Kerstin StromIndustrial Designer specializing in Sustainable Green Design

Bump in the Road : Patagonia’s Sugar and Spice Shoe

Posted on Friday, October 9th, 2009

I loudly applaud Patagonia’s constant efforts to create responsible products. The Sugar and Spice Shoe proved that footwear can be made for use and disassembly without defaulting on the use of shoe glue. I think [...]

Office Depot debuts Green Scale for its large consumers to gauge the ‘Greenness’ of their purchaes

Posted on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Office Depot is creating a new form of business transparency in it’s offerings by creating a special program through their Shades of Green labeling program. In 2008 they reduced their facilities and transportation carbon footprint [...]

Green Electronics

Posted on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

I just discovered Green Peace’s Guide to Greener Electronics and I was very intrigued by the latest results:

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Nokia — Scores top marks for leading competitors on toxic phase out. More

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Samsung – Holds second position [...]

Middle Class Lifeboat – Review

Posted on Thursday, April 16th, 2009

I think it’s hard to spend less than a week watching the news and not come to the conclusion that Paul and Sarah Edwards are, in many ways, announcing the obvious. The comment Paul made [...]