innovation labs for universities.
At Sustain Tomorrow, we partner with universities across the country and bring what we call “pop-up innovation labs” to your classroom. Using colorful post-it notes, collective creativity, expert facilitation, sustainability and design curriculum, highly interactive activities, and empathy, we can work with your students on:
design thinking for sustainability 101
empathy innovation labs
brainstorming and prototyping lab
sustainability creative communication
circular design innovation labs
sustainability leadership trainings
customized design thinking curriculum
design thinking for sustainability 101
In this 3 hour intensive introduction to design thinking, we set up a pop-up innovation lab at your university that allows students to solve a design challenge in the sustainability sector. Our expert facilitation team teaches students how to empathize with people, define needs, generate creative ideas, rapidly prototype, and iterate for success.
empathy innovation labs
Empathy is at the heart of design and allows us to design products and services that resonate with a wide range of audiences. Our empathy innovation labs allow students to understand the needs, challenges, and motivations of people and create impactful solutions.
brainstorming and prototyping lab
In the environmental field, brainstorming and prototyping is necessary because we have no time to waste. We need to build out our ideas as quickly as possible because if you wait too long, it can lead to major issues. You can become so attached to your idea that you won’t want to see it fail and you will make assumptions that will ensure its success instead of looking at it objectively. That’s not what you want. You want to know as early as you can- is this idea worth pursuing?
In this pop-up innovation lab, students carry out brainstorming and rapid prototyping exercises to address an existing sustainability challenge. Our expert facilitation team brings all the tools and resources needed to build students’ creative confidence and quickly innovate in the environmental sector.
sustainability creative communication
From applying for a job to communicating to friends or family to discussing the need for creative climate solutions, storytelling is an essential part of life. The purpose of this innovation lab is to introduce students to basic theory and practice for storytelling to encourage strong communication in the sustainability sector. This training will help students continue to build strong leadership skills, understand the basic principles of storytelling, demonstrate creativity and aptitude of creative communication, and prepare to use design thinking in future career opportunities.
circular design innovation labs
As climate change rapidly impact our lives, people are starting to note the need for change in the design process. Businesses are being required to report their ESG scores and report how they take, make, use, and dispose of the products they create. To be more thoughtful about how to design successful products that sustain the environment, there is a need to inject curiosity into our linear economy and re-think how we might design for sustainability. The purpose of our Circular Design Innovation Labs is to teach students how to create comprehensive systems maps, identify leverage points, and brainstorm and prototype solutions to overcome these challenges.
sustainability leadership trainings
Effective leadership is key in fighting climate change and it’s of utmost importance to train our future workforce to become empathetic, inclusive, and persuasive leaders. This training introduces student to basic theory and practice for design and facilitation of successful virtual and in person meetings. This training will help students build strong leadership skills, demonstrate creativity and aptitude of facilitation expertise, and prepare to use design thinking in future career opportunities.
Sustain Tomorrow started in 2021, and would love to collaborate with you. We brought together a design and facilitation team that has experience working with companies including:
