Monday, 30 April 2012

CTS - Design for Sustainability seminar

"the more you read the more you write"

Proposal with a theme - don't have to be married to the title.

Literature search.

- library
- internet
- google scholar
- dast dissertations


Sustainability.

design with eco or ethical concern

ethics vs profits
common good vs individual gain
(communism/socialism vs capitalism)

Green movement 1960
1987 Bruntland Report - start of sustainability movement 
meeting the future without compromising the needs of today

environmentalism - jetisen - acknowledges the flaw in society but doesn't want to give it up
ecologism - (deep green)

Green washing - peoples views of the world can be capitalised on
V. Papanek BOOK - 'The Green Imperative' - social tithe
McDonough 'Cradle to Cradle'

Spheres of sustainability (within capitalism)

Environmental//Social//Economic

eco-socio-economic

How companies focus on being sustainable as well as making a profit

Generation Press - sustainable print.

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