We engage in research and practice on making, materiality and repair. We aim to contribute to a sustainable future by creating materially embodied prototypes that encourage people to take sustainable action, challenging and changing our relationship with things, and learning from communities who have been long practicing ways of living more sustainably. 

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Building a Sustainable Future for Music, Making and Coding in Schools

On 14 May 2026, the UCL Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education (CCCSE) and the Science Education Special Interest Group hosted a joint seminar showcasing eight years of interdisciplinary research at the intersection …
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Let’s Play! Music, Making, Engineering and Sustainability in Schools

A seminar hosted by the UCL Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education Where: Room 938, IOE, 20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0XG and online When: Thursday 14 May, 15:30 - 17:30pm (GMT+1) (in-person) …
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Learn to mend and prolong your clothes’ lifecycle!

Where: room 938, 20 Bedford Way, London, England When: Thursday, Feb 19 from 1 pm to 5 pm GMT The Department of Culture, Communications and Media at the IOE have been organizing “Sustainability Skills …

We are based across UCL's Bloomsbury campus.
Our lab, the "collaborative laboratory for building sustainabilities", is hosted at 23-29 Emerald St, London WC1N 3QS
Email: craftingsustainabilities@ucl.ac.uk