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S-rad, sustainability research and design is an independent research consultancy specialising in providing strategic advice to enhance the environmental sustainability of organizations and communities through design. ABOUT US Dr Stephen Clune is a sustainable designer, researcher and educator with over 10 years experience. His experience includes working as a Senior Lecturer and researcher in sustainable design at the Imagination Lab at Lancaster University, UK. Prior to this Stephen was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Design, RMIT University in Melbourne. This involved working on a wide range of applied sustainability research projects from the role of packaging in preventing food waste, to facilitating workshops on climate adaptive landscape solutions in regional Victoria, Australia. Stephen has a background in Industrial Design and has worked on award winning projects such as Jacana Marines ‘ Nemesis’, the Australian Marine Industry Boat of the Year in 2003. His PhD in Industrial Design Education for Sustainability was completed at the University of Western Sydney. His PhD thesis resulted in interventions being made into the sustainability components of the Industrial Design curriculum to better enable student designers to facilitate sustainable lifestyles. Stephen’s core interest focuses on how design (and design thinking) can assist in the move towards a sustainable society, with a particular interest in design as a facilitator of change. Stephen is committed to assisting you enhance the sustainability of your organisation or community, drawing on a diverse range of tools from social practice theory, behavioural change, Life Cycle Analysis and design thinking.