Savannah Vize - The Eco-Citizen's Playbook

Mural Madlibs Alert! At 37.15, Savannah playfully answers some questions using Mural and some SEEKING PLAY mad-libs ___________________ Hello there! We’re Dr. Jane Hession and Ronan Healy. We’re a husband and wife team and co-founders of the Irish design studio How Might We - www.howmightwe.design

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Episode 5 Hear ye! Hear ye!

All hail the Jester Queen, Savannah Vize! Playful and benevolent ruler of Season One!

Well, if you haven’t watched our introduction, those opening lines must be very confusing :)

Even before we met Savannah, we were impressed with the creativity and playful intelligence of her Master's Thesis, ‘The Eco-Citizen's Playbook’. And those attributes certainly shone through when we spoke with Savannah.

We hope you enjoy listening to this conversation as much as we did.

Savannah Who? Savannah Vize is a regenerative designer-researcher based in Helsinki. She has a background in graphic design and place-based community engagement and a master’s degree in Creative Sustainability. Savannah uses collaborative and visual approaches to explore and communicate complex topics in accessible and digestible ways.

Touching on artistic, academic and activist modes, her work centres on the importance of playfulness, joy and emotionally supportive creative practice in our engagement with eco-social sustainability. Her multidisciplinary toolbox includes imagination practices, future thinking, participatory research methods, co-design workshops, information architecture and service design approaches.

LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/savannahvize/

The Eco-Citizen's Playbook - linktr.ee/ecoplaybook

Living Directory for the The Eco-Citizen's Playbook www.instagram.com/eco.playbook

Website - www.savannahvize.com

Portfolio and CV - https://campsite.bio/savannahvize

Referenced Play Matters - Miguel Sicart www.dubraybooks.ie/product/play-matters-9780262534512

Timestamps

(0:00) - Introduction and welcome

(0:08) - Host introductions and podcast reminder

(0:33) - Guest introduction: Savannah Visce's background

(1:15) - Savannah's interview highlights

(1:27) - Quotes from Savannah's interview

(2:04) - Recognition of Savannah's impact

(3:23) - Savannah joins the podcast

(3:29) - Savannah's childhood and early interests

(4:45) - Childhood play experiences

(6:10) - Adult playfulness and its importance

(7:15) - Chosen quotes and their significance

(10:14) - Balancing seriousness and playfulness

(11:30) - Savannah's career start and advice to her younger self

(12:55) - Career evolution and current work

(16:04) - Explanation of the Eco Playbook

(19:04) - Importance of the distinction between play and playfulness

(22:46) - Contributions of play and playfulness to environmental action

(27:26) - Situated play design vs. gamification

(30:42) - Artifacts created for the Eco Playbook

(33:39) - Most impactful artifact

(35:08) - Ideal users of the Eco Playbook

(36:04) - Engagement with the Eco Playbook and future collaborations

(37:16) - Mad Libs activity and insights

(40:48) - Closing remarks and appreciation