Eco Products, Environmentally Responsible, Green Products

The following post is part of the course work for “Live Exchange” the foundational course on communication for The MBA Design Strategy Program at California College of the Arts. The rest of the posts are presented here. By Ryan Wilday As an industrial designer, and design strategist, I am a prolific user of paper. Whether [...]

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3p is proud to partner with the Presidio Graduate School’s Managerial Marketing course on a blogging series about “sustainable marketing.” This post is part of that series. To follow along, please click here. By Emily Alt The marketers of today are focusing much of their time and effort on new-age marketing, especially social media. These [...]

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One surprising alternative to the world’s cement addiction has reportedly been found amongst the globe’s landfills and recycling centers. Could hard-plastics (soda bottles and laundry soap containers) really be a cost-effective and environmentally considerate place to find the next raw material for the world’s most structurally demanding projects?

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Once again the year is coming to a close. Various holiday traditions and media messaging urge us to reflect and consider what we will resolve to do better next time around. Having learned from years past, and borrowing from the mass experience of the U.S. (and possibly the world) population, I say with confidence that the list must be short and the actions simple. Long lists of lofty resolutions seem to be seldom resolved. Instead, I call to arms all dedicated pet owners to pledge to a simple change that could yield enormous impact. I speak of recycling pet food cans.

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Sustainability has become a trend for the companies and today every good product should meet ecological, economic and social standards. Consumers are paying for these kinds of objects in a attempt to do their part. But the truth is that some of these products are not buying what they promise. By faking their advertisements, some companies might not be playing a fair game.

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Back in May, I wrote about GE’s new FlexEfficiency 50 power generation technology. This groundbreaking system really extends the state of the art with a high efficiency combined-cycle gas turbine system that has breakthrough efficiency and agility. The agility, which is the ability of the system to quickly respond to changes in demand, makes it [...]

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A strong case can be made for grubbing on bugs, but in the United States and Europe there’s a prevalent cultural bias against insects as a source of edible protein. Find out why entomophagy—the practice of eating insects—has recently started gaining traction as a viable alternative.

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Last Friday, retailers tried to convince you to shop as much as you can, opening their stores as early as Thursday at midnight and offering large discounts. Only one retailer seemed to be in a non-party mood. On that same day, Patagonia, the outdoor apparel clothing company, advertised a full-page ad on the New York [...]

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For those of you, like myself, who have been wondering when someone would get around to combining the two highest-mileage automobile propulsion strategies, hybrid and diesel, your wait is finally over—almost. French automaker Peugeot just launched their Hybrid 3008, which they call, “the world’s first diesel ‘full hybrid’ production car.” The new 3008 HYbrid4 is [...]

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Both Nike and Puma adopted a strategy of creating a movement around reframing the word “sustainability”. Although both movements were targeted towards demographically similar markets, the respective target customers have diverging sensibilities. What will be most interesting to see is how the PR of 2011 develops into the actions of 2012.

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Just because a product has a label stating its environmental credentials, it does not mean necessarily that the product is environmentally friendly. Greenwashing abounds, and it is hard for consumers to know what is truly “green” and what is not. Consumer Reports launched an Eco-Label App for iPhones to help consumers make informed choices. The [...]

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The Sixth International Green Awards celebration took place at a glittering gala in London last week. The awards, which are accredited by the Royal Society of Arts, were established to recognize creativity in promoting international sustainability, focusing on media, communication, product design, people and innovation. Their goal is to “bring together and make more visible a [...]

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The term “pop up shop” has become common currency these days, but it hasn’t generally meant a store that actually pops up. Until now, that is. BizBox is as its name says: A business space in a box. This self contained, towable, solar powered space can be brought to its destination by your average consumer [...]

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Green Gift Monday, launched for the second year by The Nature Conservancy, encourages gift givers to consider environmentally and socially responsible choices around the holidays. It also presents a great marketing opportunity for the Conservancy and its partners.

