Suzanne Ishaq on Designing for All Life, Not Just Human Life

Video via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdFaJLt89ck&t=1090s

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In conversation with John Thackara:

"The more we learn about life on earth, the clearer it becomes that the well-being of humans, and of non-humans, is inter-connected. They are a single story. Sustainable design, in this context, means designing for all of life - not just human life. That’s a big step! Not so long ago, human-centered design was considered progressive in itself - and now we have to design for all of life? All of life is not just large, visible lifeforms - like trees, or bears. It also includes microbes that are all around us, and inside us - but invisibly. Ninety nine percent of life, it turns out, is invisible - so how do we design for that? To begin that conversation, my guest in this conversation is Dr. Suzanne Ishaq - a microbiome researcher and founder of the Microbes and Social Equity working group."