Sustainability Links

The Centre for Design: the website for the leading sustainable design research facility in Australia.
www.cfd.rmit.edu.au

Sustainability Victoria: State Government Department supporting Sustainable Design
www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/

Cradle to Cradle: a certification label and online resource for Sustainable Design
http://www.mbdc.com/c2c/index.php

Tree Hugger: browse through a large collection of interesting sustainable products.
http://www.treehugger.com

Pre Consulting: PRé have a really useful set of Ecodesign Tools and Guidelines, including the handy Ecopoints system.
http://www.pre.nl/ecodesign/

World Changing: Online sustainable design forum
http://www.worldchanging.com/

O2 Network: Online Sustainable Design Network
http://www.o2.org

The Centre for Sustainable Design: a UK-based non-profit organization that specializes in promoting environmentally-sensitive product design.
http://www.cfsd.org.uk

Greener By Design: has a great Eco-Design books section, information about materials for designers, and some interesting sustainable product case studies.
http://www.biothinking.com

DesignGreen: serves the needs of designers and others involved in new product development, business, marketing, strategy, and sustainability.
http://www.designgreen.org

Austrian Eco Design Information: a well-organized list of links, on topics such as life-cycle assessment, eco-labeling, and software tools for eco-designers.
http://www.ecodesign.at

Green Marketing: includes Eco-Design and Marketing resources, including lists of newsletters, books, and articles.
http://www.greenmarketing.com

The Natural Step: a non-profit that advises corporations on sustainable development. In addition to having some big clients, such as Nike, McDonalds, and Home Depot, they regularly hold workshops, and conferences.
http://www.naturalstep.org

Eco Labels: provides information regarding eco-lables, products that carry eco-labels, the organisations that produce eco-labels and government and private standards for ‘greener’ products.
www.eco-lables.org

Resource list kindly provided by RMIT University Centre for Design.