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July 6, 2007
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This Week's Top Green Design Stories
Boeing Debuts Greener Passenger Jet The aircraft manufacturer is introducing a new, fuel-efficient jet plane the company says will use 20% less fuel than any other airplane of its size. (Environment News Service) Read more... Sustainable Design from the Bottom Up For John Thackara, solving environmental and social issues is an incremental and collaborative process looking at design opportunities in everday life. He is the director of design futures network Doors of Perception, and program director of Dott 07, an ambitious, year-long initiative to establish a sustainable region in cities throughout the northeast of England. (BusinessWeek) Read more... Welcome to a New Era in Plastics Recycling In an advance toward a new era in recycling of plastics, scientists in Japan are reporting development of a process that breaks certain plastics down into their original chemical ingredients, which can be reused to make new, high quality plastic. That approach fostered recycling of beverage cans, scrap steel, and glass containers, which are melted to produce aluminum, glass and steel. (ScienceDaily) Read more... Love Your Earth: Sustainable Design Competition from designboom The folks over at designboom have teamed up with DA - Design Association in Japan to host a collaborative design competition. Called "love your earth", the competition is open to applicants from every country in the world, to professionals, students, and design-enthusiasts alike. (TreeHugger) Read more... Earthcycle Packaging Nabs 2007 Globe Award for Tech Innovation The Vancouver-based company's sustainable packaging material is made from a renewable resource called palm fiber, which composts in less than 90 days. A complete list of this year's winners is available here. (Globe Awards) Read more... Tips for Converting to Greener Paper Packaging Converters are eager to find profitable niches in the sustainable-package movement. Some are already pointing the way. (Converting magazine) Read more... Product Design, Nature's Way A new breed of inventor is turning Mother Earth's marvels into remarkable real-world products. (Business 2.0 via CNNMoney) Read more... World's First Solar-Powered Cellphone Developed in China A Chinese company says it has developed a mobile phone that uses solar energy to recharge itself and can provide 40 minutes of talk-time after sitting in the sun for an hour. (Xinhua) Read more... Scientists Close in on Plant-Based Plastics Scientists have discovered the most effective method yet to convert glucose, found in plants worldwide and nature's most abundant sugar, to HFM, a chemical that can be broken into components for products now made from petroleum. (Environment New Service) Read more... |
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