http://www.espdesign.org Sustainable Product Design Guide Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:37:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.espdesign.org/sustainable-design-resources/sustainable-design-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Fashioning Change – Empowering consumers to create a sustainable beautiful world » Blog Archive » Why Sustainable Design? Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:37:42 +0000 http://www.espdesign.org/?page_id=57#comment-20 [...] Merriam-Webster defines the term sustainable as “being a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged”.  That is exactly what sustainable designs strive to do, they utilize manufacturing techniques that are more environmentally-friendly in both the material and production processes.  These techniques can be anything from employing low-impact dyes to make a pink blouse or a factory operating on alternative energy sources. Here is a great website and video about sustainable designing, compliments of ESPDesign. [...] [...] Merriam-Webster defines the term sustainable as “being a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged”.  That is exactly what sustainable designs strive to do, they utilize manufacturing techniques that are more environmentally-friendly in both the material and production processes.  These techniques can be anything from employing low-impact dyes to make a pink blouse or a factory operating on alternative energy sources. Here is a great website and video about sustainable designing, compliments of ESPDesign. [...]

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