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Stuart Walker
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Prof. Design for Sustainability, MMU
Emeritus Lancaster & Calgary
Alumnus RCA, Imperial
Welsh/Canadian
www.stuartwalker.org.uk
DESIGN SHIFT: creative values for people, planet and the common good, 2026, Routledge
DESIGN FOR RESILIENCE, 2023, MIT Press
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Great to see - wild salmon award for conservation efforts in Ribble and Hodder
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Wild salmon award for River Hodder conservation efforts
The Ribble Rivers Trust is being honoured for a project which focuses on restoring salmon habitat.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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UK to rejoin Erasmus - wonderful news - it's a great programme for students and staff exchanges
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Erasmus live updates: Scheme to return for UK students from 2027
British students will be will be able to spend a year studying at EU universities without paying extra fees, and vice versa for European students.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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NEW: Summary, Contents, Reviews of 'DESIGN SHIFT' added to my website, plus more images of #design work in #Gallery
See: stuartwalker.org.uk
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December 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Design Shift: Creative Values for People, Planet, and the Common Good share.google/yMh74fDI7OEf...

Due out in March 2026.
Summary, Contents and Reviews now available.
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Design Shift: Creative Values for People, Planet, and the Common Good
Examining how creative decision-making is fundamentally tied to our values and modes of thinking in an era of accelerating change and deepening challenges, this book offers a timely reminder that desi...
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November 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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My latest book, #DESIGN SHIFT will be published by #Routledge on March 18, 2026. Available for pre-order on February 25. More information at: www.routledge.com/Design-Shift...
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Design Shift: creative values for people, planet, and the common good
Examining how creative decision-making is fundamentally tied to our values and modes of thinking in an era of accelerating change and deepening challenges, this book offers a timely reminder that desi...
www.routledge.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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A Labour Government preventing discussion of sustainability and North Sea oil and gas development. This is not only wreckless but also it's not the Labour Party I have supported for a long time. What does Starmer stand for, if anything?
Academic axed from Labour conference panel for criticising energy policy
Sustainability expert was told panellists discussing North Sea oil and gas were meant to ‘agree entirely’ with each other
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October 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Another Farage-Johnson Brexit benefit?
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EU steel tariff hike threatens 'biggest crisis' for UK industry
The EU is the destination for 78% of steel products made in the UK for overseas markets.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Picasso had many faults, but his art is timeless. Here, a poster for peace, love and solidarity between people in the face of fascism.
October 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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This article explains how Amazon locked-in its customers and sellers and then reduced the quality of its services to maximize profits.
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Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...
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October 5, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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My new book, 'DESIGN SHIFT' will be available early 2026
Cover art not finalised but overview & chapter list on #Routledge website

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October 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Hollywood star Matthew Rhys is returning to the Welsh stage this November for the first time in two decades in an acclaimed one-man play about Richard Burton to raise funds for Michael Sheen’s new Welsh National Theatre
Matthew Rhys to play Richard Burton in return to Welsh stage
Emmy Award-winner Matthew Rhys is set to return to the Welsh stage this November for the first time in 22 years in an acclaimed one-man play about Richard Burton to raise funds for Michael Sheen’s new...
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September 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Some fine-grain carpark pricing here in central Spain
September 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Rivers more polluted inside our national parks. Where is this government?
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Revealed: river pollution twice as bad inside national parks as outside them
Exclusive: Campaigners attack ‘outrageous’ situation, saying waters in protected areas of England and Wales should be cleanest
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September 17, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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New Exhition at Lancaster Museum - The Dalton Square Murders - the stories of the victims of Buck Ruxton.
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Life stories of killer doctor Buck Ruxton's victims revealed
A new exhibition in Lancaster tells of the women murdered by a notorious doctor 90 years ago.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Flags is it?
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Classic Welsh response to flags appears on bridge and people are loving it
"I've been feeling so downhearted but this is glorious"
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September 14, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Kate Raworth (left) at the World #Design Congress: Design for Planet talking about #DoughnutEconomics.
September 10, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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World Design Congress, London - Design for Planet - opening with children's choir - plea for planet.
September 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Today, I saw a very wonderful and very sad exhibition at The Whitworth - The Beginnings of Knowledge by Santiago Yahuarcani, a contemporary Indigenous artist from the Peruvian Amazon. Showing in Manchester, Mexico City and Sao Paulo. A must-see show.
September 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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It was a brilliant day for a hike along the Lune today. In the hamlet of Aughton, came across the cottage of one of the authors in the British Library Crime Classics series.
August 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Not just mountain litter.
It’s not getting better anywhere.
We are a filthy nation really.
August 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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A quarter of a century later, and declining opportunities and prospects in Morcambe, despite the promise of Eden North.
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‘It has echoes of happiness’: life for gen Z in the seaside town I once called home
The Guardian’s former north of England editor returned to Morecambe after 25 years to discover the place where she grew up has even fewer amenities for young people – and the feeling of being ‘left be...
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August 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Morecambe's city of sandcastles - BBC Sounds
Meet the artists on Morecambe beach taking sandcastle building to a whole new level.
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August 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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The Gladstone Library, Hawarden, North Wales - this beautiful Grade I building is the only residential library in Europe.
July 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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UK government's ban on Palestine Action is a "disturbing" misuse of counter-terrorism legislation, the United Nations' human rights chief has warned.
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UN human rights chief criticises 'disturbing' Palestine Action ban
Volker Turk urges the UK government to lift the
www.bbc.co.uk
July 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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VACANCY - DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY
We're looking for a Senior #Research Associate in #Design for #Sustainability to work alongside experienced professors with a well-established research portfolio.
Location: #Manchester All Saints Campus
More details here: manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...
Research Associate (Design for Sustainability) - (8474) | Manchester Metropolitan University Careers
All about Manchester Metropolitan - an exciting, modern university in the heart of one of the UK's great student cities.
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July 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM