
by kevin, on March 15th, 2010
For our tenth class, we continued a discussion begun the week prior during our field trip to Steelcase regarding toxic substances. Prior to the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 knowing what was in our food or what nutritional its ingredients contained was anyone’s guess. Even though many people today, [...]

by kevin, on March 10th, 2010
For our ninth class we return to our normal class room, but at an alternate time and date. This week was a make-up class required due to a scheduling conflict. We continued discussion of an earlier topic – waste reduction – and transitioned to resource preservation.
In previous classes where [...]

by kevin, on March 8th, 2010
Our eighth class was our second field trip, this time to the Santa Monica showroom of Steelcase. My first experience with Steelcase dates back only five years. I was attending the ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) Interiors 05 conference in Nashville TN and Steelcase was offering attendees a special deal [...]

by kevin, on February 21st, 2010
For our seventh class, I again turned over lecture duties to the students. As I mentioned in an earlier post, the students will do three profile projects – one about materials and/or resources, one about companies and/or people, and one about certifications and/or labels. Last week they selected a company or [...]

by kevin, on February 15th, 2010
To understand cradle to cradle concepts, it’s helpful to first get a good feel for how our current cradle to grave industrial system works. This week’s class extended discussions begun during previous classes regarding waste reduction, and was focused on the grave – or what happens to all that trash.
Four weeks [...]