Quick Guide to Sustainable Design Strategies
Life-centred design aims for regenerative futures by designing for:Product Lifecycle—Expanding responsibility of product design from focusing only on the time the product is with a target user to including the extraction of raw materials required to make the product, parts and product manufacturing, shipping and transportation, selling, using, disc... See more
Damien Lutz • The life-centred design compass
It is time for designers to set our sights beyond sustainability and consider regeneration. Sustainability is an important concept in a time of widespread environmental destruction. It has made us aware that our planet’s resources are finite, and helped us envisage practices to sustain our current resources. But on its own it does not fix what is b... See more
space10.com • Regenerative by Design
The design world reinvents assumptions and recombines ideas to turn “What if?” and “How might we?” into “What we can do.” Design thinking will be critical in taking the world of Collaborative Consumption out of the realm of possibilities and into real workable solutions, solutions that fulfill our consumer whims, desires, and unarticulated needs, b
... See moreRachel Botsman • What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption
The design presented in the rest of the book rests on three pillars. First, reduce waste and increase efficiency. It's possible to live with the same benefits as the rest of society for one quarter of what the average consumer spends. Many of these
Jacob Lund Fisker • Early Retirement Extreme: A philosophical and practical guide to financial independence
The Circular Economy—Designing for longevity and reuse of materials beyond the first use
