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Sunday
Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide
World Water Week
Courtesy of Stockholm International Water Institute New edition features 14 essays on water and water quality issues that build upon research presented at the 2010 World Water Week in Stockholm. On the Water Front vol. 2 offers a collection of the most innovative and important insights on water and water quality presented at the 2010 World Water Week in Stockholm. This compendium is a must-read for those interested in the latest knowledge, tools and strategies to resolve the planet’s most pressing water quality challenges. Each of its chapters are authored by leading luminaries from science, business, and public policy and build upon research presented at the 2010 World Water Week in Stockholm, includingStockholm Water Prize Laureates Dr. Rita Colwell and Prof. Takashi Asano and have been edited and peer reviewed by the World Water Week Scientific Programme Committee. Download it here to gain knowledge on how the public health sector will be impacted by climate change, the most potent policy cocktails to protect coastal waters, the best-practice solutions to wastewater reclamation and reuse, what the potential onset of peak water and peak phosphorus could mean to humanity, new ideas to mitigate the growing dangers of chemical and agricultural pollution to human and environmental health, and much more.From The Green Blog Network
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On the Water Front vol. 2 presents new analysis from global thought-leaders
Friday
Sunday
Commuun Paris Runway Show F/W '11
By Paige Donner
Commuun is one of the few Designer labels showing in Paris regularly who sport an ethical fashion approach. And like their famous colleague (Stella) their front foot is on design with their inspiration derived from nature, a respect they carry forward into their fashion designs from collection to collection.
When asked backstage what is the one constant in their collections, Iku Furudate and Kaito Hori responded that sourcing organic textiles is one of their trademarks for their collections. This year's runway shows in Paris saw a lot of sheers, material that Commuun often uses in their collections.
Many of the fashion label's fans at this year's runway show in Paris held on March 7th agreed that this year's collection bears witness to the design duo's maturation and growth into their world-class label. Some of the textiles they used - all organically sourced - included an inversed velvet. The pops of color in the collection, too, are nature inspired and their name has nothing to do with "common" but rather references the concepts of community, communion and communication.
All photos by Paige Donner, Copyright Paige Donner
All photos by Paige Donner, Copyright Paige Donner
The NY trained, Tokyo originating design duo of Iku Furudate and Kaito Hori launched their label in 2005 which is also when they first began showing in Paris. In 2007 they won the LVMH and Longchamp ANDAM prizes.
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Wednesday
Earth Awards, Calling All Entries!
By Marissa Moss
Calling all sustainable designers – The Earth Awards wants you! The 2010 Earth Awards are on a global mission to discover creative and sustainable design solutions and innovations and bring international attention to the designers who created them. The grand prizewinner receives $50,000 and category winners take home $10,000, so if you think you make the cut you must submit your designs by May 10th. The six entry categories are: built environment, fashion, products, systems, future and social justice. Submissions must also meet the following criteria: achievable, scalable, measureable, useful, original and ecological. The 2009 winner is Neri Oxman, founder of Materialecology, an “interdisciplinary design research initiative at the interface between science, art and design. Submit your design and find more information at www.theearthawards.org. The Awards will take place in London on September 16, 2010.
Submissions Deadline: May 17, 2010
Marissa Moss is a public relations consultant for GriffinSchake based in NYC. She is also a freelance journalist.
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