Summarizing Sustainability - Sustainable Minds
Nathan gives an overview of his upcoming book, Design is the Problem
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8 Sustainability Frameworks:
- Quantitative - Life Cycle Analysis, Datschefski’s “Total Beauty”, Social Return on Investment (SROI)
- Qualitative - Natural Capitalism, Natural Step, Cradle to Cradle (aka Regenerative Design), Biomimicry, The Sustainability Helix
12 Sustainable Design Strategies:
- Design for: use, durability, reuse, disassembly, effectiveness, and systems
- Dematerialization
- Materials and Energy Substitution
- Localization
- Transmaterialization
- Informationalization
- Loop Closing
Nathan’s Quick Tips:
- Create more (value, meaning, and performance) with less (materials, energy, and virgin materials)
- Focus on efficient and healthy alternatives
- Use and promote local energy, resources and labor to reduce transportation
- Don’t use PVC unless there is no alternative
- Design solutions that are so good, they are savored
Also see Nathan’s video presentation on sustainable design, in addition to my review.
Nathan will also be hosting a webinar on March 25th.
Lastly, do check out the folks and blog behind Sustainable Minds. They have some great contributions from marketers, designers, and other related field practitioners - And I hear they make some excellent sustainable design software too 
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Hello Mario; many thanks for sharing this. I’m Nathan’s publisher; I’d be glad to create a discount code for you to include here for your readers good for 15% off both Nathan’s book and the corresponding webinar he’s teaching on March 25. Please contact me if you’d like me to send you one; thanks again!