Overview
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Our future depends on sustainable solutions. Learn why social, economic, and ecological sustainability is important to design and to our world.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Understanding the basics of sustainability
- A diversity of sustainable design approaches
- The sustainable development goals
- Unleashing sustainability in all its forms
- Life cycle thinking and natural capital
- Nurturing life by design through closed loop thinking
- Biomimicry: Nature as a design mentor
- The stages of learning for sustainable business
- Behavior change through design
- Measuring impacts in the supply chain
- sSWOT: From impacts to strategies
- Service design and the sharing economy
- The circular economy
- How certifications can build businesses competencies and consumer trust
- Reframing design opportunities through social innovation
- Social Design Pathways
- A different kind of client: Designing with people, not for them
- Facilitating change through design
- Next steps
