New book of the Club of Rome on 'Plundering the Planet'

On June 6th the Club of Rome launched a new report on our misuse of natural resources: Plundering the Planet. How to manage the Earth's limited mineral resources.
Up to now it is only available in German, but more information (in English) can be found here:
- executive summary
- some findings in detail
- background information

The Blue Economy

The Blue Economy is going a step further than the Green Economy. 
According to Gunther Pauli, founder of Ecover and author of 'The Blue Economy', the Green Economy leads to green solutions that are more expensive than the traditional ones, thus only feasible for the happy few (the rich ones).
The Blue Economy aims at looking for solutions that are both sustainable and affordable.
The Zero Energy Research Institute (ZERI) has been set up as a world wide network of researchers and entrepreneurs searching for this kind of solutions. Already 99 cases have been collected and every week a new case is presented.

 

The Designer's Atlas for Sustainability

The Designer's Atlas for Sustainability: a book by Ann Thorpe for designers on sustainable design: both background information and information on how to teach sustainable design.
In addition, an online discussion group SUSDESIGNTEACH has been started on how to teach sustainable design. Subscription is needed.