[Design and Technology] Design Victoria: Sustainable by design website

[Tran, Lorraine I]

Dear colleagues

 

Design Victoria has launched Sustainable by Design, a practical online sustainability ‘how to’ kit for small to medium enterprises (SMEs). Although the audience for this material is SMEs, the resource will be also be useful for upper secondary school teachers and students and is relevant to the study of design and technology, science, and other areas of the curriculum. 

 

Sustainability has become an integral part of the competitive business landscape that requires companies to seek continual improvement through smart, effective and efficient strategies. 

 

Sustainable by Design covers:

 

 Greening the supply chain - ways to make sustainable procurement a reality 

 How to maximise water efficiency and consume less 

 Reduce, reuse and recycle - waste avoidance and materials efficiency 

 Transport and logistics - moving goods, services and people 

 Energy efficiency - minimising the business’ carbon footprint 

 Best-practice environmental marketing and communications.

 

The Jargon Buster is a useful glossary of product and design related environmental terms.

 

The link to this site is:

http://www.designvic.com/sustainabilitykit.aspx

 

Many thanks to Professor Ken Friedman, Dean Swinburne Design, for alerting me via a Design mailing list to this recently launched informative resource.

 

Regards, Lorraine.

 

 

Lorraine Tran

Curriculum Manager, P - 12 Design and Technology

Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA)

41 St Andrews Place

East Melbourne 3002

http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au

 

Email: tran.lorraine.i at edumail.vic.gov.au

Telephone: (03) 9651 4407

Mobile:       041 933 1630

 

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