visions
First Things First
Ken Garland,1964First Things First 2000
1999World Economic Forum
Council of Designers at WEF Summit Dubai, 2008
principles
The Ceres Principles
Ceres,1990The EIDD Stockholm Declaration©
European Institute for Design and Disability, 2004The Hannover Principles
William McDonough and Michael Braungart, 1992The Wingspread Statement on the Precautionary Principle
Science and Environmental Health Network, 1998IDSA Eco Design Principles and Practices
The Industrial Designers Society of America, 2001American Institute of Architects Sustainable Architectural Practice Position Statement
AIA, 2005The Designers Accord
Valerie Casey, 2007Graphic Design Canada Sustainability Principles
2009Kyoto Design Declaration
Yrjö Sotamaa and Cumulus, 2008
frameworks
The Natural Step™
Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt, Sweden, 1989Total Beauty™
Edwin Datschevski, 1994Biomimicry
Janine Beynus, 1997Natural Capitalism
Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and Hunter Lovins, 2002Cradle to Cradle©
Michael Braungart and William McDonough, 2002 (Design framework and certification system)The Sustainability Helix
Natural Capitalism Inc, The Natural Edge Project (TNEP), Global Academy, the TABATI Group, and MBA candidates at the Presidio School of Management, 2005The Presidio Model
Nathan Shedroff,with Nicola Acutt and Hunter Lovins, 2008
tools
Life Cycle Assessment
1960sLEED
USGBC, 1998Social Return on Investment (SROI)
REDF, 1997The Sustainability Scorecard
Brian Dougherty, Celery Design, 2008The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC)
2005The PHAROS Project
Pharos, 2006Okala
Philip White, Louise St. Pierre and Steve Belletire with Eastman Chemical, Whirlpool and the IDSA/EPA Partnership, 1992, 2007Design Can Change
Eric Karjaluoto and smashLAB, 200711 Design Questions
Chris Hacker, Johnson & Johnson, 2007The Designer's Field Guide to Sustainability
Lunar Design, 2008Re-nourish
Eric Benson, Yvette Perullo, 2006-2009
Labels & Certifications
Countries and regions have developed their own label and certification systems to guide manufacturers and producers, and to inform consumers.
They fall in three main categories: seals, certification words, and numerically comparative labels.
Here are a few that you may recognize:
TYPE-I (SEALS)
- AENOR Medio Ambiente (Spain)
- AFNOR Certification (France)
- Blue Angel (Germany)
- Designed for the Environment (DfE-U.S.)
- Environmental Choice EcoLogo (Canada)
- Environmental Choice (Australia, New Zealand)
- Ekologicky Setrany Vyrobek (Czech Republich)
- Eco Mark (Japan)
- Ecomark (India)
- EnergyStar (US)
- European Union Eco-Label (the EU Flower)
- Fair-Trade
- Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
- Green Label Singapore
- Green Label Thailand
- Green Seal (U.S.)
- Good Housekeeping (nutrition labels, U.S.)
- Hong Kong Green Label
- HUAN Eco-Label (People’s Republic of China)
- Korea Eco-Label
- Marine Stewardship Council
- Nordic Eco Label (the White Swan) (Scandinavia)
- PETA’s Leaping Bunny (animal rights)
- Qualidad Ambiental (Brazil)
- Sustainable Forestry Initiative
- TCO (Sweden)
- UL (U.S.)
