LCD Weekly Issue - 041 - Hey there!
⛰️ Words from the mountains
It feels great to be back in your inbox! We intentionally took some time off, and now, refreshed and inspired, we're excited to return! This video perfectly captures the feeling we experienced on our first day going through our inboxes—so relatable!
Over the years, slowing down has become less daunting and more of a powerful tool for us. The anxiety we once felt about not checking emails, not engaging on social media, or the constant need to be online has transformed. Now, it's about being present, allowing ourselves to disconnect and refresh our minds, grounding ourselves, moving, and gearing up for what promises to be an epic new year at the LCD School!
This year, we aim to highlight our incredible volunteers, who will occasionally contribute to the LCD Weekly and lead webinars and workshops in their locations! They are truly the best people and professionals.
We have a nature office! Thanks to our friend Tom van de Beek, who brought a fantastic Kantoor Karavan from the Netherlands to the Pyrenees, you will soon see it in different locations.
Interesting events are coming up! This May, we will host a Non-Human Persona event with the Design Thinkers Academy in Amsterdam. Leading up to the event, Jeroen van der Weide DTA Parter will join us for the first LCD Talk of the year! Soon, all of our events will be online.
The Usana Design Festival is moving forward, and we would love to have you here! Our ambition is to create the world's smallest (and greatest) design festival, Jaja! We seek speakers, workshops, artistic interventions related to nature, music—you name it—and we are open to it. Reply to this email if you want to be part of it in any way!
For a 2025 filled with nature, adventures and connection!
🐅 LCD in the Wild: Earth Species Project
A few weeks ago our friend and community member Dustin Hostetler shared an article of using AI to talk to animals. Which lead me to Earth Species Project.
"Earth Species Project is a non-profit dedicated to using artificial intelligence to decode non-human communication.
We believe that an understanding of non-human languages will transform our relationship with the rest of nature.
Along the way, we are building solutions that are supporting real conservation impact today."
"Our work to decode communication of other species builds on the extraordinary advances we are seeing in AI being applied to human language, which we are extending to the non-human world. It also builds off many decades of bioacoustics and behavioral ecology research which has already uncovered complex communication systems in other species."
This is amazing! Imagine understanding what animals have to say. It will connect us with nature on another level.
🔥 Hot in the School: Online Fundamentals Course
Our course Shifting from Human to Life-Centered Design is back! We are super excited to run our sixth Cohort from March 7 to April 18, 2025.
Join a beautiful community of worldwide participants and learn a more sustainable, conscious and inclusive way of working. Enrollment will open very soon, so be sure to join our waiting list! All members on the waiting list will receive weekly emails with inspiration, new content, and updates!
"If you feel alone against the world, this is the right place to feel among real changemakers!."
- Alessandro Cacace - Innovation Coach
Life-Centered design gives you the mindset and skills to include all life forms in your work and advocate for biological ecosystems and invisible communities.
What's in for you? 💚
- 7 interactive & live online sessions
- 1 individual coaching session
- Online learning environment
- LCD Tools & Guides
- International Whatsapp Community
- Certificate of Completion
You can sign up for our waiting list here :)
It feels so good to be back! See you next Monday!
Marce
