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Design for Disassembly and Recycling | Sustainability Workshop

Design for Disassembly and Recycling | Sustainability Workshop | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it

Design for Disassembly and Recycling
Designing for disassembly has several benefits. It can make it easier for your product to be repaired or upgraded, thereby prolonging its useful life. It can also help ensure your product is recycled and enable whole components to be reused.

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MakerBot: Why Makers Make Less Trash

MakerBot: Why Makers Make Less Trash | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it

This is an example of the growing 3D printing movement.  While 3D printing is not necessarily sustainable, using it the right way can really help move us in that direction.

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Design for Disassembly

Animation created to explain the topic of "design for disassembly".

This is a bit simple, but a good intro for the novices.

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Banking on Nature | The Nature Conservancy

Banking on Nature | The Nature Conservancy | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
Mark Tercek, president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy, speaks with CBS This Morning about using businesses to help save the planet.

 

"We think businesses can be powerful allies to the environmental movement," says TNC President and CEO Mark Tercek

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GreenITers

GreenITers | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
GreenITers are for people who want to Green it! the world we are living in via eco innovations & technology.
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Hard Science by Mark Fiore

Hard Science by Mark Fiore | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
With the UN climate conference under way in Durban, South Africa, it's time to check in with our pals Ogg & Uck. See what they think of human-caused imminent disaster. A Mark Fiore political animation.
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Campus Garden Grows 1,000 lbs of Food

Campus Garden Grows 1,000 lbs of Food | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
The conversion of a campus lawn into a permaculture garden at UMass Amherst has one praise from high places. But this is just the beginning.
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1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill Press Conference

1969 Oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara by Union Oil Press conference with US Secretary Walter Hickel 10/20/69 He explains that oil companies should be…...
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Cuyahoga River Pollution Ohio 1967

 

The Cuyahoga River was one of two twin made-for-TV environmental disasters in the late 1960's that helped shock the country into creating and implementing our modern suite of environmental protection laws (Clean Water Act, Endangered Spcies Act, etc.)

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The Cuyahoga River Fire: "Don't Fall in the River"

Tim Donovan recalls working on the Cuyahoga River the day that it caught fire in 1969. To learn more about the Cuyahoga River fire, visit: http://clevelandhi...
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2009 Energy Expenditure Per Person

2009 Energy Expenditure Per Person | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
2009 Energy Expenditure Per Person...
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2009 Energy Consumption Per Person

2009 Energy Consumption Per Person | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
2009 Energy Consumption Per Person...
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Afterlife: A Guide To Design For Disassembly

Afterlife: A Guide To Design For Disassembly | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
Industrial Design content and community site - articles, discussions, interviews and resources.
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Disassembly of a Task Chair.mov

For my MFA Design thesis I have been studying how to improve sustainability in task chair design, specifically looking at three phases of the chairs' lifecyc...
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With Funding Tight, Cities are Turning to Green Infrastructure by Jim Robbins: Yale Environment 360

With Funding Tight, Cities are Turning to Green Infrastructure by Jim Robbins: Yale Environment 360 | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
From Seattle to Sweden, an ever-growing number of city and regional governments are using roof gardens, specially designed wetlands, and other forms of “green infrastructure” to rein in pollution from countless diffuse sources — and to save money.
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Measuring the Human Urban Footprint

Measuring the Human Urban Footprint | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it

After identifiying 129 metropolitan regions that represent 35% of the worl'd urban population, LSE Cites mapped some of the densest areas with a simple black and white color scheme.  The patterns reveal a footprint of where much of the world's population lives.

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The City As Engine

The City As Engine | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
The second law of thermodynamics is a kind of warning to cities and civilization. No matter how clever we are, disorder, waste and pollution will always follow from our work organizing societies into cities.
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26 Things We Can All Agree On

26 Things We Can All Agree On | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it

While not everyone may agree on a few of these, it is very important in this time of political divisiveness to remember that some things are (close to) universal.

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'Carbon Nation' Tackles Climate Change, By Ignoring It

The documentary film 'Carbon Nation' aims to get viewers to make more climate-friendly energy choices but director Peter Blyck says he isn't trying to change anyone's views on climate change.

 

This is in the same vein.  Don't let silly politics or silly people be a barrier to more sustainable thinking and action.

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Climate Change Portal from the State of California

Climate Change Portal from the State of California | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it
Climate Change Portal...

 

This jsut went live this summer and may evolve into a very useful site.

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Climate Change info from US EPA

Climate Change info from US EPA | Sustainability Science | Scoop.it

This is a clearinghouse for climate change-related information from across the U.S.

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Homer Simpson Gets Global Warming!!

Even Homer Simpson gets how ridiculous the theory of global warming is.
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Improve your Home's Energy Efficiency with ENERGY STAR

Improve Your Energy Efficiency at Home. Use our Home Improvement Toolbox to save money and help protect the environment without sacrificing comfort.

 

This is the US EPA's Energy Star program which rates applicances on there energy efficiency over the course of the products life.

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