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Before I took this course I honestly had very little knowledge of the terms “sustainability” and “sustainable design.” I thought being sustainable was strictly just a fad where people jumped on the bandwagon in order to be cool and pretend … Continue reading →

I found this week’s reading/class to be extremely interesting. I really enjoyed reading about the ‘Product Service Systems’ in the article “Sustainable Product Service Systems: The New Frontier in Apparel Retailing?” I had never heard of the concept before this … Continue reading →

I found this week’s reading to be very interesting. McDonough definitely caught my attention in his “Cradle-to-Cradle” article. It really made me think about just how wasteful we are as a society and how we continue to drain our non … Continue reading →

I found this week’s topic to be very interesting. I for one have never really spent too much time learning about carbon, so the nerd in me was thrilled to get the opportunity to have a “hands-on-ping-pong” learning experience in … Continue reading →

I found this week’s class to be very inspiring. Although I would consider the reading by Fuad-Luke to be quite a “dozy” comprehension wise, through our class discussion and the video we watched I have come to the conclusion that … Continue reading →

I found this week’s reading/class to be very exciting and relevant to one of my favorite past times. I am a complete and utter nerd when it comes to participating in experiments. I’m not sure why, but I always feel … Continue reading →