Matt Grigsby

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  RISD and Brown Students Collaborate on a Remarkable Sustainable Design Conference

  This year marks the 3rd annual Better World by Design conference featuring inspiring and diverse speakers from around the world. The conference takes place in Providence, Rhode Island and is a collaborative effort run by students from Brown University

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  In the Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, One Designer's Studio Welcomes Community Participation

  American designer, Asher Dunn has recently launched his own line of furniture which takes a contemporary approach to locally manufactured and designed furniture. All of the items have been made using FSC-certified materials

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  Geek Out Sustainably on Earth Day!

  The Harvard Graduate School of Design is having a conference in from April 21st to the 23rd to coincide with Earth Day. The event will look at sustainability challenges and multi-disciplinary approaches. The Zofnass

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  Gensler's Gervais Thompkin at Opportunity Green on Rethinking the Modern Workspace (Video)

  As a principal for global architecture megahouse Gensler, Gervais Thompkin has rethought how multi-disciplinary scientific communities collaborate, helped support a shift from post-crime forensics to pre-crime intelligence, reduced the carbon footprint

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  MIT Sloan Management Review's Michael Hopkins at Opportunity Green on the Future for Workplace Managers (Video)

  Michael S. Hopkins is Editor-in-Chief of the MIT Sloan Management Review, "the leading print and web publication that brings ideas from the world of thinkers (scholars, researchers, management theoreticians) to the executives and

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  Nike Considered's Lorrie Vogel at Opportunity Green on Creating a Sustainable Design Ethos (Video)

  It's no surprise that athletic apparel and gear juggernaut Nike takes innovation seriously when it comes to crafting footwear. And they've made quite a entrance into the green scene. With its Considered line, designers are challenged not only to create

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  Yves Behar on Integrative Sustainable Design at Opportunity Green (Video)

  Now in it's third year, the Opportunity Green conference has really caught a rhythm. Held at the University of California Los Angeles, it was a truly inspirational experience. Staying far away from the stereotypical greenwashing

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  "A Better World by Design" Conference: Students Rethinking our Planet, Coming Soon

  A group of Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design students have organized the second annual "A Better World by Design" Conference in Providence, Rhode Island. It's being held between both campuses which are in close proximity to each other

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  Kirei Board: A Radical Material with a Big Impact

  Kirei (pronounced "key'-ray") is a company which produces modern, innovative, eco-friendly materials. The word represents the Japanese character meaning "beautiful" or "clean." Although this material has been covered on TreeHugger before,

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  Shipping-Container "Box Office" Breaks Ground in Providence

  Sure, shipping container buildings are nothing new conceptually, but when was the last time you actually saw one being built in the US? That's what we thought. Earlier this week in Providence, Rhode Island, a new

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  Recycled, Rigid Board Material for Furniture, Product Design and Architecture: X-Board

  Ever wonder why IKEA furniture is so light? Want to know what’s inside a hollow core door you might find at Lowe’s or Home Depot? In the production process, many manufacturers of inexpensive furniture will add a structural core of paper or fiberboard

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  Greener Rubber Shoe Soles from Vibram: A Step in the Right Direction

  In the 1840's, Charles Goodyear discovered a way to make rubber incredibly stable and a new material was brought into the world. This process still exists today and is called vulcanization; learn more about rubber

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  Building the World with FlexForm Natural Composite Material

  Composite materials are wonderfully handy -- they can be used in hundreds of applications -- but what about the materials' environmental footprint? Happily, there is a composite material that, when compared to its traditional counterpart, has a much

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  TreeHugger Welcomes Matt Grigsby of Ecolect!

  Matt Grigsby is an Industrial Designer, social entrepreneur, and sustainability expert. He is the CEO and Co-founder of Ecolect.net, the leading online database of environmentally friendly materials. Through materials, design, technologies, and life