Making Design Circular — The Membership
Membership Community With 5-Stage Path to Sustainability
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Introducing: Making Design Circular — The Membership
The Membership is an Online Community Designed to Support Your Journey to Environmental Sustainability
Hey, I'm Katie Treggiden
I once told a business mentor that my mission was to “inspire, educate and empower designer-makers to join the circular economy.”
He told me he didn’t think I was doing that. “What?!” I said. “I’ve written books, I’ve got a podcast, I give talks on the world’s stages, I write for everybody from The Guardian to Crafts Magazine – what more can I do?!” I responded, slightly affronted.
“Oh, you’re inspiring them, for sure,” he said. “But what about the educate and empower part? What about the ‘how’?”
He was right of course and in that moment Making Design Circular was born.
I have since interviewed hundreds of designers, makers, artists and craftspeople about their sustainability journeys and beta-tested everything in the membership, short courses and 1:1 nature-informed coaching offer with brave souls who saw me embark on my own “progress over perfection” journey.
I have seen first-hand the transformation this work has had for those who have joined so far – and I want that for you too.
What’s included
How it works
Your investment
Supported
- Your business is breaking even / making a loss and you don’t have another income keeping you in the black
- It’s just you – you can’t yet afford team members, either freelance or PAYE
- You work from home or in another unpaid space
- Investing in Making Design Circular membership at a higher price would leave you unable to cover basics such as materials, energy bills, or website hosting
- This rate is subsidised by ‘supporter’ members
£47 per month
Standard
- Your business is breaking even / making a profit or you have another income keeping you in the black
- It’s just you but you sometimes pay for freelance support eg photographer, PR, accountant
- You pay for shared workshop/studio space
- Investing in Making Design Circular membership might require you to sacrifice other learning or community investments or ’nice-to-have’s
- This rate covers the cost of your membership – if you’re not sure which one applies, it’s this one!
£97 per month
Supporter
- Your business is making a profit and you’re able to pay yourself a comfortable salary
- You regularly pay for freelance support and/or have PAYE team members
- You have your own workshop/studio space
- Investing in Making Design Circular membership does not require you to make any significant sacrifices
- This rate enables us to offer supported places and fully-funded bursaries and enables you to give back to the Making Design Circular community
£247 per month
Cancel anytime with 3 working days notice.
Bursary memberships
If these price tiers are beyond your reach, we offer a limited number of fully-funded bursaries each year.
You can join the waiting list to be the first to know when a place becomes available.
This is for you if...
- You believe that climate change is real, black lives matter, no human is illegal, love is love, all genders are valid, women’s rights are human rights, neurodiversity makes the world go round and kindness is everything
- You have any specific learning needs that I can support by adapting the way materials are delivered or conversations take place – just let me know
This is not for you if...
- You don’t believe climate change is real and/or caused by human action
- You are looking for answers to be handed to you on a plate – this course will encourage and support you to find the answers within yourself
- You have ever used ‘snowflake’ as an insult, you think Greta Thunberg is a silly little girl who just needs to chill, or you believe that we have all quite enough rights now, thank you very much.
- You have a terrible internet connection– everything is delivered digitally!
Frequently Asked Questions
We have weekly calls at 1 pm UK time (GMT in the winter, BST in the summer) on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Each call is 90 minutes long. There are no live calls in July or from mid-December to mid-January.
If you come to all the live calls and use the co-working sessions to dive into everything else on offer, you’ll be doing really well, so 2 hours a week is perfect. If you have less time than that, or can’t make the calls live, that’s fine too – you can dip in and out as you need to. Progress is better than perfection, remember!
I have a limited number of fully-funded bursaries available. These are for people who would not be able to meet the running costs of their business if they invested in the membership. I will not ask you to justify why you need a bursary – I trust you to make that decision. Drop me an email and I’ll let you know if we currently have any spots available.
The live calls are delivered via Zoom. Everything else is hosted on a platform called Circle. It’s easy to set up (and we can offer tech support if needs be) and combines the membership resources and community in one space, so you won’t need to hop between something like Thinkific or Kajabi and a Facebook Group – in fact, by popular demand, you won’t have to engage with Facebook at all!
You can cancel your membership at any time – just give us at least three working days’ notice before your next payment is due, so we can catch it in time. Please see the full T&Cs for more details.
Email me and I’ll be happy to answer it!