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Social enterprises are picking up the where the system is leaving off, investing in human beings and equipping them with the tools to create a new world built around compassion, respect, innovation and imagination.

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The following is a guest post by our friends at Saybrook University’s Organizational Systems Program (a 3p sponsor) – designed for students who want to understand the nature of organizations, collaborative practices, and transformative change. By Nancy Southern, Ed.D. I have noticed an increasing tension residing in sustainability conversations as to whether the primary focus [...]

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What do you when you find yourself $25,000 short on your Kickstarter funding goal with only few days remained before deadline? Most entrepreneurs will start thinking about plan B (maybe it’s time to get in touch with that rich uncle of yours who once said he believes in you) or wonder if the whole idea [...]

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Energy efficient datacenters enable an innovation economy with less environmental and financial cost. All this growth is enabled by the cloud. From the cloud I can update my status on Facebook, post photos on Flickr, share my location on FourSquare, announce my every thought on Twitter, download nearly anything on my iPad – even pursue an MBA in sustainable management.

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This short list of green building products was selected from a pool of products nominated by our readers and the readers of Sustainable Industries. A panel of expert judges sifted through the nominees to determine the top ten of the bunch. Winners were selected based on environmental performance, scalability/market impact, innovativeness, design aesthetic, value and [...]

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While yellow leaves to most of us signify the changing of the seasons, to the Mlabri hill tribe of Thailand they mean a complete change in their lives. Yellow Leaf Hammocks are a vehicle to change their health, environment, and financial independence. These resilient people were able to create their own livelihood via these high [...]

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Virtually all jobs these days at least offer you the opportunity to volunteer or get involved with causes at work–and most of us really want a job at a company that gives back to the larger community. However, some companies go above and beyond. At these companies, known as social enterprises, every job is directly involved with having a positive impact on society. It is ingrained into the business model. This is the sweet spot.

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Litter in the forms of plastic packaging and cigarette butts are endangering the ocean’s wildlife and creating a trash vortex the size of Texas int eh North Pacific.

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Ford is emerging as an automotive sustainability frontrunner as they step up their strategy, efforts, and product line. One of their new offerings is the redesigned 2013 Ford Escape which has a new look, a new, green engine, and an array of recycled, reused and reduced impact materials. Earlier this year, sustainability expert Andrew Winston lauded Ford’s [...]

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A diverse, international group of jewelry, environmental, and mining stakeholders convened in Santa Fe, New Mexico on October 29-30, 2011. Participants will pursue broad introduction of certified Fairtrade and Fairmined gold to the US market in 2012.

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The group, whose name I think is a terrific leveraging of NASA’s brand, works primarily through it’s identification of world-class visionaries and the subsequent showcasing of them in forums in which their innovative work gets a chance to strut it’s stuff. You might think of it as a kind of American Idol contest for the future survival of the human race.

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At the 2011 Opportunity Green Conference, Yves Béhar, founder of fuseproject, presented his seven principles of holistic design. This post examines these principles as they relate to sustainable product design and solving the sustainability challenges of businesses.

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Bicycling has seen an unprecedented rise in popularity, support, and accessibility these days, worldwide. To be sure part of this can be credited to the faltering global economy. In the US, there’s also been a willingness on the part of both federal and state government (questionably motivated Republican threats aside) to make an investment in [...]

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The environment is starting to get a lot more time in the proverbial spotlight. We are learning that our actions have had an immensely negative impact on our environment, and continuing to live as we do might threaten our very survival.

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Panasonic is now determined to become the number one green innovation company in the electronics industry. That vision is on display in a prototype eco ideas house and planned smart community to open in 2013.

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If you’re looking for a company that is constantly adopting to fit itself to the changing times and at the same time makes sure this journey takes the sustainability path, Xerox should be at the top of your list. This company has transformed from a paper products company to a business process and document management company, [...]

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