Sustainable Design Strategies

Eve Mosher's High Water Line

saratoga — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:00:56 -0600

Wow, I am moved by Eve Mosher's piece High Water Line in which she's drawing out a line where water would rise to in New York given the current trends in global warming. I think this definitely will effect people who are living along the line she's drawing, and perhaps motivate them to call for change!

I'd really love to see this in Louisiana.

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China unveils climate change plan??

tweaver — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:56:30 -0600

From today's Guardian article-China unveils climate change plan >>

"China vowed to blaze a new path to industrialisation today as it unveiled its first national plan on climate change".

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My Car Can Breathe

col — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 14:08:00 -0600

Amazing - a car that runs on compressed air. Too bad it's really freakin ugly. Makes me think: What if you combined a solar panel with an air compressing machine? Could you have a car that refills while it drives? Could you develop a system that would generate enough compressed air to run the car in the city, thus providing an entirely sustainabile vehicle?

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Tool Mentoring // Drupal CMS, CollectiveResolve

druplix — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:09:18 -0600

Tool Mentoring // How to install and customize the Drupal Content Management System

This is an overview and step by step tutorial on how to install a Drupal CMS like the one used here for CollectiveResolve.org.

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Design Can Change

tstiles — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:36:04 -0600

Great interactive, visualization, resources, and just overall "beautiful" presentation in a Flash website of issues for change:

http://www.designcanchange.org/

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1000 Words: A Manifesto for Sustainability in Design

tstiles — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:50:59 -0600

http://www.core77.com/reactor/04.07_chochinov.asp

A few snippets:

Designers as problem solvers: "First do no harm" ... we're in the consequence business.
Think systems before artifacts
CONTEXT means everything

AIGA NEXT Conference // Interaction Design

Asus Bamboo Ecobook Computer

tstiles — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:46:29 -0600

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/asus_bamboo_eco.php

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100 Mile Diet

tstiles — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:20:01 -0600

http://100milediet.org/
Local eating for global change.

Eat only that which is grown and raised withing 100 miles of your home. A great awareness concept, but presently pretty tough to strictly follow.

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Find an Energy-Saving Light Bulb

tstiles — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:49:05 -0600

I've found that the most promoted step in reducing energy use is in changing from incandescent bulbs to flourescent bulbs. We use flourescent bulbs in only one lamp at our house and don't like the "flicker" at start, nor the color temperature of light that it gives off (bought at IKEA three years ago).

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Business 3.0 // Sustainable Economics

tstiles — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:50:03 -0600

I just read this article in the March 2007 Fast Company:

Business 3.0 // Sustainable Economics

It's a great overview of many of the sustainable design, culture, and economic issues that I've been working through. Please take a look and let me know your thoughts.

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Greenprint Denver

tstiles — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:08:39 -0600

http://www.greenprintdenver.org/

A great city resource for Denver's growing efforts in sustainability. Hope to get connected. Please comment on any interesting points or thoughts.

Action Plan // http://www.greenprintdenver.org/about/plan.php

Get Involved // http://www.greenprintdenver.org/about/plan.php

Start/Join a Green Team // http://www.greenprintdenver.org/getinvolved/greenteams.php

[Green Team National // http://www.greenteamproject.org/ ]

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What is Sustainable Design?

tstiles — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:36:16 -0600

Give your personal definition to what is Sustainable Design. What resources have you found? What are some key influencers and/or mentors in the field? What is missing? What should be created or emphasized?