This site was recently brought to my attention by a friend. Kiva describe themselves as “the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world.” The ma ...[Read More]

Recently there has been a real upswing in the discussions around education. There are three here that are worth mentioning.   Sarah McLaren from Landcare Research is pioneering a Life Cycle Management programme. Her aim is to educate 6 masters s ...[Read More]

This book is a great introduction to Life Cycle Assessment. I found the history aspect at the start insightful and interesting. It is always helpful to know where something has come from.   I have used this book extensively as an on hand reference ...[Read More]

This book is a classic, It is both inspiring and interesting to read. It tracks the life and times of the Founder of Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard. An interesting times these were. Turns out Yvon was an early climber on the big walls of Yosemite, whic ...[Read More]

Recently I have been asked on a few different occassions to list some of the useful books which I could recommend on Sustanable product design. I thought that reviewing the books at the time I post them would make sense.   The title 'How to do E ...[Read More]

The Second of the life cycle thinking series was held in auckland this week on the 3rd of  July. The event was attended by a group of about 20 people and the response was generally very good. It was great to see some of the participants from the o ...[Read More]