The Sustainable Design Charter created by the Design Industry Advisory Committee (DIAC).DIAC developed the Charter to highlight the critical role that designers play in reducing environmental impacts.
Members of the Design Industry Advisory Committee will:
1. Raise awareness of the critical role that designers play in creating a Sustainable Ontario.
2. Model the principles and best practices of sustainability in professional practice and in design education.
3. Empower Ontario's design workforce to help all clients reduce negative environmental impacts.
4. Develop Design for Sustainability research initiatives with DIAC colleagues in partnership with industry, government and education.
There're some links about sustainability
The AIGA Center for Sustainable Designis dedicated to providing designers with a wide range of information regarding sustainable business practice.
http://sustainability.aiga.org
The UK Design Council is the national strategic body for design.
http://www.designcouncil.org.uk
The Designers Accord is a coalition of designers, educators, researchers, engineers, business consultants, and corporations, who are working together to create positive environmental and social impact.
http://www.designersaccord.org
Design Can Change is an effort to bring together the world's graphic design community to address the issues surrounding climate change. Take the Pledge!
http://designcanchange.org
Design by Nature - an Australian resource established to inspire, educate and empower Australian graphic designers to work towards more environmentally sustainable practices.
http://www.designbynature.org
Renourish helps to start the conversation on green graphic design by providing defintions, tips, and links to sustainable resources designers can use to make their work a little greener.
http://www.re-nourish.com
BoDo blogs about the business of design including: starting your own design business (online or off); marketing; dealing with clients; working with printers, photographers, copywriters and other surrounding industries; pretty much anything to help a design business grow. http://www.businessofdesignonline.com
Organic Design Operatives (ODO) is a diverse collective of creative people brought together through the common mission of reconnecting people with nature by design. http://www.themightyodo.com
Spread The Word.Your design superpowers are a force for good.
http://superpower.ning.com
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