April 2010
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Chinese cultural revolution
These awesome posters come from a late ’70s campaign to show Chinese citizens the potential of modern civilization. I’m sure they were very futuristic at the time. A great example of using design to help people envision a better way of life. Whether or not they have that now probably depends on who you ask. (via)
Apr 30th
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“Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.”
– Woody Guthrie
Apr 29th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 23rd
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It’s almost not even worth mentioning, but today is the 40th anniversary of the very first Earth Day in 1970. It is sort of a big deal if you look back at all the environmental progress that was sparked by that day… the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the creation of the EPA to name a few things. But we obviously still have a long way to go. In fact, we’ll probably...
Apr 22nd
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Apr 21st
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Apr 20th
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WatchWatch
This is a nice little video of Canadian ecologist David Suzuki and his daughter traveling through Copenhagen. They note the benefits of Danish infrastructure which was designed with cyclists in mind.
Apr 19th
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Apr 16th
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Puma's new shoebag
When you think of a typical shoebox, you probably don’t think of something that’s an environmental problem. I mean, it’s cardboard for Pete’s sake. But that didn’t stop Puma from teaming up with Yves Béhar’s design studio to rethink the way shoes are packaged. This is what they came up with… The Clever Little Bag uses 65% less cardboard than the...
Apr 15th
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Apr 15th
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“It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether...”
– Teddy Roosevelt
Apr 10th
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The win-win energy solution
The problem In the wake of this week’s coal mining explosion which killed at least 25 miners, I was pretty shocked that it got so much news coverage. It’s definitely a huge tragedy, but I couldn’t help thinking about the devastating effects that coal has to the general public on a regular basis. According to this report, the burning of fossil fuels costs the U.S. roughly $120...
Apr 9th
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Apr 8th
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Apr 6th
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Follow these twits
I’ve seen a lot of people sharing this list of Top 10 Green Twitterers lately, which was posted on an American Express site of all places. So I thought I’d go ahead and throw out some of my favorite people to follow, as they relate to design and sustainability: The visionary @AlexSteffen, founder of @Worldchanging, is a great writer and speaker who embraces the hell out of big...
Apr 2nd