Resources
- AIGA Center for Sustainable Design :: Green news and resources for graphic artists
- AMEE: The world's energy measure :: Neutral, open platform for measuring the Carbon-Footprint of anything, and everything.
- B Corporation :: Corporate standard for environmental performance
- Bio Thinking :: Information about bio thinking
- Carbon Disclosure Project :: Facilitating dilogue between shareholders and corporations about climate change (and its implications).
- Catalog Choice :: Reduce unsolicited catalog mailings, and promote the adoption of sustainable best practices
- The Center for Sustainable Design :: facilitates discussion and research in product and service development
- changereport.com :: Sustainability news aggregator
- Bill McDonough's Cradle to Cradle Design :: Official standard for eco-efficiency
- DEEDS: Design Education and Sustainability :: Source for theory about sustainable design, including a “Jargon Buster” glossary
- Design Can Change :: For graphic designers, specifically, to pledge working towards incorporating sustainability into all facets of their work
- dott07 ECO Calculator :: Eco-calculator developed for the dott07 student project
- ecolect :: Free ecologically minded materials resource site
- ESPDesign.org :: Environmentally Sustainable Product Design
- GreenBlue - Cradle to Cradle :: Guide for implementing C2C into your design practice
- Green Dimes :: Reduce your household's unwanted snail mail
- Green Futures :: Online magazine about sustainability in business
- Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative :: Most widely used international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify, and manage greenhouse gas emissions.
- IDSA—Business Ecodesign Tools :: concise and practical toolkit for improving environmental product performance
- IDSA Ecodesign::Information source for eco-minded industrial designers
- IDSA Okala Guide :: Industry standard design guide
- The Item GreenCard :: Assesses products and product concepts during the design phase using simple metrics that aim to minimize the effects on our environment and to maximize social responsibility.
- Locus Research :: Sustainable product design
- Lovely as a Tree :: For print designers looking for more sustainable printing methods and paper conservation
- Material Explorer :: Knowledge center for new, innovative materials
- National Center for Design RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) :: promotes the role of design and innovation regarding sustainability issues in Australia
- The Natural Step :: guides companies, communities and governments onto an ecologically, socially and economically sustainable path.
- PRé Consultants :: Life Cycle Analysis Software
- Rematerialise :: Database of more sustainable materials
- Re-Nourish :: Resource and sustainability advice for the graphic designer
- Reusable Bags :: A clearning house of eco-friendly reusable bags, and facts & news on plastic bag issues
- The Story of Stuff :: Simple animated story of how stuff is made and disposed of on the planet
- Sustainable Measures :: How to measure sustainability
- US EPA—Design for Environment :: Government program that partners with various stakeholders to reduce pollution.
- US EPA—Green chemistry :: Promotes innovative chemical technologies through education and funding opportunties
- USGBC LEED :: Materials about the LEED rating and certification system
- zerofootprint.net :: Eco-calculator for measuring, understanding, and improving your environmental impact