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COLUMN: Product Design - Not Just Different, But Better Columnist Mallen Baker considers the role of innovative design in sustainability. (Ethical Corporation) Read more... This Week's Top Green Design Stories U.S. Post Office Shows Off Recycled Packaging The United States Postal Service will begin using packaging made with recycled materials and take other steps to reduce its impact on the environment, Postmaster General John Potter has announced. (Reuters via Planet Ark) Read more... JohnsonDiversey Gets Greener with New Product Packaging The company reports that, among other environmental initiatives, its efforts to use less virgin plastic in product packaging has proved to be both energy efficient and cost effective. (Press Release) Read more... Europe Leads in Designing Buildings that Save Energy After more than a decade of tightening guidelines, Europe has made green architecture an everyday reality. (International Herald Tribune) Read more... Acura Cuts Ribbon on Greener Design Studio With state-of-the-art design technologies and a work layout focused on improving collaboration, the new design studio represents the next step in the advance of the Acura brand. (Truck Trend) Read more... P&G to Launch Stronger Detergent in Smaller Packages Known within the Cincinnati-based company as "Tide 2X," the project is being touted via press release as an environmental "breakthrough" because it uses up to 44% less water and at least 22% less packaging. (MediaPost) Read more... International Paper, Green Mountain Coffee Earn Kudos for "Ecotainer" Cup The two companies received the award for their partnership in creating the ecotainer cup — the first hot paper beverage cup made from fully renewable and recyclable materials. (Press Release) Read more... Toshiba Mulls European Launch for Plastic Paper Printer IT manufacturer Toshiba has revealed it could introduce a new printer that uses plastic paper into the European market in the next few years as demand increases for more environmentally sustainable printing technologies. (IT Week) Read more... Want More Newsletters? SLM produces periodic newsletters on targeted sustainable business topics such as Sustainable Branding, Green Design, Climate Change & Business, and more. Join our community of business professionals and take your pick -- it's free! Eco-Innovators Speak! VIDEO: Bob Willard on "The Sustainable BHAG" Bob Willard, author of The Next Sustainability Wave, talks about unleashing organizational energy and creativity by setting what Jim Collins calls a "Big Hairy Audacious Sustainability Goal." (Run Time: 1:40 Min.) Watch now... More Mediacasts... Why Sustainable Product Design? Key sustainabiility group Business for Social Responsibility breaks it down: what's at stake and how your business can benefit. Read more... Solution Providers

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