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Trees are our past & future

As a kid I played outside mainly because my parents forced me too. However, I turned those demands into adventures filled with many good memories from my backyard, playgrounds, and... read more →
  • October 3, 2019
  • Eric Benson
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AIGA Nuts+Bolts

On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 we presented our talk "Retooling Graphic Design Assignments: Building the Framework for a Sustainable Future" at AIGA Nuts+Bolts in Bowling Green, Ohio.  Historically, to create,... read more →
  • June 13, 2016
  • Yvette Perullo
  • Conferences, Education, Systems thinking

The Material is the Message

This past spring 2014 semester I joined forces with two other design educators from vastly different teaching institutions than my own to test the most effective way to teach sustainable... read more →
  • June 14, 2014
  • Eric Benson
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Teaching Systems Thinking Helps Create More Sustainable Designers

As I've written before about teaching sustainability in manageable chunks, I took the opportunity this fall 2011 semester to continue to perfect this pedagogy. I allow the students to only... read more →
  • December 15, 2011
  • Eric Benson
  • Education, Projects, Systems thinking
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Unwrapped: Packaging Waste in the U.S.

Information visualization explores how to represent data and communicate information in effective and interesting ways. This semester at Purdue University, I am taking a course in Information Visualization Design where... read more →
  • December 13, 2011
  • Yvette Perullo
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