Sustainable school training courses in Atlanta, GA (public, in-house or online)

Through a series of presentations, discussions, and short projects, students explore the current strategies and theories that form the basis for eco stewardship. Project topics include strategic mapping of an eco emphasized design process, and project planning with the goal of a closed system development. The understanding of the interconnectedness of the four E’s (ecology, economy, equality and education) will be the key point of this course.

Designers can no longer consider the viability of materials solely as they relate to market performance, but must factor into the decision-making process issues that relate directly to the extraction and production of those materials, and the negative impacts that these processes may have on local populations. Effective design leadership is capable of framing these issues in ways that catalyze positive change and inspire innovative problem solving and multi-stakeholder collaboration. This course...

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Defining an epistemological framework for understanding the varied fields of expertise that inform the process of sustainable design is an essential first step in devising sustainable design strategies. Relevant specialties that are explored for their overarching synergy in this course include systems theory, social theory, ethics, critical inquiry, and creativity, as well as biomimicry, life cycle assessment and other sciences of the artificial.

Through a series of lectures and exemplary projects students learn about re-usable and biodegradable materials and implications that have to be considered designing for a closed loop system. Students work in an interdisciplinary environment researching and analyzing sustainable materials as they pertain to the different disciplines. Evaluating the affect sustainable materials have on environment, economy and current standards of living applying material stewardship, the issue of transportation, ...

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In design for sustainability, individuals learn to transform short-term thinking into long-term design solutions. Professionals design sustainable futures through transdisciplinary approaches to social, cultural, environmental and economic problems.

At SCAD, design for sustainability is a transdisciplinary program that embraces sustainability as an integrative framework. By synthesizing the strengths of various design disciplines, the program holistically addresses personal, local and glo...

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