Surf these sites: Centre for Sustainable Design in England -- This UK group holds Oct 26-28, 1998, major conference on: (1) levels of sustainability (eg, ''Factor 10''), dematerialisation and social issues in product devel.; (2) how to make eco-efficiency in product devel & design, (ex: Sony & Nortel); and (3) research regarding this 3 day meeting. Electric motors can be reused in consumer products -- MIT Press article shows how innovative design allows reuse of electric motors (better than just recycling parts). You can download this file (Adobe Acrobat type) GEO - Green Design Network -- GEO provides on-line resources for the green design community. Web link library, the green bookstore with hundreds of books on sustainable topics, green news and events. Green At Work Magazine -- Both online and print editions concerning environment, sustainable design and "Green" issues. Green Building Primer -- Energy Builder Co explains "green design issues." Green Building Source -- Oikos is an Oregon based distribution firm with nearly 2,000 links to Green Design resources. Excellent site and clearing house for commerical Green Builders and novices wishing professional information. Green Design Furniture - Portland, Maine -- Green Design Furniture Company Innovation makes chairs of American Cherry Wood. Quality furniture lasts generations and is about as renewable as it gets: They stay in use when you are gone. Green Design works in progress -- Download pdf files of Carnegie Mellon''s Green Design Team''s current projects. Home Energy magazine -- Table of contents of magazine of residential energy conservation Maine Solar House -- Brilliant, activist shows the world how to make sustainable living in excellent home in Maine. If they can do it there, you can do it anywhere. Redsign Org references -- A dozen green design periodicals are noted. Half have web links. The CDF Green Design -- Corporate Design Foundation promotes sustainability by realizing: True costs over time are minimized and the waste produced is usable if environmental implications of any product or process are included in the design process at the outset. The Green Design Initiative -- Carnegie Mellon University Green Design Initiative. An industry-academic consortium researching the benefits of managing resources and usage of toxic substances. The Pulpit of Bob Cringely on Public Broadcasting -- Is it ethical for Microsoft to control (monopolize) the desktop? Here''s how Microsoft may crumble: LINUX United Nations Environment Program -- Working Group on Sustainable Product Development in the world.
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