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The Ecological Design Collective is a non-profit project founded by researchers and community organizations in Baltimore and a growing community around the world. A collaborative initiative focused on addressing ecological crises through design
Deadline extended! Please submit project proposals by April 3rd!
Join artist Ellie Irons for a hands on workshop creating and painting with watercolor paints from regionally sourced wild and weedy plants. This will be followed by an opportunity to experiment with the process in small groups. Please visit our website for more details!
Jones Falls 2076 envisions futures for the river in 2076. River Reimagining workshops will summon action on the future of the Jones Falls. Each workshop is limited to 25–30 collaborators among river advocates, designers, students, etc.
Please register on our website!
We are excited to announce the launch of this pilot cycle of ECC Project Awards! Please scan the QR code or visit our page to learn more about the eligibility criteria as well as steps to apply!
We are so excited to share the new Winter/Spring issue of the Litter! The issue presents the works of many different artists surrounding our Antidotes to Toxicity theme and we would love to see your support! Please visit the link on our webpage to read!
Join EDC for an online conversation with Michael Degani.
"The Low Carbon Spaceship: Passive Architecture After Cheap Energy."
Join EDC for a conversation with Eben Kirksey on December 4, 2025, at MICA Center for Creative Impact! 🔥
Join EDC for a conversation with Blanca Callen Moreu at the Station North Tool Library! 🛠️📚
Join EDC for a dinner and dialogue with Baltimore advocates and change makers!
Call for Submissions: Antidotes to Toxicity 🖊️
The Ecological Design Collective invites contributions for the Fall/Winter 2025–2026 digital magazine Litter, centered on the theme “Antidotes to Toxicity.” Submit here: community.ecodesigncollective.org/call-for-sub...
The Ecological Design Collective is accepting submissions for its Winter 2026 Featured Artist series. Selected artist will receive a $200 honorarium and a three-month feature on the EDC website (Jan–Mar 2026). community.ecodesigncollective.org/open-call-ec...
Join us in caring for our local forests. Wavy basketgrass is a fast-spreading invasive that crowds out native species and prevents trees from regenerating. Together, we’ll remove this “plant bully” and open space for native plants to thrive. 🌳
📅 Oct 12th, 2 - 4 pm
📍 3506 Gwynnbrook Ave
In times of crisis, grief is not weakness; it’s care, connection & resistance. 🎭 Creativity is revolutionary, a way to heal & reclaim power.
📅 Collage Exhibit Oct 3 | Workshop Oct 10
📍 Private warehouse (address after reg.)
✉️ info@alyssadennis.com
Join the EDC for our September Grounding Event
We’ll gather for a guided tour of Black Earth Rising at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Curated by Ekow Eshun, it features 22 works exploring climate crisis.
📅 Sept. 11th, 5 PM - Meet at the BMA lobby
Tour led by Art Curator Antoinette Roberts.
Today! Join the EDC to kick off the 2025–26 year with a social at Union Craft Brewing 🎉
Whether you’re a longtime member or brand new, we can’t wait to welcome you into a space of collective reimagining.
📍 Union Craft Brewing
🗓️ Today, September 5 | 5:00–6:30 pm EDT
For 2025–2026, the Ecological Design Collective asks: What does it mean to create antidotes to toxicity?
Join us and host an event!
Link in our website:
community.ecodesigncollective.org/hosting-a-gr...
#DesignAnAntidote #ToxicTimes #EcologicalDesign #EDC2025 #EnvironmentalJustice
💚 Introducing Litter: the new journal from the EDC!
In a moment when reactionary forces narrow the space for imagination and collective action, Litter emerges as a space for radical ideas, creative interventions, and rethinking ecological design.
Submissions are now open! Link in the bio.
In the summer of 2020, during the pandemic, wildfires, and global calls for justice, the idea of the Ecological Design Collective began.
EDC is a platform to explore and connect! You can become a member today on our website: community.ecodesigncollective.org
💚New Featured Artist!
Anna Fine Foer, in her new series, Nurture or Nature!
We’re thrilled to feature her as this season’s Featured Artist on the EDC website. Take a moment to explore her work!
#AnnaFineFoer #FeaturedArtist #EDCCollective #ArtMeetsScience #SoilEcologies #EcoArt
In our fourth conversation with artist Asad Raza, we followed the unfolding of a project that’s more than art: it’s a living, breathing collaboration with a river.
Watch the full conversation here: community.ecodesigncollective.org/conversation...
Soledad Salamé: Camouflage
📍 Goya Contemporary Gallery | Mill Centre Studio 214, Baltimore
🗓️ Thursday, June 12 at 12:00 PM
Join us for an exclusive tour of Camouflage, the latest exhibition by Chilean American artist Soledad Salamé, guided by curator Amy Raehse.
🌀 Join us online on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at 12PM (EST) for the next installment of our conversation series with acclaimed artist Asad Raza!
Anthropologist Kristine Roome moderates this session!
📅 Tuesday, June 10
🕛 12PM (EST)
🔗 JOIN HERE → community.ecodesigncollective.org/event/conver...
💚 Roots and Futures: A Transatlantic Conversation on Black Land & Food Sovereignty
May 29 | 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Blueprint Cafe, 3120 St Paul St, Baltimore, MD
RSVP for up to two guests.
#RootsAndFutures #BlackLandSovereignty #FoodJustice #BlackCulture #Ghana #Baltimore
Join us for “A Year of Reimagining Land: A Roundtable Retrospective”!
Celebrate a year of radical ecological imagination with the Ecological Design Collective at our End of Year Reception!
🗓 Date: May 22nd
🕓 Time: 4:00 – 6:00 PM
📍 Location: Blueprint Cafe, 3120 St Paul St, Baltimore, MD
🌱 TODAY! Celebrate with Us 🌿
Join the Ecological Design Collective for our End of Year Reception — a celebration of community, imagination, and collective care for the land 🌍✨
📅 TODAY – Sunday, May 18
🕛 12:00–2:00 PM
📍 Blueprint Cafe — 3120 St Paul St, Baltimore, MD 21218
You are warmly invited 💚
🌱 Happening TOMORROW!
Join us for Re-imagining Land – Regenerating Relational Ecologies, a powerful global forum exploring how communities around the world are regenerating living systems!
🗓 May 6, 12:00–1:00 PM EDT, Online – Register & Join!
community.ecodesigncollective.org/event/regene...
🌿 Eclipta Herbal Sanctuary Tour: Grounding in Healing & Ecology
Join us for an in-person tour on May 6, 4–6 PM EDT!
📍 6304 Old Harford Rd, Baltimore, MD
👥 RSVP now: community.ecodesigncollective.org/event/eclipt...
🌍 Re-imagining Land, Regenerating Relationships
Join us online on May 6, 12 PM EDT, for a global forum on living systems resilience.
Explore how communities are co-creating regenerative practices, relational ecologies, and place-based governance.
community.ecodesigncollective.org/event/regene...
🚨 Big news! The Ecological Design Collective (EDC) has just been awarded a grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust to launch an exciting new project: Jones Falls 2076
❗Want to be part of it?
Join our community space to follow the journey and get involved: community.ecodesigncollective.org
🌿 Still thinking about applying? There’s still time!
Our Open Call for Featured Eco-Artists – Summer 2025 is still open, but the deadline is approaching: May 15!
Apply now and let your art be part of the transformation:
community.ecodesigncollective.org/open-call-ec...