Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Design: (Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks)

The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Design considers the design, not only of artifacts, but of structures, systems, and interactions that bear our decisions and identities in the context of sustaining our shared planet. In addressing issues of design for global impact, behavior change, systems and strategy, ethics and values, this handbook presents a unique and powerful design perspective. Just as there are multiple definitions of design, so there are several definitions of sustainability, making it difficult to find unity. The term can sometimes be seen as a goal to achieve, or a characteristic to check off on a list of criteria. In actuality, we will never finish being sustainable. We must instead always strive to design, work, and live sustainably. The voices throughout this handbook present many different characteristics, layers, approaches, and perspectives in this journey of sustaining. This handbook divides into five sections, which together present a holistic approach to understanding the many facets of sustainable design: Part 1: Systems and Design Part 2: Global Impact Part 3: Values, Ethics, and Identity Part 4: Design for Behavior Change Part 5: Moving Forward This handbook will be invaluable to those wishing to broaden their understanding of sustainable design and students and practitioners of Environmental Studies, Architecture, Product Design and the Visual Arts.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Rachel Beth Egenhoefer 1. The Political Economy of Design in a Hotter Time David W. Orr Part 1: Systems and Design 2. Systems Thinking for Design Diana Wright, Marta Ceroni 3. Design Strategies for Impact John Bruce 4. Applied Sustainability Wendy Jedlička, Jeremy Faludi, Dr. Pete Markiewicz, Tim Frick, Mark McCahill 5. Sustainable Design for Scale Andrea Steves, Rebecca Silver 6. Systems and Service Design and the Circular Economy Rhoda Trimingham, Ksenija Kuzmina, Yaone Rapitsenyane, 7. Ecological Theory in Design: Participant Designers in an Age of Entanglement Joanna Boehnert Part 2: Global Impact 8. Global Perspectives for Sustainable Design Douglas Bourn 9. Politics and Sustainability Harold Wilhite 10. Design for Localization Helena Norberg-Hodge 11. Intercultural Collaborations in Sustainable Design Education Denielle Emans, Kelly Murdoch-Kitt 12. Life cycle thinking and sustainable design for emerging consumer electronic product systems Erinn G. Ryen, Callie W. Babbitt, Alex Lobos 13. Data Clouds and the Environment Arman Shehabi 14. Increasing Urban Sustainability using GIS Luiz Felipe Guanaes Rego, Maria Fernanda Campos Lemos, Luís Carlos Soares Madeira Domingues Part 3: Values, Ethics, and Identity 15. Empathy, Values, and Situated Action: Sustaining People and Planet Through Human Centered Design Bruce Hanington 16. Practicing Empathy to Connect People and the Environment Theresa J. Edmonds 17. Surrendering to the ocean: Practices of mindfulness and presence in designing Yoko Akama 18. Confronting the Five Paradoxes of Humanitarian Design Brita Fladvad Nielsen 19. Co-Designing for Development Maria Rogal, Raúl Sánchez 20. The Internet of Life: Changing Lifestyles and Sustainable Values in Fast-developing China and India Leong B.D., Lee Y.H.B. 21. Fashion, the City, and the Spectacle Dilys Williams 22. Designing individual careers and work environments for sustainable value Cynthia Scott Part 4: Design for Behavior Change 23. An Introduction to Design for Sustainable Behaviour Casper Boks 24. How Design Influences Habits Tang Tang, Seahwa Won 25. The Temporal Fallacy: Design and Emotional Obsolescence Jonathan Chapman, Giovanni Marmont 26. Discourse Design: The Art of Rhetoric and Science of Persuasion Marilyn DeLaure 27. Using data visualization to shift behaviors Adam Nieman 28. Securing Sustainability: Culture and Emotions as Barriers to Environmental Change Allison Ford, Kari Marie Norgaard 29. Nature based design for health and well-being promoting cities Angela Reeve, Cheryl Desha, Omniua El Baghdadi Part 5: Moving Forward 30. How many ways to design for sustainability? Fabrizio Ceschin, Idil Gaziulusoy 31. The Structure of Structural Change: Making a Habit of Being Alienated as a Designer Cameron Tonkinwise 32. Empowering Citizens through Design Diamond James 33. Biomimicry: Nature Inspiring Design Denise K, DeLuca 34. The Value of the Sharing Economy Brhmie Balaram 35. Going from STEM to STEAM Sara Kapadia 36. Design for the Circular Economy Ruud Balkenende, Nancy Bocken, and Conny Bakker

About the Author :
Rachel Beth Egenhoefer is a designer, artist, writer, and professor, whose work integrates technology, craft, and design. Her work focuses on sustainability and systems thinking in the context of behavior change. As an educator, she is involved in several initiatives to promote sustainability in both the design field and across higher education curricula. Egenhoefer is an Associate Professor of Design in the Department of Art + Architecture at the University of San Francisco.

Review :
"A timely book that (finally) situates design within a systems context. Diverse articles examine the social and environmental implications of designed images, artifacts, systems and structures in a globally inter-connected and interdependent world as well as the ethics and values that underpin them. Essential reading for designing responsibly in the 21st century." — Terry Irwin, Head, School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University "This compelling collection is an outstanding resource for people who see design as a tool that can be used to create a better civilization, whether they be practitioners, students, researchers, or enthusiasts. Egenhoefer reminds us of our responsibility to use our professional skills and opportunities to not just do good design, but to do good!" — David Berman, RGD, FGDC, Sustainability Chair, Icograda/ico-D "The comprehensive and anticipatory nature of this book is profoundly informative and operationally useful in ways that previous books have not been. It is by being so comprehensive on the front end that we designers can mitigate the Law of Unintended Consequences that has so often plagued the practice of design. While this book is aimed at designers, it would also be useful for political leaders, policy makers and theoretical thinkers in any field. As a society, we are woefully silo-ed by profession, nationality and paradigm. This condition does not accrue to our collective benefit. Any approach that seeks to dismantle this myopic state of affairs will persevere. This book seeks to do just that." — Peter Dean, Co-Founder and Concentration Coordinator, Nature Culture Sustainability Studies Concentration, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) "We are only beginning to explore how design can create the conditions for net positive change throughout society. This handbook shows how design thinking is breaking out of its pas