It’s no secret that the word “green,” and even more so the phrase “go green,” have entered the ranks of cringe-worthy marketing cliches, as they continue to suffer widespread abuse at the hands of countless disingenuous advertising slogans designed to cash in our desire to be good environmental citizens. So, admittedly, it was with a… Read more »
Posts Tagged: environmental issues
Re-nourish announces Sustainable Design Auditing Project
Re-nourish, together with partner organizations including the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada, has launched the Sustainable Design Auditing Project (SDAP), a public process to develop open-source metrics for measuring the environmental, social and economic impacts of the graphic design supply chain. The multi-stakeholder process is intended to provide the design supply chain with a… Read more »
Hello single-stream, goodbye excuses
Recycling recently (finally) got a lot easier for residents of Haverhill, MA. Effective July 5, 2010, residents no longer need to separate paper & cardboard from glass, plastics, and metal. Instead, all recyclables can simply be thrown in the same container, then placed at the curbside for collection every other week. No more sorting, no… Read more »
Cat food can creations
Recycling industry sources estimate that less than 20% of aluminum pet food cans are recycled each year, compared to 54 percent of other aluminum cans. As a result, Friskies® and Fancy Feast® have created the Together We Can campaign, designed to educate cat owners about the recyclability of cat food cans and increase the total… Read more »
Design Against Fur 2010
Design Against Fur 2010, the latest installment of what has become an annual design competition sponsored by the Fur Free Alliance, is now accepting submissions. While I’m ordinarily not a proponent of design competitions, I believe this event to be worthwhile and well-structured. Please note that it is open only to students, and is organized… Read more »
