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April 25, 2008 Hot News, Cool Trends in Design for Sustainability SLM Home | Design News & Ideas | Connections | Events | About

The Design Revolution - Which Side Are You On? Design pioneer Dr. Paul Polak says 90% of the designers in the world create products for the 10% of the people who have a lot of money. From a purely business perspective, this makes perfect sense - but a growing number of designers are joining Dr. Polak in challenging the status quo. By Cheryl Heller, Heller Communication Design Read more... Also This Week... Kraft, Marks & Spencer Earn Kudos for Green Packaging The results are in for DuPont's annual awards recognizing innovations in green-packaging design. Top of the list? Kraft's downsized plastic salad-dressing bottle, which use 19% less material than its predecessor. Read more... PJ's Coffee Converts to Leaner Packaging PJ's Coffee has begun packaging its product in new resource-efficient, three-ply coffee bags. The three-layer bags require 10% less material and use 15% less energy to produce compared to traditional four-ply bags, according to the manufacturer. Read more... Sony Turns Old TVs into New Flat-Screens Sony is repurposing old television sets as feedstock for its latest flat-screen TVs, PC World reports. The company is collecting outdated Sony TVs from recycling plants and using the plastic shells to create backing panels for its new Bravia LCDs. Read more... Tesla Sues Designer in Electric Car Dust-Up Competition in the electric-vehicle market is heating up. Tesla Motors, maker of the Tesla Roadster all-electric sport vehicle, has filed a lawsuit claiming a well-known automotive designer stole the company's trade secrets to set up his own rival shop, Reuters reports. Read more... More Greener Design News & Tools... We want to hear from you! Post your comments or questions below any SLM news story and we'll feature the best of them here. (Note: You must be a registered SLM user to post. Not yet signed up? Click here!) Forward to a Friend! Who's Coming to SB'08? The rolls are growing every day! Socialize and network with fellow attendees actively engaged in building sustainability into market-leading brands including Boeing, CH2M HILL, DuPont, E. & J. Gallo, Georgia-Pacific, Kraft Foods, M&M Mars, Methodologie, Nordstrom, Red Bull, Sierra Nevada, Williams-Sonoma, and more. Download the conference agenda here (PDF), and register today! Martin Melaver on Greening the Culture First Melaver Inc. has achieved a string of "firsts" in greening the real estate business, including the first LEED-certified all-retail shopping complex in the U.S., but CEO Martin Melaver says truly innovative, sustainable business projects begin at home. In this SLM interview, Martin explains how a single corner grocery became a pioneering - and extremely successful - real estate empire without losing its soul along the way. Read more... Find Peers and Partners If you haven’t already joined the fastest growing online sustainable business community, create a profile now and start connecting. Solution Providers

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