In this episode, recorded May 12, we sit down with the designers who collaborated on an updated version of the FirstThings First Manifesto, originally written by/for Graphic Designers in 1964.While keeping the humor and vision of the original manifesto, First Things First 2020 was written with a sense of urgency due to our climate emergency, along with the expectation that this decade is pivotal for people to proactively unite around social- and environmental justice-based climate action.Meet Namita Dharia, a socio-cultural anthropologist, PhD of Architecture, and the assistant professor of political economy at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in the Nature–Culture–Sustainability Studies MA program.Ben Gaydos is the co-founder of Good Good and the chair of the art & art history program at University of Michigan Flint.Listen to learn more about the work Ben and Namita are doing to bring relevant cross-disciplinary climate impact focused education to their design programs.Show notes at http://climatedesigners.org/podcast/105