It’s no secret that the word “green,” and even more so the phrase “go green,” have entered the ranks of cringe-worthy marketing cliches, as they continue to suffer widespread abuse at the hands of countless disingenuous advertising slogans designed to cash in our desire to be good environmental citizens. So, admittedly, it was with a… Read more »
Posts Tagged: sustainability
Re-nourish announces Sustainable Design Auditing Project
Re-nourish, together with partner organizations including the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada, has launched the Sustainable Design Auditing Project (SDAP), a public process to develop open-source metrics for measuring the environmental, social and economic impacts of the graphic design supply chain. The multi-stakeholder process is intended to provide the design supply chain with a… Read more »
Hello single-stream, goodbye excuses
Recycling recently (finally) got a lot easier for residents of Haverhill, MA. Effective July 5, 2010, residents no longer need to separate paper & cardboard from glass, plastics, and metal. Instead, all recyclables can simply be thrown in the same container, then placed at the curbside for collection every other week. No more sorting, no… Read more »
Green Paper Guide
For those looking to use environmentally-responsible paper for their projects, the number of vendors and product lines has grown considerably in the last two years. To help make sense of this expanding list of choices and find just the right paper for your needs, Design Can Change offers a terrific resource, a handy guide to… Read more »
Marketing rewewable energy
A climate of controversy This morning, delegates from the world’s top 16 polluting nations are in Washington DC for a controversial climate change meeting, organized by President Bush. Many across the world are questioning the motives behind Bush’s climate summit, seeing the 2-day meeting as an attempt to undermine the upcoming United Nations Climate Change… Read more »
