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  • Meaningful Stuff

    Design That Lasts

    by Jonathan Chapman ...
    Series series Design Thinking, Design Theory
    An argument for a design philosophy of better, not more.Never have we wanted, owned, and wasted so much stuff. Our consumptive path through modern life leaves a wake of social and ecological destruction--sneakers worn only once, bicycles barely even ridden, and forgotten smartphones languishing in drawers. By what perverse alchemy do our newest, coolest things so readily transform into meaningless ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Emotionally Durable Design

    Objects, Experiences and Empathy

    by Jonathan Chapman ...
    Emotionally Durable Design presents counterpoints to our ‘throwaway society’ by developing powerful design tools, methods and frameworks that build resilience into relationships between people and things. The book takes us beyond the sustainable design field’s established focus on energy and materials, to engage the underlying psychological phenomena that shape patterns of consumption and waste.In ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Product Design

    by Jonathan Chapman ...
    As a cultivated form of invention, product design is a deeply human phenomenon that enables us to shape, modify and alter the world around us – for better or worse. The recent emergence of the sustainability imperative in product design compels us to recalibrate the parameters of good design in an unsustainable age. Written by designers, for designers, the Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Product ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Designers Visionaries and Other Stories

    A Collection of Sustainable Design Essays

    by Jonathan Chapman, Nick Gant ...
    Designers, Visionaries and Other Stories unpacks the complex and crucial debates surrounding sustainable design to deliver a compelling manifesto for change, at a time of looming ecological crisis, mounting environmental legislation and limited progress. This is a book about sustainable design, by the leading sustainable design thinkers, for creative practitioners, professionals, students and ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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    How to Live Well Together

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  • The Futures We Make

    How our hobbies help make us whole and heal the planet

    by Paul Wildman ...
    https://www.facebook.com/TheFuturesWeMake - Hobbies—now that sounds like a great idea. We all have them in various guises. Most of them are hands-on and can be done in our spare time. So can we harness our hobbies to help the world? To help save our planet? Not only is this eBook a call to celebrate and recognise the importance hands-on craftwork plays in humanity, i.e. craft as play (adults) and ... Read more

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  • The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy

    Skills for a Changing World

    Edited by Arran Stibbe ...
    A vital resource for sustainability educators, learners and decision-makers on how we can build a more sustainable future.In this ground-breaking book, leading sustainability educators are joined by permaculturists, literary critics, ecologists, artists, journalists, engineers, mathematicians and philosophers in a deep reflection on the skills that people need to survive and thrive in the ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Swarm Intelligence

    What Nature Teaches Us About Shaping Creative Leadership

    by James Haywood Rolling ...
    Companies and organizations everywhere cite creativity as the most desirable - and elusive - leadership quality of the future. Yet scores measuring creativity among American children have been on the wane for decades. A specialist in creative leadership, professor James Haywood Rolling, Jr. knows firsthand that the classroom is a key to either unlocking or blocking the critical imagination. He ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Sustainability by Design

    A Subversive Strategy for Transforming Our Consumer Culture

    by John R. Ehrenfeld ...
    The developed world, increasingly aware of inconvenient truths” about global warming and sustainability, is turning its attention to possible remedies-eco-efficiency, sustainable development, and corporate social responsibility, among others. But such measures are mere Band-Aids, and they may actually do more harm than good, says John Ehrenfeld, a pioneer in the field of industrial ecology. In ... Read more

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  • The New Designer

    Rejecting Myths, Embracing Change

    by Manuel Lima ...
    How to develop an ethical design practice and build a better world.The choices made by designers have a significant effect on the world. Yet so much of the discourse on design focuses on aesthetics rather than ethics. In The New Designer, acclaimed author Manuel Lima aims to change this by challenging common myths and preconceptions about what comprises good design. He argues that designers must ... Read more

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  • To Know the World

    A New Vision for Environmental Learning

    by Mitchell Thomashow ...
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  • Flourish by Design

    Edited by Nick Dunn, Leon Cruickshank, Gemma Coupe ...
    Flourish by Design brings together a range of established and emerging voices in design research for a collection that provides original provocations on topics of global significance. It is an insightful guide to original theory and practice concerning how we can design for a better tomorrow.Featuring contributors from a diverse array of backgrounds and professions, this edited book explores the ... Read more

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