• Collaborators: Design Manchester (England), Nairobi Design Week (Kenya), Standard Practice Studio (England), S!CK Festival (England)
  • Climate change theme: Food
  • Locations: Manchester, UK and Nairobi, Kenya

Doing Zero is a prototype collaboration project between two urban communities with different climate change profiles and experiences: Dagoretti Corner in western Nairobi, Kenya, and Moston and Harpurhey inner-city area in Manchester, England. Doing Zero explores the intersection between mental health, poverty and climate change in the context of food.

During COP26

Doing Zero addresses our relationship with food through creative outputs and community workshops in Harpurhey in North Manchester, England, and Kawangware in West Nairobi, Kenya.

Visit the exhibition at Design Manchester 21 Festival, 15-27 November 2021. The exhibition will also feature at the Vertical Gallery at Manchester School of Art.

Illustrations reflecting topics in workshop from Doing Zero
Illustrations reflecting topics in workshop from Doing Zero ©

© Wanjira_Kinyua

See also