Most facilitators help you think better. I help you think better about climate
I've produced and facilitated over 100 creative workshops with startups, nonprofits, and Fortune 500 companies. I've
I'm Marc O'Brien, a fractional Strategic Designer, Creative Director, and Design Educator
Generator is a place for unfiltered ideas on design, business, and climate action.
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Would you want to live in a world full of abundance, joy, and beauty?
It’s possible if you just use your imagination.
Striving for a hopeful vision of the future is what motivates
The Design Gap that's failing climate work
Breakthrough climate policies or alternative material innovation could change the world, but if people can't understand it, it
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Jun 30
June Recap
A quick recap of things that happened this month.
» June was full of climate events
Earlier this month, I attended
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Jun 26
A Climate Designers Update: Summer 2025
The following post is from the June edition of the Climate Designers newsletter. It was co-authored by me and Natalie
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Jun 18
Designing for Climate as a Creative Act
I had the pleasure of talking with my buddy Justin Lokitz on his new podcast, Design Shift.
We discussed the
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Jun 10
Climate Innovation Hub @ CCA by 2030
This year's theme for SF Design Week was Reform. As SFDW wraps up, I'm thinking more
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Jun 09
Businesses contributed to our climate breakdown
Real talk, businesses have played a huge role in contributing to our climate breakdown.
But, it makes perfect sense for
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Jun 05
I’ve been known to wear lots of hats (Some at the same time)
Here are a few of them.
💥 Independent Creative
For most of my career, I’ve been freelance, jumping on projects
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Jun 04
A vision for 2040 through the lens of a climate designer
The View from 2040
From my window at my local Community Design Hub (more on that below), I can see
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Jun 02
Back in middle school, I was handed a punk rock mix tape that completely changed my life
Ever since then, punk rock has instilled certain ideologies in me; to fight for causes I believe in, to question
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May 30
Thoughts on Climate Resilience
The following post is from the May edition of the Climate Designers newsletter. It was co-authored by me and Natalie
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May 29
My Doom & Bloom recap: S1E4
I host the Doom & Bloom podcast from Climate Designers. Below is my recap of the latest episode.
In this
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May 24
My mission: transition every design studio towards climate action
Over the last year and a half, I've collaborated with number of design studios in the climate space
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Mar 25
My Doom & Bloom recap: S1E3
I host the Doom & Bloom podcast from Climate Designers. Below is my recap of the latest episode.
Why are
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