http://dswcollective.com Designs for a Sustainable World Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:50:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “Paper or plastic?” Depending on your view, this once easy choice has become an awakening for mainstream environmentalism or just the latest effort of big business greenwashing. According to the Plastic Pollution Coalition “consumption of single use and disposable plastics has spiraled out of control. They are used for seconds, hours, ... http://dswcollective.com/change-is-in-the-bag/ Our Greenopolis friend Joe Laur posted this great article on Nike's Journey.  Great post Joe! Nike is considered a top example of corporate social responsibility. Back in the late 1990’s footwear and sports apparel giant Nike was hitting a rough patch. They were dogged by furor over labor practices in overseas ... http://dswcollective.com/team-shambhala-nike%e2%80%99s-journey-from-wasted-reputation-to-corporate-responsibility-icon/ Thought experiment: you’re organizing a marathon or a triathlon. What do you need to prepare? First, a team of people just to keep everything straight. Thirsty participants would demand lots of water and a way to drink it quickly. Don’t forget signage and flagging so everyone stays on course. Remember ... http://dswcollective.com/change-the-course-of-the-race/ Darcy Winslow currently serves on the Board of Advisors for Greenopolis, an organization all about doing good.  Their goal is to provide you (the user) with information and tools to: Help you to recycle easily Help to save our natural resources for our children’s children Track conservation through recycling and re-use Educate and reward ... http://dswcollective.com/lessons-from-antarctica/ For the 2008-2009 school year, Darcy Winslow served as an Executive-in-Residence and Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management.  She couldn’t get enough of Beantown and is back for the 2009-2010 school year and assisting with the Leadership Lab: Leading Sustainable Systems course with Wanda ... http://dswcollective.com/darcy-winslow%e2%80%99s-back-in-school-at-mit/ On Thursday, October 15, 2009 Darcy Winslow shared the 18 minute documentary about her trip to Antarctica with polar explorer Robert Swan, “Leadership on the Edge: 2041 and Antarctica.”  The event was hosted by the Portland State University chapter of Net Impact, an international organization for people interested in business and sustainability and the Center ... http://dswcollective.com/net-impact-at-portland-state-university/ Jim Ure, a participant at Go Green 09, emailed his reflections from Darcy Winslow's panel "Eco-Visionaries: Creating the New Sustainable Business Landscape" to us at DSW Collective and we wanted to share them with our blog readers. I thought the Eco-Visionaries panel as one of the most thought-provoking sessions of the ... http://dswcollective.com/jim-ures-thoughts-on-go-green-09/ Kevin Manahan, online editor for Oregon Business, posted his thoughts on Go Green 09 in an article called "On The Scene: Going green takes a team." Darcy Winslow, a 21 year former Nike employee, led a panel "Eco-Visionaries: Creating the New Sustainable Business Landscape".  An excerpt of Kevin's article follows: In ... http://dswcollective.com/kevin-manahans-thoughts-on-go-green-09/ On October 7, 2009 the DSW Collective team (Darcy Winslow, Jenna Forstrom and Inbar Morag) attended Portland’s second annual GoGreen 09.  What a great turn out of dedicated people, all sharing the stories of what their organizations are doing in the field of sustainability.  Portland continues to set the bar ... http://dswcollective.com/dsw-collectives-thoughts-on-go-green-09/ When I was graduating from high school, I viewed my ticket out of Oregon as my college acceptance letter from Bentley University (nee College).  Needless to say, I didn’t look at or apply to any college in Oregon.  But if I had, Willamette University would have definitely been on my ... http://dswcollective.com/dsw-willamette-university-powerful-education/