AIGA (Re)design Awards 2013: Extended Deadline June 22
The AIGA (Re)design Awards is an international graphic design competition celebrating the most influential designs that advocate for strong communities, sustainable environments and thriving economies. There’s still time to enter. We have already received submissions from across the U.S. and even as far as Singapore. Submit your entry and represent the good design being done in your community. One story can make a ...
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Sustainable Brands FeatureFreshPaper: Saving the World from Spoiled Food
Some of the best ideas are the simplest ones. Boston-based social enterprise Fenugreen is using its simple product, FreshPaper, to tackle a complex problem — global food waste. FreshPaper is an ...
June 17, 2013 -
GreenBiz Group FeatureThe true cost of water
By Libby Bernick The environmental and social costs of global business water use add up to around $1.9 trillion per year, according to ...
June 14, 2013 -
Observatory FeatureSocialism and Modernity: A Hidden History
Reposted from Design Observer: Observatory – By Rick Poynor Mihajlo Arsovski, poster for 6th International Festival of Student Drama Groups (IFSK), 1966 In one of my earliest ...
June 12, 2013 -
Sustainable Brands FeatureStarbucks Is in a Unique Position To Push Consumers To Waste Less. Will It?
Starbucks is one of America’s most iconic brands for many reasons. The company transformed coffee culture and taught U.S. consumers to appreciate better coffee beans and traditional coffee beverages ...
June 10, 2013 -
GreenBiz Group FeatureWhy Unilever, Patagonia, Puma lead the pack, say sustainability leaders
By Joel Makower Companies continue to rank low among global institutions when it comes to sustainability leadership, though a few companies — mostly the ...
June 7, 2013 -
Observatory FeatureOvershareability
Reposted from Design Observer: Observatory – By Rob Walker A few ways to share, via AddThis Sometimes, as we go through our digital days, it feels like everything ...
June 5, 2013 -
Sustainable Brands FeatureSustainability: Understand, Adapt, Then Signal
Engagement with sustainability offers many perks to a company: It improves brand reputation, it helps raise prices, it maintains one’s position in the market long term and it can ...
June 3, 2013 -
GreenBiz Group FeatureDomtar becomes sustainable on paper
Presenters: David Struhs, Marc Gunther Learn how Domtar transformed its sustainability initiatives from a resource-saving and cost-cutting exercise towards becoming a global leader in fiber innovation.
May 31, 2013 -
Observatory FeatureGerman Government Think-Tank Supports Fringe Change Agents
Reposted from Design Observer: Observatory – By John Thackara Phases of social diffusion of ideas and behaviours, and the roles of change agents in the transformation process. Source: WGBU Good news ...
May 29, 2013 -
Sustainable Brands FeatureThe Power of Brands To Change the World, Part One
This is the first in a three-part series by Fruitful Strategy's Jennifer Rice, in which she explores sustainable, world-changing brands. She will delve further into the topic in the workshop "Sustainable ...
May 28, 2013 -
GreenBiz Group FeatureYvon Chouinard: The company as activist
Patagonia's founder and CEO, Yvon Chouinard, talks with Joel Makower at the 2013 GreenBiz Forum on authenticity and responsibility in building Patagonia, and how consumers can use the ...
May 24, 2013 -
Sustainable Brands FeatureMonadnock Achieves Carbon-Neutral Paper Manufacturing
Printing and packaging paper company Monadnock has announced that it has achieved 100 percent carbon-neutral production status and can now offer customers and supply chain partners a third-party verified ...
May 20, 2013 -
GreenBiz Group FeatureHow 3 academics developed brilliant green marketing plans
By Anna Clark Commercializing a business in an emerging field is a messy enterprise. No matter how systematically the process begins, charting a ...
May 17, 2013 -
Sustainable Brands FeatureDell’s Cube, Content, Curb Approach to Packaging
If you’re a long-time Dell customer, you’ve probably noticed that our packaging looks far different than it did just a few years ago. It’s smaller, easier to recycle, and ...
May 13, 2013
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