August 17, 2007 
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Specifying It: Herman Miller’s Scott Charon and Susan Lyons 
Two members of Herman Miller's Design for Environment team took the floor at Metropolis magazine's May 21 conference Design Entrepreneurs: Rethinking Energy, offering this inside view of the furniture manufacturer's design process, from materials assessment to supply chain management. (Metropolis) Read more...
Also This Week... Volkswagen Building New, Cleaner Diesel Cars Going green is all the rage in the automobile business, but what if you want to go green and a hybrid car is just not your style? Volkswagen may have just the answer. (NBC) Read more... Beijing's Olympic Green The Olympics are less than one year away and construction on Beijing’s Olympic Green and Forest Park is stepping into high gear. U.S. design firm Sasaki has emphasized sustainability and post-Olympic use in their design — a problem many hosting cities find themselves faced with once the events are over. (Inhabitat) Read more... ______________________________________________ Join the New Wave of Sustainable Brand Leaders
Google Won't Go Dark to Go Green Eco-friendly Web developers are designing in dark colors to save energy. But going black only saves watts on old-style CRT monitors, not LCDs. (BusinessWeek) Read more... Gas Stations Go Green, from Fuel to Finishes As consumers are buying hybrid and flex-fuel cars or filling up with biodiesel, the retailers of these cleaner fuels are using green design to make an architectural statement that their pit stops are as ecoconscious as their fuels. (Architectural Record) Read more... EPA's ToxCast Program to Help Business Predict Chemicals' Risks The Environmental Protection Agency announced last week the launch of Phase One of ToxCast, a new program designed to dramatically overhaul how the government tests the toxicity of chemicals used in agriculture, manufacturing and other sectors. (GreenBiz) Read more... Hormel Reduces Plastic Packaging 
Hormel’s Natural Choice line of prepackaged deli meats come in a brown paperboard package containing a sealed plastic inner pouch containing the meat. (Environmental Leader) Read more...
Green Design Firm Gets Big Contracts for Sports Arenas HOK sport is making a name for itself working as lead architectural firm on the only two professional sports projects in the U.S. striving for LEED certification — an arena for basketball's Orlando Magic and the Washington Nationals baseball stadium in Louisville. (Orlando Sentinel and Louisville Courier-Journal) Spreading the Green Message 
With sustainability issues infiltrating brand communication, designers need their own green credentials. Digital Arts magazine's August 2007 issue examines the ethical considerations of spreading the green message. Read more...
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