Design Education for a Sustainable Future

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Sustainability is a powerful force that is fundamentally reshaping humanity's relationship to the natural world and is ushering in the Age of Integration. The move from well-intentioned environmental friendliness to the higher bar of integral sustainability and regenerative design demands a new type of design professional, one that is deeply collaborative, ethically grounded, empathically connected and technologically empowered.

As a response, this book argues for a great leap forward in design education: from an individualistic and competitive model casually focused on greening; to a new approach defined by an integral consciousness, shaped by the values of inclusivity and cooperation, and implemented by a series of integrative behaviors including:

This book contains the integral frameworks, whole system change methodologies and intrinsic values that will assist professors and their students in an authentic and effective pursuit of design education for a sustainable future.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• 1 A New Context for Design Education
• 2 Understanding Sustainability and Sustainable Design
• 3 Design Consciousness
• 4 Inclusive Design Teams
• 5 Cooperative Learning Environments
• 6 Alignment of Activities
• 7 Integrative Behaviours
• 8 Nature's Advocate: Metrics, Standards and Rating Systems
• 9 Tiny Revolutions