THE HEATWAVEShape an idea

A Green Box initiative

Too hot for
business as usual.

The HEATWAVE brings community knowledge, useful evidence and collective imagination together to shape cooler futures.

Bring us a hot problem See how it works ↓
HOT PROBLEMS✦COOL IDEAS✦LOCAL KNOWLEDGE✦SHARED IMAGINATION✦HOT PROBLEMS✦COOL IDEAS✦

Not another conversation about how hot it is.

What if the people feeling the heat helped shape what comes next?

We help communities investigate local heat challenges, discover what is already known and imagine responses that make sense for their lives and places.

We bring the evidence. Communities bring lived experience. Imagination Labs help stir things up.

ListenStart with the people living with heat.
ImagineLook beyond the obvious answers.
ShapeTurn promising thoughts into credible ideas.
02 / THE HEAT IS PERSONAL

Every heat story is local.

Start with the questions that temperature charts cannot answer on their own.

At home

Which room becomes impossible to use?

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At school

Can children think in a hot classroom?

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On the street

Where do people wait without shade?

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At work

Who keeps working when temperatures climb?

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In public

Which places disappear during the hottest hours?

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03 / HOW IT WORKS

From hot problem to possible pathway.

Repeat as needed
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  1. 01

    Listen

    Understand how heat is experienced, by whom and where.

  2. 02

    Learn

    Explore research, local knowledge and cooling approaches.

  3. 03

    Imagine

    Use participatory tools to generate fresh possibilities.

  4. 04

    Shape

    Develop promising thoughts into clear community ideas.

  5. 05

    Connect

    Identify people, partners and pathways that could help.

  6. 06

    Amplify

    Help good ideas travel further and influence wider action.

IMAGINATION LABS

What if we started with imagination?

Green Box Imagination Labs create structured spaces to question assumptions, explore possible futures and develop ideas together.

Host a session
MAPeveryday heat experiences
QUESTIONone-size-fits-all answers
DRAWpossible cooler futures
TESTideas against real life
04 / WHAT MIGHT EMERGE?

We do not know the answer before entering the room.

That is rather the point.

A shaded street cornerA cooler classroomA redesigned roofA neighbourhood cooling mapA low-cost ventilation ideaA midday-friendly public spaceA community heat campaignSomething nobody has imagined yet

COME AS YOU ARE

Three ways to join the wave.

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Bring a hot problem

For communities, schools and local organisations living with a heat challenge.

Tell us about it ↗02

Share cool knowledge

For researchers, designers, engineers and people with useful experience.

Share what you know ↗03

Host a session

For people ready to gather a community and turn up the imagination.

Make it happen ↗

Heat rises.

Communities rise too.

Join the wave