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	<title>PSFK &#187; Ethical Consumerism</title>
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		<title>&#8220;Design for a Living World,&#8221; Sustainability Meets Aesthetics</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/design-for-a-living-world-sustainability-meets-aesthetics.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 20:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Lachut</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cooper-Hewitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design for a Living World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethical Consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ezri Tarazi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isaac Mizrahi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Product Life-Cycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Nature Conservancy]]></category>

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Fast Company recently provided a sneak peek at 10 sustainable products created as part of The Nature Conservancy&#8217;s &#8220;Design for a Living World,&#8221; an exhibition on display at the Cooper-Hewitt now through January 2010. The show features work from top designers from the worlds of fashion, textiles, furniture and packaging in order to highlight that good design and sustainability are no longer mutually exclusive practices. In an effort to get consumers to rethink the ways their buying decisions impact the world, the project sets out to tell the stories behind these products, giving viewers a glimpse into the entire life-cycle.
On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talking Trash: The Scavengers&#8217; Manifesto</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/talking-trash-the-scavengers-manifesto.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/talking-trash-the-scavengers-manifesto.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Lachut</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media & Publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anneli Lawson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethical Consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristan Rufus]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[unconsumption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Salon recently spent a day with authors Anneli Lawson and Kristan Rufus who have taken the spirit of DIY culture and combined it with their unique perspective on consumerism in their book The Scavengers&#8217; Manifesto, a guide for all those intrigued by notions of reduce, reuse and recycle, but don&#8217;t necessarily want to lose out on the best that life has to offer. For the two authors, this book represents a way of life and an opportunity to take their point of view into the mainstream. This guide isn&#8217;t just about extreme activities like dumpster diving either, instead it presents a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>eBay&#8217;s Eco-initiatives</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/ebays-eco-initiatives.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/ebays-eco-initiatives.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Lachut</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethical Consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Giving Works]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MicroPlace]]></category>

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In these lean times, eBay is hoping to persuade you to spend some of your hard earned dollars with them by pushing a more sustainable model of shopping they&#8217;re marketing as part of their project Green Team, though you might not initially realize it upon visiting their website. Despite the 1,000 plus employees that are helping to make this eco-initiative possible, the invitation to visit the Green Team site is only given a small tab on the upper right hand corner of the eBay home page &#8211; hardly a stunning endorsement on the part of the management. Still, once you manage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOMS Shoes&#8217; Blake Mycoskie Talks to PSFK</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/toms-shoes-blake-mycoskie-talks-to-psfk.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/toms-shoes-blake-mycoskie-talks-to-psfk.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Orli Sharaby</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethical Consumerism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tomes shoes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The one-for-one model isn&#8217;t working so well for OLPC, but it&#8217;s doing wonders for a small company called TOMS Shoes, which donates one pair of shoes for every pair sold. The shoes have a distinctly traditional look to them (they&#8217;re modeled after the traditional Argentinian alpargata, a simple slip-on canvas shoe), but they&#8217;ve certainly crossed over into the mainstream. As TOMS preps to launch its most recent design collaboration with Element Skateboards, PSFK talks to founder Blake Mycoskie about where the company came from, and where it&#8217;s going.
What was your original inspiration for TOMS and how did you turn it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pic: Our Strong Economy?</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/pic-our-strong-economy.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Lachut</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising & Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Apparel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clothing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethical Consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US]]></category>

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We spotted this American Apparel ad on the back of a local NYC publication. We suspect it has less to do with a reversal of the company&#8217;s provocative campaigns of the past and more to do with the current economic conditions. Foregoing the depiction of a scantily clad model for once, American Apparel instead introduces us to the wholesome image of Willie, &#8220;A valued member of our Fabric Control Team.&#8221;

With a total of 21 stores in Manhattan and Brooklyn &#8211; one location (pictured at right) recently opening up down the street from the PSFK offices &#8211; American Apparel could stand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning From Patagonia&#8217;s Sustainable Model</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/learning-from-patagonias-sustainable-model.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/learning-from-patagonias-sustainable-model.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Lachut</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethical Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethical Consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Footprint Chronicles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Organic Exchange]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart]]></category>

