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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Hi Faye, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>No I don’t think so, I know there are a lot of woven
materials includes such as carbon fibres and composites. Solidworks is
more of a product and engineering design program. There are some amazing textiles
companies overseas that are totally clean and use safe chemicals for
colouring their fibres. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>You may be interested in looking this company up on the internet….<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Biological Nutrients</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
By 1995, the Swiss firm Rohner and the textile design company <b>DesignTex</b>,
working with McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC), had already <u>developed
examples of a textile that is a biological nutrient, a product so benign it
could be assimilated by natural systems without any toxicity</u> [24].<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>To
ensure that the fabric would <u>safely biodegrade</u>, the <u>design team
worked with the chemical company CibaGeigy to select only the most inherently benign
chemicals and materials used in the textile industry to finish and dye natural
fabrics</u>. The team <u>eliminated from consideration chemicals containing any
form of mutagen, carcinogen, heavy metal, endocrine disruptor, or
bio-accumulative substance</u>. <u>Applying these criteria, the team identified
38 chemicals suitable for a material destined to be food for the soil</u>,
enough to produce a textile meeting all quality standards.<br>
Going into the project, the mill chosen to produce the fabric had an
interesting problem: although the mill's director had been diligent about
reducing levels of dangerous emissions, government regulators had recently
defined the trimmings of his fabric as hazardous waste. <u>In stark contrast,
the trimmings of the new biological nutrient fabric serve as mulch for the
local garden club. At the end of its useful life, the fabric itself can be
safely composted to build healthy soil</u>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Phil <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
destech-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:destech-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Faye Moriarty<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Design and Technology Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Design and Technology] A tool for "sustainable
design" - foryourinterest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Would
this include textiles materials as well?</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a
href="mailto:pcranswick@aitkencollege.edu.au"
title="pcranswick@aitkencollege.edu.au">Philip Cranswick</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a
href="mailto:syseng@edulists.com.au" title="syseng@edulists.com.au">syseng@edulists.com.au</a>
; <a href="mailto:destech@edulists.com.au" title="destech@edulists.com.au">destech@edulists.com.au</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Tuesday, November
17, 2009 4:48 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [Design and
Technology] A tool for "sustainable design" - for yourinterest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=Pa4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228'>Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Pa4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=Pa4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228'>I thought some of you may be interested in reading the attached
brochures; when you have a moment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Pa4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=Pa4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228'>As an enthusiast of sustainable design, I am excited about a new
component of Solidworks 2010 (an engineering design CAD software) that gives
designers the <u>ability to choose environmentally sustainable materials for
their products</u>. So now when students allocate a material to a computer
model, they can have a fuller understanding of the environmental impact of
their design. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Pa4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=Pa4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228'>The new Solidworks has a functionality called, Solidworks <b>Sustainability
Xpress</b>, that considers <u>how and where materials are produced</u>, <u>parts
are manufactured</u>, and <u>products are used</u> and <u>discarded</u>.
It’s a <u>built in data base</u> that gets automatically <u>updated as
newer materials become available</u>. It’s just what I want my students
to consider as a part of their “designing” process, as they move
away from the old unsustainable “Cradle to Grave” design model to a
“Cradle to Cradle” design model – that aims for zero waste;
materials are either food for microorganisms or kept in closed cycles within
industry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Pa4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=Pa4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228'>Regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Pa4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=Pa4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228'>Philip Cranswick - Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228'>*************************************************************************************<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:red'>“Products can be designed from beginning to end to become
“food” for either biological or technological
metabolisms”. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:red'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:red'>“The goal is zero: zero waste, zero emissions, zero ecological
footprint.” <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:red'>“Cradle to Cradle Design – putting eco-effectiveness
into practice”. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><i><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>- William
McDonough & Michael Braungart<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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