Green Design

The industrial age has to evolve to a sustainability age, and inevitably will do so. This will affect our daily lives in a profound way. Human ingenuity has the ability to redesign everything to reduce our ecological footprint on our surroundings. Graphic designers have an opportunity to participate in this process and help provide communication on how to embrace sustainable practices and adopt a green mindset. A few organizations that have adopted this principle are:  

Design Can Change 

http://www.designcanchange.org/

Here, a graphic designer can take an online pledge and be part of this global green design community. The resources section is a valuable  portal to green resources for graphic designers. Topics such as cradle to cradle, sustainability communications, tips for sustainable design, and so much more are listed.

The Designers Accord 

http://www.designersaccord.org/

This is about a global community of designers, business leaders, and educators dedicated to social and environmental issues. Their ultimate goal is to make sustainability a mainstream practice through awareness. There are events, case studies, many articles, and videos, which are all geared to sustainability practices.

Society for Environmental Graphic Design  

http://www.segd.org/#/home.html

A member base of 1,600 strong all dedicated to sustainability practices for the environment. Ensuring that architectural design, signage, exhibit design, etc. all comply with green environmental standards. Publications, conferences, and workshops are available for members as well as non members.

There are many tools and resources for the graphic designer who is looking for ways to design socially and environmentally aware materials. The resources shown above is just an sample of what’s available online. Further your research by searching for other similar resources on the internet, using search terms like 

green graphic designers.