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Roundtable Information 10am 21st June Considering Sustainable Design: expanding the possible by rethinking the way we create In their book, Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, William McDonough and Michael Braungart argue that we will never sell sustainable practice by pitching cutting back, but rather through creating products that are beneficial to Visual Arts Organizations and the Modern Environmental Movement by Jessica Broderick Lewis Published in the Winter edition of the CSPA Quarterly. To view or order back issues, visit http://magcloud.com/browse/Magazine/38626. To subscribe to the CSPA QUARTERLY, join us! http://www.sustainablepractice.org/join-the-cspa/ ‘The Green Museum,’ sited in this essay, is available at our bookstore! The goal of A new song has been recorded by some of the biggest stars of music and film to support a global climate change campaign. The project is part of the tck tck tck campaign, which is raising awareness of the need to combat rising carbon emissions levels. This is particularly vital in Hip Hop Caucus and Green Jobs for All have teamed up to create Green the Block. Beautiful. Let’s hope they come out with a green collar hip-hop youth theater troupe! To promote the cool benefits of green jobs to youth, naturally. What could be more creative than that? Cirque du Soleil is one of my favorite entertainment companies. I was so pleased to learn from Lyn Heward, their COO of Special Projects, that a strong environmental ethic guides their work, e.g. they installed a seven layer filtration system for their O show in Las Vegas. Obviously, they are all about the The Arts (music, poetry, theater and film) are one of the best vehicle in which to reach specific target audiences with your message. Hollywood films (An Inconvenient Truth), Live Aid, and Rock the Vote are some examples that come to mind. However, I think we’re only just scratching the surface and need to more fully Video games exist for improving brain fitness, financial planning, and learning dance routines, so why not for sustainable living? The field of video games that teach sustainability strategies appears to be slowly blossoming. PowerUp the Game by IBM teaches kids how to save the world by bring clean energy For lovers of sustainability communications, viewing this award program (and past year recipients) doesn’t get much better! Check it out: The GREEN AWARDS™ recognizes excellence in 16 categories in 2009. The awards set out to illustrate the crucial role that needs to be played by communications in informing people about green issues, products and lifestyle Check out these amazing ONLINE sustainable design classes from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) . If you want to learn more about sustainability, design and art, there are no more excuses! |
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