Category Archives: sustainable

Syllabus – If Products Could Tell Their Stories

If Products Could Tell Their Stories Towards a Model of Sustainable Design NYU / ITP Jen van der Meer, jenvandermeer@gmail.com Mondays 11:00 – 1:55. January 26, 2009 Course Overview: Is there lead in my nephew’s toy? Does my new HDTV have a much greater impact on global warming than my old TV? When I finally

Currency life cycle – sustainability 1st week research

below article is copied from this link Paper money (as a circulating medium of exchange) was invented in China between 806 and 812 CE. Unlike precious-metal coins, which have intrinsic value, this important conceptual innovation involved a relatively worthless piece of paper that represented a “promise to pay” backed by stores of valuable metals or