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Summary
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Print's sustainability expert offers a list of books for designers who want to learn more about ecolologically-sound design.
 
About the Author
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JEREMY LEHRER writes about design, spirituality, and sustainability. He is a Print contributing editor and the author of "Best Practices," Print's new column on ecogologically sound approaches to design. 
 
This article appears in the June 2009 issue of Print.
 

Resources for Sustainable Design: Books

by Jeremy Lehrer
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Resources for Sustainable Design: Books
 
 
It’s intimidating to learn a new aspect of your design practice while navigating a demanding schedule. Set aside some time every day or every week when you can investigate this aspect of design and learn how you can begin following its principles. Below is a resource guide that provides some tips on how to start. 

Sustainability by Design
By John R. Ehrenfeld
(Yale University Press, $28)
 
Sustainability by Design offers useful insights on shifting our cultural priorities so that “life will flourish on the Earth forever.”
 
Green Graphic Design
By Brian Dougherty and Celery Design Collaborative
(Allworth Press, $24.95)
 
In Green Graphic Design, Brian Dougherty and Celery Design present an illuminating explanation of the principles that make design more effective and a greater contributor to planetary well-being. The book explores the philosophy of green design and documents exemplary projects created by Celery Design and other firms.

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
By William McDonough and Michael Braungart
(North Point Press, $27.50)
 
Cradle to Cradle is a bible of the sustainability movement, explaining how to design so that production processes, packaging, and products do not result in waste, but rather contribute productively to the environment and future cycles of manufacturing.
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