6.2. Useful websites

You can explore some of the organisations and sustainable product design initiatives further at the following websites:

  • Securing the Future. One Planet Economy. Sustainable Development Strategy. Chapter 3, Defra, March 2005: http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/business/scp/
  • Champeney, Anna. 2006. Adapted from Reclaimed:Contemporary British Craft and Design, The British Council: http://www.britishcouncil.org/arts-design-craft-reclaimed.htm
  • Goggin, Phillip & Dewberry, Emma. Spaceship Ecodesign. 1997: http://www.co-design.co.uk/edew+pgo.htm
  • Manzini, E. 2006 The aesthetics of recycling is not in the product: http://www.re-f-use.com

You might want to follow up this unit by looking at developments in Business and Sustainability. This could include the mixed messages emanating from business, an examination of the impact of eco-heroes and villains and also try to identify the resulting diverse approaches to sustainability in business.

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6. Concluding Remarks

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