Programs

Independent media platform for climate, culture, design, art, and resistance from the Global South.

The iconic free and accessible education program by and for the Global Majority.

Restoring healthy relationships between humanity and the planet.

Billboards and large-scale media to empower global movements.

Slow Factory’s exhibition residency at MoMA PS1’s homeroom.

Annually supporting dozens of fellows dedicated to creating a just, equitable and sustainable future.

The first memoir by Slow Factory founder, Céline Semaan. As a war-survivor and child refugee sharing endangered and discredited ancestral knowledge of Lebanon from 1948 to 2023, the book follows the tradition of the hakawati, the storytellers of the Levant, holding Indigenous knowledge and wisdom. Céline Semaan, a hakawati herself, documents what she has witnessed throughout her life and the lives of her family members, sharing her upbringing and cultures of resistance.

An editorial platform for independent research, essays, interviews, and other content that continues to shift the current cultural narrative.

Beginning with a radical principle — Utopia can be reimagined as a blueprint for action in the now.

A design method centered around design for disassembly and supply chain innovation.

Planet Justice is an nomadic experiential event that bridges music & performance, dance, food, speaking and community care to heal and inspire. Nourishing the body, mind and spirit to heal the healers, and inspire those who give inspiration.

A collective digital art project highlighting dozens of video works from artists globally.

International and interdisciplinary conference series featuring climate justice and human rights advocates, sustainability experts, scientists, fashion industry leaders, artists, and cultural workers.

An educational initiative that challenges us to recognize landfills as sites of cultural importance, showing how waste can be incorporated into the product design process from the beginning in order to build sustainable circular systems.

A fashion & science incubator that empowers designers to expand their knowledge on sustainable solutions through collaboration. These collaborations drive innovation in design, equity in supply chains, and circularity in materials development––and can be adapted to scale.