Sustainability: "Takin' It To The Streets"

Welcome to "Sustainable Product Design: Tools and Strategies" - an online resource for designers and engineers responsible for developing sustainable products. What you won't find here is a lot of sustainability theory, but rather a focus on uncovering the real issues and challenges facing product designers and engineers today as they attempt to create sustainable products - from the need to measure and evaluate the environmental impact of product designs early in the design process, to the need to design with reuse in mind. As it evolves, the site will feature real-life examples of how sustainability principles are being applied in product design and manufacturing, and all the latest news, tools, and resources that are available to assist organizations in this effort. Our mission is to educate and inform, and engage readers in this process. Watch for coverage of such topics as: sustainable design "best practices", C2C (Cradle to Cradle) certification, market trends, sustainability metrics, life cycle analysis, and biomimicry. Write to us! We welcome your feedback.