Six Lenses The Locus Research blog about creatvity, design, product development and innovation.
Sustainability
/ September 15 2008
This year’s CEO Summit set out to explore how New Zealand companies can make the most of sustainable design and business opportunities with examples given by several leading international... Read more
/ September 9 2008
If I needed to summarise my comments with one sentence I’d say “Cradle to Cradle is great but not a panacea”.
The below is a limited analysis of “why”, only for those who have some time to kill... Read more
/ September 9 2008
Professor Michael Braungart the co-author of "Cradle to Cradle - remaking the way we make things" visited New Zealand over the last week to keynote at the Better by Design CEO summit. We were... Read more
/ September 8 2008
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... Read more
/ August 2 2008
Environmental and societal issues have been gaining momentum in the public arena for a good 40 years; does the pressure for change mean we have to change the way we teach design? Universities are key... Read more
/ July 28 2008
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... Read more
/ July 23 2008
Recently there has been a real upswing in the discussions around education. There are three here that are worth mentioning. Read more
/ July 22 2008
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... Read more
/ July 22 2008
This book is a classic, It is both inspiring and interesting to read. It tracks the life and times of the Founder of Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard. An interesting times these were. Turns out Yvon was an... Read more
/ July 4 2008
The Second of the life cycle thinking series was held in Auckland this week on the 3rd of July. The event was attended by a group of about 20 people and the response was generally very good. It... Read more
