Big Deforestation Drivers -- New Book with Infographics

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The Global Canopy Programme is pleased to announce the release of The Little Book of Big Deforestation Drivers.

 

Over the last decade the demand for agricultural products for food, feed and fuel and the production of globally traded forest risk commodities (palm oil, beef, soya, and timber) have been responsible for driving the majority of tropical deforestation and forest degradation, which has major impacts on climate change, the provision of ecosystem services, and the sustainability of long term economic development.

 

The Little Book of Big Deforestation Drivers outlines the global context to the drivers of deforestation, provides a detailed overview of the most critical forest risk commodity supply chains, and presents a clear and realistic framework of 24 regulatory, market and supply chain catalysts that can act to reduce deforestation caused by these commodities.

 

The book is available to download in English, Bahasa Indonesia, French and Spanish from the GCP website at www.globalcanopy.org/LittleBookofDrivers.

 

The book makes use of infographics to illustrate the global production and consumption of key forest risk commodities and the complexity of global commodity supply chains. For example:

This hypothetical supply chain of a burger illustrates the complexity of global supply chains and the numerous actors and stages involved in the production and trade of a product from the forest to the end consumer.

REVOLUTIONART 24 - Climate Change

REVOLUTIONART International Magazine is a publication delivered in pdf format as a collective sample of the best of the graphic arts, modeling, music, and world tendences.
It's a revolutionary platform, a massive propaganda to communicate global messages and make people think. REVOLUTIONART delivers pure talent to more than 70,000 suscribers and readers per edition around the world.
The objective of REVOLUTIONART is to serve as a inspirational source to artists, models, advertisers, photographers, designers and communicators in general who wish to explore new alternatives of expression through graphical samples of design, photo, illustration, ads, fashion, music, and general visual arts.
In REVOLUTIONART 24 - May 2010 edition, we will find how they expressed their ideas in climate change issue.

Issue : Climate Change
Pages: 282 // 27 Mb
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Guests: Ken Penn (United States), Martin Sati (Spain).

Description: Is mother nature out of control? earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, tornadoes and many natural disasters are happening too quick in the last months. There's a clear reason: Climate Change.

Responsible Graphic Design Publications

written by TreeHugger
 

When we discussed packaging in a recent Q&A we concentrated mainly on the materials, less on the creative design that can reduce environmental burdens associated with packaging. Innovative solutions do exist and many have been captured and showcased in some very useful publications for graphic designers and package designers. The Graphic Designer's Greenbook: A Handbook and Source Guide on Design and the Environment, by Anne Chick, got the ball rolling back in 1992. An excellent book, full of useful insights and information but sadly now out of print. But do try your luck in secondhand bookshops. Susan E. Selke’s Packaging and the environment: alternatives, trends and solutions followed a couple of years later. Although not sighted by this writer, it has had good reviews and seems to be a definitive digest on the topic. The same year, the AIGA, in concert with John Ortbal, Mike Lange, and Michael S. Carroll, published a cute little book, densely packed with pertinent information. It was called ...

REVOLUTIONART 21 - Recycle

Issue : Recycle
Pages: 240 // 28.5 Mb
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Guests: Nico di Mattia (Argentina)

Description: Raw material reused, recycled, and rebirth with style. Clean energy and renewed ideas.

Book Review: Green Graphic Design

Can a graphic designer be a catalyst for positive change? Breaking down the concept of "green design" step-by-step, respected industry leader Brian Dougherty, with Celery Design Collaborative, captures the ability of designers to communicate, persuade, and ultimately spread a socially and ecologically responsible message to both consumers and corporations. Green Graphic Design reframes the way designers can think about the work they create, while remaining focused on cost constraints and corporate identity. Simple, eco-innovative changes are demonstrated in all phases of the design process, including:

Renourish - Tools for Green Graphic Design

written by Warren McLaren, Bundanoon, Australia on treehugger.com

“When green design is usually discussed, most people think of buildings, products or even cars, but what about packaging? Shouldn't magazines, business cards, brochures and websites be green?” Yes, indeed, they should. And we are pleased to discover another resource available to communication designers attain these goals. Eric Benson, founder of Renourish, when he launched the site last year, wanted to “start the conversation on green graphic design by providing definitions, tips, and links to sustainable resources designers can use to make their work a little greener.” His useful guides and case studies sit well beside the ranks of the Society for Responsible Design, Design by Nature, the more recently mentioned Design Can Change, and, of course, the AIGA's (American Institute of Graphics Arts) very own Center for Sustainable Design. But Renourish is also a very worthy jumping off point if you want to know more about making greener choices in paper, ink, printing, packaging or design firms. ::Renourish.