Sustainable Design

08/20/2009 - 4:15am GMT

August 20th, 2009 - Underwater gear company C. Walters Intercoastal Corp. is doing well this year, and they haven’t even rolled out those adorable doggie goggles yet! (Really, the canine wetsuits are in development too.) Creative redesign of the...

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Recycling Plastics is Mining for Gold - Interview with an Innovator

08/19/2009 - 12:48am GMT

August 18th, 2009 - Start thinking about commercial recycling as if it were mining. Plastics recycling pioneer Michael Biddle does, and his company (MBA Polymers) is on the cutting edge. In an interview with Sustainable Life Media’s Betsy Rosenberg...

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Making Life Easy

08/17/2009 - 2:59am GMT

August 17th, 2009 - As Elizabeth Rosenzweig, the founder of World Usability Day says, "A cell phone should be as easy to use as a doorknob." Focused this year on “Designing for a Sustainable World,” Nathan Shedroff and Brian Sullivan have been...

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Kiteboarding to Power Your House

08/14/2009 - 3:01am GMT

August 14th, 2009 - Or 100,000 houses. This is a fun thought for Friday: Kiteboarding-inspired high altitude wind technology has the potential to be cheaper than coal. via National Geographic.

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Tesco’s 2,315 Stores Send Zero Waste to Landfill

08/13/2009 - 1:33am GMT

August 13th, 2009 - The UK’s largest grocery chain, Tesco, is now diverting all of the waste from its stores, offices and distribution centers away from the landfill.

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Who’s Designing the Smart Grid?

08/12/2009 - 4:19am GMT

August 12th, 2009 - Does it make sense to use broadband and communications infrastructure to support a national smart energy grid? Nick Sinai, venture capitalist and former VP of an algae biofuel startup, has joined the FCC to think about it,...

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Nestlé’s 100% Recyclable Christmas Gift

08/11/2009 - 1:56am GMT

August 11th, 2009 - By making a simple change, Nestlé has made the packaging of this year’s Christmas candy selection boxes 100% recyclable. As a result, the winter treat will ship lighter too.

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Sprint Announces Green Phone “Reclaim”

08/10/2009 - 3:02am GMT

August 10th, 2009 - "Reclaim" is the new phone by Samsung and Sprint that has a range of new features in the materials, packaging, and accessories. With a set of beyond-the-basics functionalities, it aims for a slightly different market than other...

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Have you Assessed your Lifecycle yet? Deloitte Explains LCA

08/06/2009 - 7:07pm GMT

August 7th, 2009 - "Lifecycle Assessment: Where is it on your Sustainability Agenda?" asks Deloitte’s latest whitepaper.

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Free for Download: Human Centered Design Toolkit from IDEO

08/05/2009 - 10:14pm GMT

August 6th, 2009 - Designing business solutions for bottom of the pyramid markets just got a little easier. IDEO has made their Human Centered Design Toolkit, a road map through clear design thinking that’s full of their time tested methods,...

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