Archive for May, 2010
PLA Not so Sustainable
I met Emily Pilloton when she visited Auburn University on her trip around the country speaking about Project H Design. This meeting prompted me to take a look at her book and while flipping through Design Revolution I came across a section that outlined why PLA wasn’t as good or sustainable as I previously suspected. […]
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Tags: compost, compostable, Design Revolution, Emily Pilloton, green, Pilloton, PLA, Sustainable
Cradle to Cradle – A Key Point
I just finished reading Cradle to Cradle, a well-known environmental book that focuses on sustainable design and how it can be accomplished. Instead of giving a brief synopses Im going to share a key point in the book that I found particularly interesting. The idea of reusing technical nutrients– McDonough & Braungart suggest a way […]
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Tags: architecture, book, Braungart, C2C, cradle, cradle to cradle, design, environmental, green, green architecture, green design, McDonough, Michael Braungart, plastic book, sustainability, Sustainable, technical nutrient, William McDonough
Although I was already aware of the new Sun Chips compostable bags I had forgoten about them until last night at a party were I ran into them for the first time. Because of their strange feeling and noise (the new bags are considerably louder than the old ones) I became interested in what they […]
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Tags: chips, compost, compostable, design, green, sun, Sun chips, Sustainable
What is Eco-Friendly?
Recently I’ve been reading through “The Eco-Design Handbook” that is supposed to show products that are made in eco-friendly ways. However, instead of learning new ways of designing products to be more sustainable or green, Ive begun to question what it truly means to be “eco-friendly” The book lists several products as eco-friendly because they […]
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Tags: design, eco, eco friendly, green, green movement, product, sustainability, Sustainable
Biodegradable Pots
I came across this pot made by Rossos International that biodegrades within 6 months when thrown out. Made from bamboo and bamboo husks, Rossos International took advantage of a material that grows quickly enough to constantly replenish itself but is also biodegradable and useful.
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Tags: bamboo, biodegradable, design, flower pot, green, sustainability, Sustainable, sustainable design
Coke Using Compostable Cups
Coke World in Atlanta, GA has an exhibition in which visitors can taste Coke products from all over the world. As you can imagine, people are going through lots of cups as they travel from kiosk to kiosk sampling different flavors from around the world. I was thankful to see that all of the cups […]
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Tags: alternative, cokacola, coke, coke world, cola, cups, green, PLA, soda, sustainability, Sustainable, sustainable design
Mio Wall Tiles
I just put up my wall tiles from Mio in my apartment. They are made of post and pre-consumer waste paper and designed to fit into each other in order to limit size and energy use when shipping. Also, materials for constructing the tiles are all locally sourced, meaning less energy is wasted in gathering […]
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Tags: design, eco, eco friendly, green, Mio, Mio culture, paper, sustainability, Sustainable, sustainable design, tiles, wall tiles, waste paper
Sustainable Buyers
The Sustainable Buyers idea was a response to the competition sponsored by renewableidea.co.uk that asked its competitors how buyers could shop and think more sustainably. My solution involved placing an icon next to an item’s price tag that designated how sustainably the product was produced based on MBDC’s principals. To read more about my solution […]
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Tags: design, eco, eco friendly, green, green design, idea, renewable, sustainability, Sustainable, sustainabliltiy
I was surprised the other day when I picked up the Kiplinger Letter my grandfather had sent to me and saw a section about green tech and its advantages. The article basically touched on the fact that the US military could save a boat load of money by thinking and acting more sustainably. It was […]
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Tags: green, green tech, kiplinger, kiplinger letter, military, sustainability, Sustainable, tech, technology, USA
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