I flagged new report from the Higher Education Academy in a recent tweet (@atlasann–I often tweet about resources you can use in teaching sustainable design). The report comes from the Geography& Environmental Sciences section, but I think it has relevance to anyone struggling to teach climate change issues. Ranging from the use of “the campus”… Continue Reading
Lately I’ve been trying to think of ways to measure the uptake by design professions of sustainable design over time. I’m particularly interested in architecture and product design. Obviously there are no official statistics collected on this question, so I’m trying to think of proxies that might indicate the activities of designers in this area… Continue Reading
It seems that more and more designers interested in sustainability and social impact have an improving range of techniques and tools to apply to individual design projects, for example we have lifecycle impact software, social impact tool kits, and a range of principles that should guide projects and even design practices. My ongoing interest and… Continue Reading
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