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Design Green Now is a series of FREE panel discussions exploring the integration of innovative tools in the greening of consumer products. These sessions will inspire and empower emerging designers to build a sustainable future NOW!
Panelists include rock star designers from top consultancies like Frog, Smart Design and Fuse Project along side leading green producers like the sportswear company Nau. They will share their current green projects, the challenges they face and the tools they use for successful sustainable design. The discussions will highlight sustainable materials, product life cycles and social impact.
Documentation of the panels will become an online catalog of the latest dialog in green design. Videos will be hosted here after the panels!
For information about sponsoring Design Green Now, please contact:
Bruna De Araujo - Design Green Now Tour Producer
bruna [at] ecosystemsbrand [dot] com
917.402.9016
Press inquiries:
info [at] designgreennow [dot] com
Press Release
March 30th, 2008
Our first stop on the Tour, Bellingham, Washington.
There is so much happening here for sustainability, it’s kind of mind blowing. First we stopped at Colophon Cafe, a locally famous establishment. The food was awesome, much of it from local sources, AND they compost everything; food waste, napkins, almost all of their kitchen waste. This is one of many green initiatives started at Colophon by Leah Peterson, the staff manager, and supported whole heartedly by the owners. She said they used to have six large garbage bags bound for the landfill every night, Now they have one. It is possible because of the industrial compost facility at Green Earth Technologies about a half an hour away from Bellingham in Lynden, WA.
Later we stopped in La Fiamma, where they serve delicious pizza, burgers and drinks (we didn’t have room for the deserts). They also compost all possible organic wastes. Coming from New York, where local green restaurants like Green Table, where the owner has been fighting for compost collection for years, and can’t get the Chelsea Market establishment to take it on. Maybe this year it will change.
See the entry about WWU for the many initiatives our host school has taken on.
And when you come to Bellingham stay at the friendly and affordable Coachman Inn.
March 24th, 2008
What is green design? You tell us! In collaboration with Design 21, we are challenging YOU to define it. Please post and vote. The Top 10 Responses will be announced here and five with the most votes will win new Design 21 Allumonde Acrylic rings.
March 24th, 2008
If you cannot attend any of the West Coast Tour sessions and have burning questions about green / sustainable / cradle to cradle design, go over to Design 21 and enter your inquiries in the “Ask The Panel” Competition. Twelve questions will be chosen and asked *live*, three at each panel. The answers will be posted here.
