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  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, 2010To 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 [...] by kevin, on February 8th, 2010
Our fifth class was a field trip into downtown Los Angeles to visit the new showroom of InterfaceFLOR. Having seen company founder Ray C. Anderson speak just a few weeks before (posted here), we were treated to a tour and presentation of their efforts to reduce waste from every system. We [...] |
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