Recycling industry sources estimate that less than 20% of aluminum pet food cans are recycled each year, compared to 54 percent of other aluminum cans. As a result, Friskies® and Fancy Feast® have created the Together We Can campaign, designed to educate cat owners about the recyclability of cat food cans and increase the total… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Design for Environmental Causes
Designing for the Greater Good
We’re delighted to have some of Sproutreach’s work included in the new book, Designing for the Greater Good: The Best in Cause-Related Marketing and Nonprofit Design, just released this week. The first ever book of its kind, Designing for the Greater Good features hundreds of illustrated examples of the best nonprofit and cause-related design worldwide,… Read more »
Pacific Garbage Patch
Shortly after graduating from college, I moved across the country to Catalina Island, twenty-six miles off the coast of Los Angeles, for a job as an instructor at the Catalina Island Marine Institute. During that time (early 90’s), I can remember learning a bit about the large-scale effects of ocean currents on marine debris. Several… Read more »
Design Against Fur 2010
Design Against Fur 2010, the latest installment of what has become an annual design competition sponsored by the Fur Free Alliance, is now accepting submissions. While I’m ordinarily not a proponent of design competitions, I believe this event to be worthwhile and well-structured. Please note that it is open only to students, and is organized… Read more »
Anti-Fur Posters from 2008
Design Against Fur 2008, an event held by the Fur Free Alliance, produced many excellent posters (and animated shorts). Among them is certainly the poster (below) created by Feng Chen, a student from Beijing China, winning both the Grand Prize and the International Peoples Choice Award. The event’s other winning designs can be seen here…. Read more »
