asad Raza – June 10, 2025
In this fourth session of the Eco-Arts Forum series, artist Asad Raza joined host Kristine Roome to share updates on his ongoing project River Ear,…
Re-imagining Land – Regenerating Relational Ecologies: A Global Forum on Living Systems Resilience
This video features a conversation from the EDC’s 2024–2025 itinerary for “Reimagining Land,” a thematic exploration of land not merely as surface area, but as…
Re-imagining Land – Living on Abandoned Land: Environment and Depopulation on the Azores
This video features a conversation from the EDC’s 2024–2025 itinerary for “Reimagining Land,” a thematic exploration of land not merely as surface area, but as…