You’ve heard about the cloud , right? This blog comes to you from the cloud. The cloud is where the bank keeps your money. YouTube, Gmail, Twitter and iTunes live in the cloud. So does a record of all my runs in 2011. The cloud, in essence, is the millions of data centers where information and software are stored [...]

DESIGN TO FIT THE FUTURE The purpose of this multilayered and creative event is to push Sarajevo to the forefront of the debate, development, and application of the green design principles and technologies…. Sarajevo Green Design Festival will take place from September 17 to 24. The Festival promotes the importance of green and sustainable design, and it also highlights [...]

Dear Editor, Your efforts to creative a forum for design professional that supports design thinking and solutions for the creation of positive cultural, environmental and economic change, are indeed inspiring. However, there is a glaring hole that I hope, by bringing it to your attention, can be filled. Your website is ignoring the one design profession that works [...]

Why? Because we have the unique opportunity to do good for our world and our business simultaneously. Now is the time when our leadership is most needed, and will have the most impact on the future of our organizations and communities. Those innovators and entrepreneurial leaders willing to seize these opportunities are the ones who will benefit [...]

The West Coast’s Largest Design Show Celebrates the Best and Brightest Projects, Products, and People Curated by the editors of Dwell Magazine, the three-day design show will feature over 200 brands on exhibition floor, several special design-forward exhibits, numerous design competitions, Eastside and Westside hometours, and over 80 presentations and panels by design industry thought leaders and [...]

e2 is a critically acclaimed PBS series about the innovators and pioneers who envision a better quality of life on earth: socially, culturally, economically and ecologically. The series explores attainable solutions to pressing environmental and social challenges, and its stories are culled from a variety of fields including design, energy, transport, water, food and urban development. Episodes [...]

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Take-back is part of extended producer responsibility, a pledge by manufacturers to accept responsibility for a product’s life cycle, including “end-of-life” management schemes.

The process of understanding people and markets in order to provide better products and services and differentiate offerings. Marketing consists of both the “inhale” (customer and market research aimed at understanding needs, desires, and cultural contexts as well as competitors), and the “exhale” (the creating of messaging to effectively communicate offerings in appropriate ways). Too often, [...]

One of at least four forms of capital used by people, organizations, corporations, and governments, to build and maintain their livelihoods. Human Capital is the sum total of knowledge, experience, “good will,” intellectual property, and labor available to an organization or society. While many organizations value their people, many do not manage or measure human capital [...]

The Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA) is proud to present the fourth California Design Biennial, Action/Reaction, an exhibition that highlights the most significant and innovative designs being created in California. Great works of art are often inspired by challenges and adversity; this exhibition will focus on how California’s established and emerging designers are responding to [...]

The Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA) is proud to present the fourth California Design Biennial, Action/Reaction, an exhibition that highlights the most significant and innovative designs being created in California. Great works of art are often inspired by challenges and adversity; this exhibition will focus on how California’s established and emerging designers are responding to [...]

The person most likely to be saddled with the logistical responsibilities of putting sustainable communication design on paper. An unsung hero of design firms and art departments everywhere, production designers are easily identified by their Xacto scars, Tums addictions, and general enthusiasm for file-naming conventions.

A highly ironic environment: land which we would prefer not to fill and whose convenience depends on it being as far from our backyards as possible. See earth911.com to avoid filling.

A beloved family member who may never have heard of sustainability but whose demonstrated expertise in freecycling, organic victory garden cultivation, Cradle-to-Cradle household maintenance, and goodwill towards all makes her an excellent role model for the cause.

A form of multi-tasking that involves getting to work while simultaneously avoiding traffic, burning calories, and enjoying one’s surroundings. Visit bicyclemuseum.com for inspiration.

The giving away or donating of unwanted items, particularly when said items are posted on freecycle.org. Originally referred to as ‘hand-me-downs’ by disgruntled younger siblings.

The repellent and indelible mark left on a brand’s reputation when it is found to use sweatshop labor in the manufacture of its goods.

A form of activism focused on delivering the highest satisfaction from the least amount of effort, giving those who participate the illusion of having a meaningful impact on the world without demanding anything more than joining a Facebook group.