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The Guardian recently sat down with Rob Bondurant VP of Marketing at Patagonia and asked him to discuss their sustainable model and how they will continue to innovate for the future. Beyond simply furthering the reach of their own brand, we found Patagonia&#8217;s desire to provide leadership in the areas of ethical business practices to be particularly noteworthy.
During 2008, the company started the Organic Exchange with the sole purpose of training other companies to source and manufacture organic goods. In an effort to provide their customers with greater access to information and promote transparency, they created the Footprint Chronicles, a study [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nokia&#8217;s &#8220;Less Is More&#8221; Eco Strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/nokias-less-is-more-eco-strategy.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/nokias-less-is-more-eco-strategy.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison Mooney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronics & Gadgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile & Telecom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web & Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.psfk.com/?p=22120</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been thinking about ways handsets could be more sustainable, and it turns out that Nokia has too. Their latest idea: Make less stuff.
As part of its new &#8220;we:&#8221; strategy to save energy and reduce waste, Nokia&#8217;s N79 Eco will ship sans charger (the idea is to use your old one) and come in a smaller box. According to AllAboutSymbian:
The smaller box may not sound terribly significant, but when you operate on the scale of Nokia the little things really do add up. For example between February 2006 and the end of 2007, Nokia shipped 250 million phones in smaller [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pic: Antiquing Is Green</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/pic-antiquing-is-green.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/pic-antiquing-is-green.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Piers Fawkes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home & Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethical Consumerism]]></category>

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We noticed this eco-conscious sign in an antique warehouse in Norwalk, Conneticut. The sign says
Please help us: Recycle, Reuse, Restore


By Piers Fawkes &#124; ©  PSFK, 2009. &#124;
Article Link &#124;
Comments &#124; More stories in: Environmental,  Home &#38; Garden and Ethical Consumerism 


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		<title>Clothes Guaranteed to Last for 10 Years</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/clothes-guaranteed-to-last-for-10-years.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/clothes-guaranteed-to-last-for-10-years.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francisco Hui</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clothes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethical Consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hand-Me-Down is a new line of clothes from Howie guaranteed to last for 10 years and maybe longer.
While it tackles sustainability issues from a manufacturer&#8217;s point of view (creating a better product so people consume less), it raises questions about consumer habits.
Would people be willing to wear the same coat for 10 years? And what are the implications for fashion fads?
Or does this just mean that the coat will be left gathering dust at a second hand store for the next 9.5 years?
[via Josh Spear]


By Francisco Hui &#124; ©  PSFK, 2009. &#124;
Article Link &#124;
Comments  &#124; More stories in: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business in the 21st Century</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/business-in-the-21st-century.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/business-in-the-21st-century.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Gould</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising & Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finance & Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Work & Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethical Consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Future of Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Havas Media Lab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[macropocalypse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Threadless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Umair Haque]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Umair Haque, the director of the Havas Media Lab shares five questions (and possible answers) he believes can generate valuable insights on how to thrive as a business in the sometimes dizzying world of the 21st century. Haque says that to mitigate the effects of the gloomy economic future, people need to radically change assumed operating procedures and re-wire the fundamental ways they do business. He discusses how to manage a world based on decreasing consumption and how to build on two-way value chains such as the member submitted culture of Threadless.
He explains:
Tomorrow will not be like yesterday. This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pirate Supply Redux</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/pirate-supply-redux.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/pirate-supply-redux.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Lachut</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising & Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[826 Valencia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Eggers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethical Consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McSweeney's]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
As tutoring center 826 Valencia prepared to open its doors in 2002, the founders &#8211; including author and McSweeney&#8217;s editor Dave Eggers &#8211; discovered that the space was zoned for commercial use.  In order to comply with San Francisco city regulations, the creative team decided to open a Pirate Supply store in the front of the building, an idea that became so successful that as the group opened new centers in other major cities &#8211; a Superhero Supply Co. in Brooklyn and a Time Travel mart in LA, among others &#8211; they&#8217;ve adopted similar themes with all proceeds supporting the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Made/Mail-To Order Fashion</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/made-formail-to-order-fashion.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/made-formail-to-order-fashion.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Horowitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethical Consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fashion Brands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fashion Designers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Everybody loves getting their monthly mail delivery of movies and magazines, so why not clothing? Swedish clothing designer Karolina Svensson at Orkan Lia is offering a subscription-based service that delivers custom tailored outfits for each subscriber. Svensson’s designs are inspired by 1950s and 1960s prints &#38; textiles with a contemporary flair in cut and color. While certain sizes may not be available, the service extends to men as well as children.
Pricing is reasonable considering each piece is custom-fitted, with subscribers getting around a 20% discount from her retail pay-as-you-go clothing. Dresses range from $85-$125, skirts at $70-$85 and tops between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toasting to Charity with Hope Wines</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/toasting-to-charity-with-hope-wines.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/toasting-to-charity-with-hope-wines.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Lachut</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising & Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food & Drink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cause branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethical Consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hope Wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.psfk.com/?p=20655</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Jake Kloberdanz, CEO of Hope Wine, has taken the idea of &#8220;cause branding&#8221; where for-profit corporations partner with non-profit organizations to release limited edition products and services to raise money for charities and created a company around it. Realizing that these short term relationships were beneficial for everyone involved &#8211; corporations could promote themselves as socially conscious while simultaneously bolstering sales, non-profits received much needed funding and customers could make purchases they felt good about &#8211; Kloberdanz didn&#8217;t see any reason these same ideals couldn&#8217;t function as a sustainable business model year round. Launched in early 2007, the Southern California based company currently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PSFK Signage Reincarnated</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/psfk-signage-reincarnated.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/psfk-signage-reincarnated.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Huang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethical Consumerism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re inspired by PSFK friend Courtney Sexton&#8217;s repurposing of some old PSFK collateral, transforming a large foamcore sign we used for PSFK Conference San Francisco into a perfectly fitting instrument case. Courtney, aka Flickr user evilsigntist, explains:
Problem: I was planning on traveling to France with  my band for NYE, but I didn&#8217;t have a travel-worthy case for my horn. I couldn&#8217;t find one I liked for a price I could afford.
Solution: I made my own case for under $50.
The body of the case is made from donated reused signs left over from a PSFK conference that the company I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charles Ogilvie on In-Flight Innovation at PSFK Conference Asia 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/charles-ogilvie-on-in-flight-innovation-at-psfk-conference-asia-2008.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Squires</dc:creator>
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At the PSFK Conference Asia 2008, Charles Ogilvie (Panasonic), Creative Designer and Inventor of RED, the award winning in-flight entertainment system for Virgin America, speaks about service innovation, new revenue models, and the use of airborne technology throughout Asia and the world at large.
From the drab grey seats and drop down projectors of just ten years ago, Charles describes the process he and his team went through when challenged by Richard Branson to figure out “What’s next in aviation?”
Interestingly, Charles explains that in addition to personal entertainment systems, mood lighting, and all the wizzy-wig technological concepts being tossed around, Asian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greener Gadgets Design Competition: Now Accepting Entries</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/greener-gadgets-design-competition-now-accepting-entries.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Squires</dc:creator>
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After last year&#8217;s remarkably successful Greener Gadgets Design Competition, Core77 has announced that they will be hosting the competition again this year during the Greener Gadgets Conference, slated for February 27th in New York City.
Challenging established design firms, emerging designers, and design students to come up with new and innovative solutions to address the issues of energy, carbon footprint, health and toxicity, new materials, product lifecycle, and social development, finalist will be judged live and $3000 will be awarded to the top ranking design.
Entries will be accepted until January 15.  For details on the competition, go here.


