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January 4, 2008 Hot News, Cool Trends in Design for Sustainability Home | Climate News & Ideas | Connections | Events | About

Land Rover to Unveil Green Concept Car Land Rover is set to unveil its first green concept car, which the company says indicates the brand's "progressive shift" toward the eco-consumer market. The compact, lighter-weight LRX aims to incorporate sustainable features without losing Land Rover's core customers keen on agility, power, and performance. Read more... Also This Week... California Winemaker Thinks Outside the Bottle Five years after becoming one of the first U.S. vintners to package wine in lightweight, space-saving cartons instead of bottles, California winemaker Three Thieves has expanded its green-packaging program to include new varietals, citing significant savings in materials and shipping costs. Read more... Green Building Drives Sales of Design Software Software company Autodesk says growing awareness of green building design and construction has been good for business. In a recent interview with ZDNet Asia, Autodesk VP Patrick Williams credits the green-building trend with an uptick in demand for 3D modeling software. Read more... Ideas & Inspiration Inside Toyota's Hybrid Truck This month, Toyota will take the wraps off another product that could have embattled American automakers scrambling to catch up. Its new concept truck, dubbed A-BAT, packs a hybrid gas-electric power supply similar to the Prius sedan, likely the most well-known green machine on American roads. (BusinessWeek) Read more... More Greener Design News & Tools... Forward to a Friend! Got a Greener Gadget? Open to established design firms, emerging designers, and design students, the Greener Gadgets Design Competition is seeking out innovative electronics designs that address the issues of energy, carbon footprint, health and toxicity, new materials, product lifecycle, and social development. Top entries will be showcased at Inhabitat's Greener Gadgets Conference Feb. 1, 2008, where they will be judged by an expert panel and the audience for a grand prize of $2,500. Deadline is Jan. 27. Find Peers and Partners If you haven’t already joined the fastest growing online sustainable business community, create a profile now and start connecting. Advertise on SLM! Become a Sustainable Life Media advertiser or sponsor and reach thousands of business leaders looking for product or service solutions to help them build their sustainability story. Click here to learn more. Have a story you want told? Send it to us! Solution Providers

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