In 2014 And Projects worked with two local organisations on the Tibetan Plateau to deliver a deeply participatory process and codesign a strategic framework with Tibetan environmental activists to strengthen the network of people and communities working tirelessly to conserve the ecology of the Tibetan Himalayan Plateau. 

Climate change along with resource mining and development pose serious threats to the future health of the region along with the millions, if not billions of people that rely on water sources originating here. Building off local innovation and existing community networks we mapped the activist’s nomadic practices and ways of living to better understand how to support them. Together through this immersive design and research process we were able to deliver a framework for resilient social and ecological development as well as share incredible adventures with truly inspiring people.

The outcomes of the project included research, icon development, craft enterprise strategy, a scope document for the House of Nomad, the Sydney exhibition ‘101 Portraits’, and the photographic series by Simon O’Dwyer (selected works shown on this page.