By Jeff Squires &#124; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Sustainable Cellphone: It&#8217;s in Our Hands</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/a-sustainable-cellphone-its-in-our-hands.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison Mooney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2009 and beyond, many of us are hoping for greener gadgets that add a “con” to their science. As one of the most pervasive modern technologies, mobile phones are a great place to start. How can they be—and help us be—more eco-friendly? Treehugger recently posted a sustainability wish list, which is more attainable than you might have thought.
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Be it solar, talking, bouncing or anything else, we wish our smart phones could collect the energy needed to run them by utilizing the energy resources around them. While we can somewhat accomplish this, such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Very DIY Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/a-very-diy-christmas.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicko Margolies</dc:creator>
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For many, this holiday season is muted by the economic situation, but thankfully it allows for some innovative twists on the blitz of consumerism.  The internet is abuzz with instructions or free templates for do-it-yourself seasonal ornaments and decorations.  Some projects are simple paper constructions, but others include some more dedication like this intricate Nutcracker.  Make-a-Flake even lets you test your snowflake creations online before wasting precious paper.  The hundreds of free projects available from clearly talented designers allow motivated individuals to create rich holiday decorations by going to their cabinets and drawers instead of bank and stores.
As most retail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Good Ideas for the Future</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/video-good-ideas-for-the-future.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Squires</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Concluding our series of Good Idea Salons, last night&#8217;s panel spoke about good ideas for the future.  A daunting topic, the conversation covered everything from whether or not business fundamentally has the ability to find a balance between being &#8216;good&#8217; and turning a profit to greenwashing and the environment to the possibility that the current economic crisis might actually be a good thing.
Moderated by Piers Fawkes (PSFK), the panel includes Bart Haney (fuseproject), Danielle Sacks (Fast Company), Polly LaBarre (Mavericks at Work), and Tamara Giltsoff (OZOlab).

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Good Ideas In Mobile - Featuring Allison Mooney (PSFK/Mobile Behavior), Kevin Slavin (area/code), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning About the Backstory of the Clothes We Buy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Huang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Amsterdam-based MADE-BY recently launched a new program called Track&#38;Trace that gives shoppers the opportunity to learn about the rich backstory of some of the products they buy. MADE-BY has partnered with several Netherlands-based fashion brands to insert an added tag to their products that comes with a code which &#8216;unlocks&#8217; the history of the item. Shoppers enter the code on the MADE-BY site and are given a glimpse of the product&#8217;s long journey to the shop window &#8211; where the garment was manufactured and by whom, who spun the yarn, who grew the cotton. Each step in the process includes a picture of the worker(s) and a [...]]]></description>
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