I was lucky enough to be a part of the select audience at Michael Braungart’s extra presentation on Tuesday. Three points have reverberated in my mind since his presentation on Cradle to Cradle design thinking:

This site was recently brought to my attention by a friend. Kiva describe themselves as “the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world.”

This book is a great introduction to Life Cycle Assessment. I found the history aspect at the start insightful and interesting. It is always helpful to know where something has come from.

I have used this book extensively as an on hand reference when I have not clearly understood something. Not sure I have read cover to cover, but still feel it is a must have in the bookshelf of any aspiring designer.

The exercises also provide an opportunity to get into the detail and better understand how decisions are made within LCA.

The title 'How to do Ecodesign' and the authors are Ursula Tischner, Eva Schmincke, Frieder Rubik, Martin Prosler.

The 'Ecodesign' title dates it to the late 1990's before the term sustainable design was used widely. This book was originally published in 2000 and seems pretty durable as many of the principles still apply.