An example of their impact is the #Right2CleanAir Road Show, which came out of the second phase of their work.
They partnered with the Thailand Clean Air Network to raise awareness and encourage action in different ways, including:
- A ‘Clean Air Blue Paper’ evidence-based case for policy change
- 10 online and offline sessions in English and Thai, on topics like:
- economic costs of air pollution
- the impact of air pollution
- gaps between current and proposed solutions
- Creative responses to things like:
- gaps in the current system
- democratizing the access to air quality
- A petition to parliament signed by over 25,000 people in support of a Clean Air Act
How they work
They take a whole-systems approach to designing for complex issues.
- Co-initializing – Groups with diverse perspectives work together to gather and share information about the problem
- Co-sensing – Examine the data to uncover the driving forces behind the issues, and identify points where they could intervene
- Co-creation – Prototype, test and iterate on ideas developed in the first 2 stages
- Co-evolution – Groups come back together to share what they’ve learned, with each other and with new connections they have made