I came across this article from GOOD magazine today, and it got me thinking about green design again. When I first started college, I envisioned becoming a “green” designer, only using solar energy to power my mac, printing on 100% recycled paper, and using 100% soy-based natural inks.
Well, four years later, as a web designer, I’ve pretty much eliminated the need for paper and ink (I still use the ol’ pencil and sketchbook, 100% recycled of course). But then there’s the energy issue, and the whole e-waste issue with the computer. As I write this, my computer is being powered by, gasp, nuclear energy! C’mon, how bunny-friendly is nuclear waste? It’s worse than toxic inks and paper chemicals… Add the mercury and other heavy metals from my mac, and I’m not looking so green anymore. So is this web revolution really any more green than print design? In my quest to become “green”, how can I repurpose the materials I use for web design as Dylan Royal repurposed used materials for print design? Is it greener to go back to print, or can we make these new technologies greener than the greenest print design?
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