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An online streaming film collection that includes documentaries and interviews illustrating the theory and practice of a variety of art forms and providing the context necessary for critical analysis. It addresses art history and theory as well as applied topics such as graphic design.
Covers all art forms, including fine art, digital art, crafts, design and photography. Features full abstracts and indexing from art journals published from the 1970s onwards.
Features images from some of the world's leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists. It is a comprehensive image resource available for educational and scholarly use, with many rare and important collections available nowhere else.
Covers all realms of environmental studies, particularly ethics, policy, economics, law, sociology, planning, and environmental science. Topics include alternative energy, pollution control, eco-design, sustainability, farming and agriculture, waste issues, and climate change.
GreenFILE is multidisciplinary by nature and draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Subjects covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, recycling, renewable energy, and sustainable agriculture.
Agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that provides health information to prevent harmful exposures and diseases related to toxic substances.
The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia has over 130 years of design examples. This database shows some items in its collection that meet the criteria for design for the environment.
Considers that beauty is inherent to sustainability; for how things look and feel is as important as how they're made. Drawing from a wealth of scientific research, the author demonstrates that form and image can enhance conservation, comfort, and community at every scale of design, from products to buildings to cities.
Presents essays by activists, documentary filmmakers, musicians, artists, ethnographers, anthropologists and more -- each asking a particular question or presenting a case study about cultural and environmental sustainability.
Go behind the scenes at a local recycling facility. Learn how our garbage is extracted, produced, distributed, consumed and disposed of. (Global Footprints on the Environment )
Our programs combine unique insight into global trends and local needs with a comprehensive approach to design. We encourage participants to conceive and apply transformative strategies based on a crucial synthesis of whole systems thinking, Nature's fundamental principles, and an ethically driven worldview.
Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum is the only museum in the nation devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. Explore its many collections and exhibits, including sustainable design.
EPA's Design for the Environment (DfE) works in partnership with industry, environmental groups, and academia to reduce risk to people and the environment by finding ways to prevent pollution.