Learning Design for Sustainability

Course details

The world is facing a number of environmental, economic, and social challenges. Our future depends on sustainable solutions that improve our lives, without adversely affecting our neighbors or our ecosystems. Designers have a unique role to play in the way forward. Watch this course to explore the tools, resources, and best practices of sustainable design. Designer, educator, and author Scott Boylston covers the philosophy of designing physical objects, the built environment, and services to comply with the principles of social, economic, and ecological sustainability. He walks through technical and social innovations that are making real change possible, across a variety of disciplines.

Learning objectives
What is sustainability?
Sustainable development goals
Nature as a mentor
Changing behavior through design
Innovating technically
Earning sustainability certifications
Social innovation and change

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome

1. What Is Sustainability

02 - Understanding the basics of sustainability
03 - A diversity of sustainable design approaches
04 - The sustainable development goals
05 - Unleashing sustainability in all its forms

2. Perceptual Innovation

06 - Life cycle thinking and natural capital
07 - Nurturing life by design through closed loop thinking
08 - Biomimicry - Nature as a design mentor
09 - The stages of learning for sustainable business
10 - Behavior change through design

3. Technical Innovation

11 - Measuring impacts in the supply chain
12 - sSWOT - From impacts to strategies
13 - Service design and the sharing economy
14 - The circular economy
15 - How certifications can build businesses competencies and consumer trust

4. Social Innovation

16 - Reframing design opportunities through social innovation
17 - Social Design Pathways
18 - A different kind of client - Designing with people, not for them
19 - Facilitating change through design

Conclusion

20 - Next steps