Comments on: Are you an eco-friendly designer?

By: David Airey :: Graphic Designer

David Airey :: Graphic Designer — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:26:17 +0000

Hi Lainie,

It is refreshing to see a spread of more personal accountability. It all starts at home.

Scott,

You’re very welcome. It seems there are more and more ink cartridge refill stores opening up around Edinburgh lately, or maybe I’m just paying more attention.

LiC,

Good of you to say so.

Swiss Mouse,

Thanks for the short into into your hood, and for the warning about Lexmark printer cartridge reloads. Much appreciated.

Patrick,

We do consume a lot, for sure. For the most part, no matter what we have, it’s not enough.

Jason, Dennis,

Here’s hoping we see a shift in the right direction soon, rather than the construction more Airbus A380s.

By: Dennis Bjørn Petersen

Dennis Bjørn Petersen — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:02:42 +0000

ARGH.

I missed this one. I’ve been away from the blogsphere for a few weeks and I completely overlooked this one :-/

Great tips - Hopefully actions like these will have an impact.

By: Jason P.

Jason P. — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:52:17 +0000

Good thoughts. Sometimes, it is easy to forget that whatever our profession is it could be done with the environment in mind. I try to spare the trees as much as possible, even when I could get a feel for a project better in printing it out.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:15:55 +0000

Excellent piece, we have to do what we can..though the economy by its consumptive nature is the root cause…Patrick

By: Swiss_Mouse

Swiss_Mouse — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:08:47 +0000

A few comments:
-Leaving a computer on: the swiss_mouse has wondered about this. He does turn off his printer and shredder which are beside his computer (uh, paper shredder not cheese shredder). However Swiss_Mouse runs a program called “Folding at Home” that is run by Stanford. Similar to the SETI program, Folding@home uses the power of distributed computers in order to crunch data. This data may someday help provide answers to why certain diseases occur and how they can be cured. SO sometimes the Swiss_Mouse lets the computer run, and he folds a few proteins. HEY if Al Gore can fly in private jets and live in an energy sucking mansion, but pay for “carbon offsets”, the Swiss_Mouse can chew up some electricity in the name of science.

-Re-Use of Printer Cartridges. Great idea and Wal-greens does this for a low price in the Swiss_Mouse’s hood. Warning though, certain brands like Lexmark seem to have HUGE problems reloading.

By: Life is Colourful

Life is Colourful — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:15:59 +0000

Awesome post David, Now I am feeling proud to have subscribed to your feed. This post made my day.

By: Scott Fusco

Scott Fusco — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:23:15 +0000

David,

Thanks for this short but sweet post - I wasn’t even aware that ink cartridges could be refilled!

By: lainie liberti

lainie liberti — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:00:36 +0000

I am so glad these conversations are becoming part of the “mainstream” design consciousness. It’s wonderful how our accountability as designers have matured, able to see the larger picture and actually do something about it globally, as a community. For anyone who may be interested in deepening their knowledge base further, I recommend reading “Cradle to Cradle” - Remaking the Way We Make Things”. Amazing book and more blog postings like these! Thanks David!

By: David Airey :: Graphic Designer

David Airey :: Graphic Designer — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:31:12 +0000

The link was my pleasure, Sara, and thanks for stopping by. No need to apologise for more than one comment!

Char,

You’re also very welcome for the link. I hope all’s well with you.

By: Char

Char — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:17:01 +0000

Thought provoking as always David! The more posts I read today on Blog Action Day, the more I realize there is so much to learn and so much more my family could be doing.

Thanks for the link!