John Thackara is a writer, advisor and event producer. For three decades, he has travelled the world looking for current examples of what a sustainable future can be like.
He writes about these stories online, and in books; he uses them in talks and work- shops for cities, universities, and businesses; as director of Doors Of Perception, he also organises social harvest festivals in which project leaders share experiences with each other. John is the author of a widely-read column at designobserver.com, and of the best-selling book In the Bubble: Designing In A Complex World (which has been published in nine languages).
John is a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art in London, and a Fellow of The Young Foundation, the UK’s social enterprise incubator.
He chairs the World Design Forum in The Netherlands, and is a visiting professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York and the Ambedkar University Delhi, in India.
John, who is English, lives in southern France.
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