All posts tagged Environmental Sustainability

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April 23, 2012, No comments

Image from Innovation Feeder   BYOC  —Bring Your Own Container is a new waste reducing eco-trend that goes beyond carrying your own tote to the supermarket. The BYOC concept encourages …

Sustainable Apparel Council, SAC, Sustainable Apparel Index, sustainable fashion, eco fashion, environmentally-friendly fashion, green fashion, green clothing, organic clothing, clothing manufacturing process, garment manufacturing, green fashion design, labor in clothing production, embodied energy of clothing, Adidas, Puma, Walmart, environmental apparel, Sabine Anton-Katzenbach, sustainable textiles

The SAC’s Apparel Index Tool Brings Environmental and Social Accountability to the Fashion Industry

March 21, 2012, No comments

The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) recently launched the beta phase of their Apparel Index, a system that evaluates and rates the environmental a ...

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International Summit Focuses on Fashion and Corporate Social Responsibility

February 23, 2012, No comments

The Fashion Industry is consistently faced with challenges that are both Social and Environmental. In an attempt to address these issues the Nordic ...

Art Therapy Project: New York to Namibia, creative expression, art therapy, art for children, Namibia, children of Africa, sustainable future, creative expression in children, learning through art, social innovation, social responsibility, Pratt Institute Creative Arts Therapy, Cheryl Walpole, NaDEET, Namib Deset Environmental Educational Trust

Kickstarter of the Week: Art Therapy for Children of Namibia

February 10, 2012, No comments

Having gained independence only 20 years ago, Namibia is a nation in transition. The future of the southern African country is challenged by resource ...

  • life-supporting resources, water crisis, social commentary, resource scarcity, design for the future, strategic design, humanitarian design
    Scarcity and the HomoSapien
    September 7, 2011, No comments

    Concerns about future scarcity of life-supporting resources such as water and oil portray a gloomy 21st century riddled with wars and conflicts

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    Boston Market’s Redesign
    April 29, 2011, No comments

    During a well-deserved day off, I decided to satisfy my craving for Boston Market for lunch. I had not gone in months, and have always enjoyed their food as a ...

  • GOOD Video: Sweat The Small Stuff
    April 16, 2011, No comments

    by Adam Zoltowski From Good.is, check out this video on how all the little things we do add up to major impacts on the environment. Using incredibly creative split frame ...