Journal
A place for sharing inspiration, reflections, and learnings from our projects and the Transition Design field.
The Forest Answers: Reimagining our relationships with forests through language
In this project, we draw on this intrinsic connection between language and collective imagination, with the aim of decoupling the words, stories and terms of extraction towards a more reciprocal, caring and plural description of Finnish forests.
Rituals For Hospicing Dying Systems
In saying goodbye to old systems and practices that once served us, how can we create new rituals that honor and critique them simultaneously? We explore these themes with conference attendants at SRI/SSD 2024.
Serious play for Riviera’s team wellbeing
When is the last time you played? Not played a sport or played with your kids or pet, but played just for yourself and your own wellbeing? At Falay, we are enormous advocates for the power of play, and love embedding playfulness in our work wherever possible.
Dreamweavers: Transition Design Workshops with Fingo on Decolonising Aid
We recently completed a project with Fingo on the "Decolonisation of Aid," where we applied Transition Design methods and tools to reimagine the international development sector. We were joined by participants from the Finnish NGO sector, East and West Africa, and artists.
Imagining the future food court
What does the future of food look like? How do you picture yourself eating in 5 years? What about 10 years? Andrea shares insights from a project wih VTT, imagining the future food court.
Presenting: A menu for Futures Prototyping
How can we understand and experience something which doesn’t exist yet? We’re excited to present our newly developed menu for Futures Prototyping
In conversation with: Helsinki Climate Unit’s Susa Eräranta
As we explore how to make futures tangible, we talk with Susa Eräranta from the City of Helsinki about the value of immersive futures imagination approaches.
International Women’s Day: A thank you letter
This International Women’s Day we share a thank you letter to all the women we look up to, and who inspire our collective by bravely pushing change in our systems every day.
Falay Transition Design: One year on
At the beginning of January 2023, Falay Transition Design came together for the first time - in these twelve months we have learned many lessons, formed many constellations and explored many topics.
Retreat as intervention
When was the last time you took time for yourself to pause, recenter, feel the collective events of the world, and integrate the learnings you have gained? In the fast-paced world we are living in, we don't often create enough space to integrate the collective and personal events that occur, the emotions they create, or the learnings we receive.
A toolkit for play: The Environmental Citizen’s Playbook
The Environmental Citizen’s Playbook and its different tools explore the potential of playfulness and joy within environmentalism, for building resilience and healing within conscious communities.