Climate Change: Our Looming Catalyst
Posted on Sunday, March 7th, 2010
The debate surrounding global climate change has been a hot button issue for the past few years. In most cases, the average person doesn’t know enough about the science behind this issue to make an informed decision. The fact is that climate change will become a major issue within the next two decades and will have a host of environmental as well as economic impacts in the United States. Climate change will play a major role in the way our economy functions as well as the way our legislators make decisions.
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Repost: Fixing the Perception Problem with Cradle to Cradle Certification
Posted on Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Here’s the problem: for designers—even those at the leading edge of green building—any level of Cradle to Cradle Certification creates a perception that the certified product is green. We call on MBDC to fix this problem, and we offer the following suggestion for doing so: at the Gold and Platinum levels, continue to refer to Cradle to Cradle Certification as a product certification. At these levels, a product must pass muster with a robust set of filters ensuring that it is safe for humans and imparts minimal damage to the environment; designers can be fairly confident that such products are indeed green.
continue readingCarbot Footprinting Contextualized
Posted on Thursday, March 4th, 2010
I’ll be the first to admit that when it comes to the facts and figures of global pollution and energy use I struggle to wrap my head around what those numbers actually represent. This short [...]
continue readingWalMart pushes suppliers
Posted on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
“We heard that in the future, to become a Wal-Mart supplier, you have to be an environmentally friendly company… So we switched some of our products and the way we produced them.”
-Benny Fung, the head [...]
Energy Efficiency Certification Program Webinar
Posted on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Earlier this month, the ULE launched their Energy Efficiency Certification program. This new program will assist manufacturers in achieving compliance with energy efficiency programs and regulations in Canada and the US. Products that pass the [...]
continue readingRepost: Naivete as Job Requirement?
Posted on Monday, March 1st, 2010
http://foresightdesign.org/forecast/
by Peter Nicholson, Innovationist
FORESIGHT DESIGN INITIATIVE
I attended my first sustainable design conference more than 10 years ago. A fundamental difference between what I knew then, and what I do now, is how difficult this work [...]
News fit to print
Posted on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Dear Readers,
January and February have been a bit of a whirlwind for me – however I have news to share:
As of this Friday I am now the IDSA Ecodesign Section Chair. This is also currently [...]
Josephine Green – Management was not invented to innovate!
Posted on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Often I’ve wondered how our current business model will impede our ability to innovate how we conduct business more responsibly. Josephine Green makes an exellent point in the above video.
Josephine Green’s e-book, Democratizing the future, [...]
I would drink to this…
Posted on Friday, January 15th, 2010
Jackson Family Wines, commonly known under Kendall-Jackson have finished their year long pilot program for creating a water recycling system and energy-use reduction process during the winery process. What is exciting about this forward thinking [...]
continue readingEarth Advantage Institute:TOP TEN GREEN BUILDING TRENDS TO WATCH IN 2010
Posted on Friday, January 15th, 2010
According to the Earth Advantage Institute, this is the top ten trends in green building for 2010:
1. The smart grid and connected home. While utilities will continue to make upgrades to the grid
for more effective [...]
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