3. Based on lots of ideas and initiatives from academics, global companies, researchers, human right organisations, governments, NGOs, visionaries, entrepreneurs, citizens, news media, SMEs, bloggers… and lots of flickr.com users that believe on and support creative freedom
4. Our world of material abundance comes with a hidden price tag http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/324879093/
5. The impacts of things people use daily are for the most part the outcome of design decisions made long ago http://www.flickr.com/photos/extranoise/278465198
6. One billion people consume 32 times more than the other five billion http://www.flickr.com/photos/maniya/541287799/
9. There is an enormous complexity in making even the simplest product http://www.flickr.com/photos/klash/513161846 http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielo80/933479890/
10. Consumers have the illusion of choice http://www.flickr.com/photos/lyza/49545547
11. Designers have the illusion of choice http://www.flickr.com/photos/sauerlandthemen/416312921
12. We are trapped in making choices among an arbitrary range determined by the decisions of others http://www.flickr.com/photos/claudio_ar/2539853006
13. Common notions of 'green design' seem a binary judgement: green or not http://www.flickr.com/photos/claudio_ar/2076303879
14. We need a far more sophisticated level of fine distinctions, relative impacts along myriad dimensions http://www.flickr.com/photos/ephotion/135878743/
21. Our current awareness of sustainable design lacks precision, depth of understanding, clarity and complexity http://www.flickr.com/photos/wetwebwork/2931296449
22. Green designs often are not designed to be green, but only fixed to tackle a single, prominent problem http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbaunach/495123533/
24. We don't need “green design”, we need to focus on greening design (to green, as a verb)
25. Buy less , and when you must, buy smart http://www.buylesscrap.org/ http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd “ Extend the life of your existing stuff through proper care and maintenaince”
26. We don't know the true impacts of what we buy and we don't realise that we don't know (double ignorance) http://www.flickr.com/photos/storm-crypt/2889441616/
27. Ski resorts in Switzerland have to manufacture snow because of global warming (and global warming is worsen by the enormous amounts of energy required to manufacture snow) http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrismar/3297120699/
28. Do we need new green technology to manufacture snow? Or do we need to start adjusting our blithe expectations about skiing? http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_bernay-roman/205441831
29. Evolution has taught our brains how to deal with present threats , but we suck at managing future risks http://www.flickr.com/photos/jayjay402/2702879577
30. Our perception has to extend beyond our current thresholds http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferran-jorda/1464915106
31. Recycling is good, right? http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterkaminski/17964491/
32. Recycling contributes to the vital lie that we are actually doing what matters http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterkaminski/17964466/
33. Recycling lulls us into the illusion that we are doing enough: a 'feel good' cover story http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamieleto/2909820731/
34. “ There is more paper fiber per acre in NYC than you can get from an acre in the Amazon” http://www.flickr.com/photos/drocpsu/1219658326/
38. Hybrid cars are good, right? http://www.flickr.com/photos/atomicshark/224554714/
39. The manufacturing of cars, including hybrids, has tremendous impacts http://www.cadillac.com
40. We can't just blame others: we are all part of the problem, we all need to become active change agents http://www.flickr.com/photos/splorp/4151207/
41. New designers need to recognise the hidden connections between the built and the natural systems Pick some part of your life that seems somehow "unsustainable" and develop a plan to fix it Adam Werbach
42. New designers need a new sensibility to see the interactions between our daily actions and their hidden impacts http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisjfry/814945778/
44. We need to evolve new ways to collaborate http://www.flickr.com/photos/jef_safi/1461787281/
45. The present challenges are too varied, too subtle, and too complicated to be understood by a single discipline http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcdead/3326102446/
46. It is not enough to raise our sense of urgency, we need to develop new tools, new metrics, new assessments http://www.flickr.com/photos/karramarro/2400739038/
50. Buying local is good, right? http://www.flickr.com/photos/o2_photo/2189880472/
51. Emissions shipping by air vs. by sea: a) 20:1 b) 40:1 c) 60:1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotopakismo/421123532/
52. Emissions shipping by sea vs. by truck: a) 1:1 b) 1:5 c) 10:1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mirkogarufi/371150559/
53. In NYC, a bottle of Bordeaux shipped from France would have a smaller carbon footprint than a bottle of California Chardonnay brought by truck http://www.flickr.com/photos/onzth/2882821660/
54. Lamb from New Zealand shipped to Britain has a 25% of the carbon footprint from British lamb (energy sources and fertilisers) http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouskiwi/38827522/
55. Dutch roses grown in greenhouses have a carbon footprint 600% greater than roses from Kenya http://www.flickr.com/photos/auntiep/2055051/
56. Deep analysis get us into a zone of high complexity that can turn counter-intuitive results and create dilemmas http://www.flickr.com/photos/lightmash/3183278318/
57. Any intervention in a complex system has unintended side effects http://www.flickr.com/photos/sparktography/382544903/
58. New designers need systemic metrics http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/2490 285058/
59. Geo, bio and socio-metrics http://www.flickr.com/photos/visbeek /3280270877/
60. Geo : Much of the Gulf of Mexico presents damages due to the fertiliser runoff from the Mississippi River
61. Bio : Most industrial chemicals remain untested for harmful effects http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxpixpix/3593610563/
62. Socio : “Ecotourism” often means water and energy efficiency where local people see no positive impacts on development
65. Manufacturing technologies became standard without full understanding or regard for their complete impacts http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfrazier/2341600943/
66. We need to understand products’ backstories “ backstory”: every impact to get the object or service to us , all direct and indirect impacts while we use it , and every future consequences after it leaves our lives
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70. EnergyStar is good, right? ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices. Results are already adding up. Americans, with the help of ENERGY STAR, saved enough energy in 2008 alone to avoid greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 29 million cars — all while saving $19 billion on their utility bills.
71. 90% of the impacts come during manufacture, transport and disposal, not use http://www.flickr.com/photos/xslim/308450382/
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73. Adam Werbach used to call Wal-Mart toxic . Now the company is his biggest client http://www.fastcompany .com/magazine/118/working-with-the-enemy.html
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76. People are willing to pay more for products that are labelled “fair trade”
78. Young people are acutely aware of the need for environmental concern… but they often lack the systemic thinking abilities http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_5322/104324029/
88. “ It takes more than 200 liters of water simply to grow the sugarcane that goes into one liter of Coke” http://www.flickr.com/photos/globetrotter1937/131957946/
92. Fertilizers contribute 16% of all global greenhouse gases http://www.flickr.com/photos/topherous/99634954/
93. Triple bottom line: Instead of cost and quality being the sole basis for decisions, doing the least harm becomes another key criterion http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/3148612368/
94. “ All negative impacts of products are a discovery about unintended consequences ”
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96. The biggest business challenge of the twenty-first century: rethinking our entire legacy from earlier days
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98. The global textile marketplace is such that you go out of business if you don’t have sweatshops somewhere in your supply chain http://www.flickr.com/photos/vass_istvan/1292854903/