Antidotes to Toxicity

Recently, I’ve started to think about toxicity not only as something material, chemical, or relational, but also as something structural.In…

We’re thrilled to announce the three recipients of the inaugural Ecological Design Collective Project Awards, supporting bold, community-grounded responses to…

Such an illuminating discussion led this evening at Red Emma's by @mickel and @Moth . The conversation landed on the…

Set in the neighborhoods of South Baltimore, Polluted by Design is a four-part documentary series examining how waste infrastructure, industrial…

“Feeling Tingly?” will be a multi-sensory installation that explores overconsumption by centering materials that reflect the pervasiveness of synthetic substances…

Baltimore folks, make sure to visit the "Solarpunk" exhibition at the Crow's Nest environmental gallery in Baltimore, on view through…

It actually happened! Twice this week, a small group of people agreed to step into a flooded Fells Point, become…

What can encourage diehard lawn owners to try something new? Can cultivating a meadow be sexy? How can the toxicity…

Hi All– This is Alexi putting on my artist hat & hoping I am finally navigating the forum correctly.The problem…

In the spirit of devising and enacting antidotes to toxicity, I am proposing the construction of a comprehensive guide to…

The ecological challenge I am addressing is the "toxic" rigidity of our coastlines—specifically the crumbling bulkheads of Fells Point that…

One source of toxicity right now is how we have let our imaginations become hijacked by dystopian futures. The tragedy…

The Ecological Design Collective is a community for radical ecological imagination and collaboration. While our work centers on grounded, in-person…

Hi EDC community, echoing the yearly theme of 2025-2026, this is a discussion space for exploring practices that counteract harm.…