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Pinatex – an ethical leather alternative
By Lorrin Windahl. Leather. Like it or not it results in the death of the animal. Some may argue that it is the by-product of the meat industry and therefore a kind of recycling of a waste product. But others are…
Read MoreDawn of the Solar Age?
By Joe La Delfa. Mass adoption of solar energy has been ‘just over the horizon’ ever since it was first incorporated into architecture by Frank Bridgers and Don Paxton in 1956. Every significant innovation since then has been tentatively heralded…
Read MoreLife Cycle Assessment Part 3: Reduce Your Product’s Environmental Impact
By Giles Matthews. My last post stepped into some heavy territory – reducing your product’s negative social impact. This post we’ll grapple with the equally dense issue of reducing your product’s environmental impact.
Read MoreLife Cycle Assessment Part 2: Reduce Your Product’s Environmental Impact
By Giles Matthews. Any well-adjusted person could quickly reason that by reducing a product’s environmental impact it will also correlate in sustainable financial benefits. And these benefits are unrelated to any environmental measures. My job in the following short paragraphs…
Read MoreProduct Life Cycle Assessment: Don’t bite off more than you can chew!
By Giles Matthews. A life cycle assessment (LCA) is a reporting method that quantifies the environmental impact of a particular product. An LCA considers the product’s impact in terms of its: Resource recovery Manufacture Distribution & Sale Installation Use End…
Read MoreThe Story of Stuff
By Lorrin Windahl. A few years ago I did a short course at RMIT in sustainable design and life cycle assessment. It was during this course that I was first introduced to ‘The Story of Stuff’ by Annie Leonard. It’s…
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