SXD-312: Sustainability Studio

General Description: Students will learn to analyze existing products, environments, and processes for sustainability. By moving away from the "how can we be less bad?" mentality to the "how can we be 100% good?" mindset, students will explore the redesign of a variety of objects and environments to be sustainable: to meet our needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. The class will explore strategies that allow students to take on such issues as up-cycling (recycling scrap products to create new higher value entities), eliminating the concept of waste (waste equals food), and reducing our ecological footprint through the intelligent design of environments and products.