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The Leftovers of Fast Fashion
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 Brandy Davis-Balsamo Wandering through a used clothing store, Jane pushes her way into a rack so tight [...]
Recycling Can Create 2.3 Million Jobs According to NRDC Report
Every major project creates jobs – indeed the Keystone pipeline would have created many jobs and in this economy, who doesn’t want that? However, there is a cleaner way to create jobs than indulge in environmentally harmful projects like the pipeline or Tar Sands. One of them is recycling. Recently, a report released by the [...]
Plan to Recycle $300 Billion Worth of Space Debris
Its hard enough to tackle pollution on Earth, let alone in space. However, the recent NASA UARS spacecraft fall has put the phenomenon of space debris in sharp spotlight. Man-made space objects that are still in orbit but defunct are called orbital debris. These include several types of items ranging from derelict spacecraft and upper stages [...]
Patagonia Asks Its Customers to ‘Buy Less’ and Boosts Customer Base
Asking your customers to buy less of your product is never a good sales strategy but that is exactly what Patagonia is doing. As the California-based company opens its first flagship store in London‘s Covent Gardens it has also teamed up with eBay to create the Common Threads Initiative. This campaign aims to encourage customers [...]
UK Company Turns Used Diapers Into Roofing Material
UK-based company Knowaste claims that they are “world’s first provider of a recycling solution for nappies, adult incontinence and feminine hygiene (AHP) products” and I believe them. Who would have ever thought of turning used sanitary products into roofing material? According to their research, every year, in the UK alone, 80% of municipal waste goes to landfill. AHPs [...]
Earthships Provide Path to Future Self-Sustaining Homes
Rolling up to the Earthships world headquarters in Taos, New Mexico is like stumbling upon an alien planet – a striking, stark desert backdrop with funky colorful bounds dotting the landscape– which as you get closer you soon realize are actual people’s houses. An Earthship is a thermal mass, passive solar home that allows one [...]
Survey Shows Most Restaurants Recycle & Consumers Dig It
A survey conducted in March and April 2011 by the National Restaurant Association (NRA) with support of Georgia-Pacific Professional was recently released, assessing restaurant recycling habits and consumer demand for and perception of restaurant recycling programs. The resulting report entitled Recycling for All the Right Returns: Meeting Demands of Consumers, Nature – and Restaurants’ Bottom [...]
Are Reusable “Paper” Towels the Next Eco-Conundrum?
This post is part of a blogging series by marketing students at the Presidio Graduate School’s MBA program. You can follow along here. By Josephine Penaga Inhabitat has recently launched a “Stop the Paper Towels” campaign through a design contest, teaming up with PeopleTowels. The purpose of the campaign is to encourage consumers to cut [...]
Positive Change, One Flip-Flop at a Time
By Alison I. Somilleda Feelgoodz™, an environmentally and socially conscious flip-flop company based in New Orleans, LA, is redefining the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR). From materials, production and distribution to giving back to the community on a global scale, Feelgoodz™ has created a business model that paves the way for a future of [...]
Reinventing the Same Old Stuff
This post is part of a year-end series by MBA students at California College of the Arts’ Design MBA Program. Read more about our annual partnership here. By Ardy Sobhani The Café Racer motorcycle was born in England during the 1950s and 60s. Its roots formed through a counterculture of individuals who raced their motorcycles [...]
Vetrazzo: A Story In Every Surface
“A kitchen countertop is a home’s social center. A home with our kitchen countertop made from recycled glass creates a forum for people to talk about and be educated about the benefits of going green,” explains James Sheppard, CEO and co-founder of Vetrazzo. Vetrazzo says their passion is recycling – something they see as their [...]
Abt Electronics: Best Practices Aligning Value with Values
“No one will ever be mad at you for going green,” says Mike Abt, one of the four brothers who operate Abt Electronics, recognized as one of the nation’s largest consumer electronics merchant. “In the old days they might have thought of me as a hippie.” Mike’s quote captures the very essence of how going [...]
iWasteNot Systems: A Dating Service for Trash
Looking for 50,000 pounds of inedible egg product, a gently used photocopier, a few 55-gallon drums of alkaline degreaser, or a dozen wooden cable spools? As the old adage says, to some that’s trash . . .but to others, it’s treasure. Just ask James Ruttan, CEO of iWasteNot Systems, Inc., in Ontario, Canada. He, together [...]
Re-Imagining: A New Approach to Sustainable Packaging
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Xerox : How Green is Your Print Job?
“Waste-free products from waste-free facilities” The zero waste vision has been gaining steam lately. One of the most important strategies for this involves designing products and factories that don’t have large amounts of waste created in the manufacturing, use, and disposal of the product. Since 1991, Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) has made significant progress in [...]
Recycle Your Water Bottles On Your Laptop
This is a guest post by John Simonetta, owner of Proforma Green, an eco-friendly promotional items consultancy. John’s blogs are designed to keep us up to date on the “greening” of his industry. From leather to leader is how Leed’s explains it on their website. How about from bottles to briefcases? That might be a [...]
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