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Designers are still looking for something better than wood?!?

June 3, 2025August 7, 2023 by Kenn Busch
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Climate Consultant and Activist, Former Chief Sustainability Officer for the ASID, Jon Strassner agreed when he spoke on “The Carbon Denominator” panel at the AWFS Fair in July.

Categories Building Materials, Climate Change, Furniture Design, Interior Design, Sustainability

It’s Time To Specify a Climate Positive Future

June 5, 2025July 14, 2023 by Kenn Busch
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Check out the partners helping making a sustainable, positive impact in our climate future.

Categories Building Materials, Climate Change, Sustainability

Stop Making Sustainability So Complicated

June 5, 2025June 2, 2023 by Kenn Busch

Look at this page and ask yourself: which of these sustainability metrics is clearer?

Categories Building Materials, Climate Change, Sustainability

Red Dot Award for Outstanding Product Design Goes to Kiri from Toppan

June 3, 2025April 24, 2023 by Kenn Busch
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Toppan Interamerica, a leading global printer of innovative decorative surfaces, has announced that their KIRI Paper Veneer Product has been awarded the prestigious Red Dot 2023 Award for Product Design.

Categories Building Materials

Best Remedies for ‘Climate Doom’: Communication, Education, and Action

June 3, 2025April 4, 2023 by Kenn Busch
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Plain language, clear standards, and real action are the only ways toward a sustainable, climate-positive future.

Categories Building Materials, Business, Climate Change

KCMA Partners with ClimatePositiveNOW.org to promote use of sustainable, healthy materials

June 5, 2025November 11, 2022 by Kenn Busch

Not quite the kitchen sink, but the kitchen cabinets are one way to sequester tons of carbon for the long-term.

Categories Building Materials, Climate Change

Earth Overshoot Day: First the Bad News, Then the Good

June 3, 2025July 28, 2022 by Kenn Busch
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Earth Overshoot Day marks the day each year humanity consumes more resources than the planet can regenerate.

Categories Building Materials, Climate Change

Savannah College of Art and Design

June 5, 2025January 17, 2017 by Kenn Busch

Kenn Busch speaks to Savannah College of Art and Design juniors on 9 November, 2017.

Categories Building Materials, Design, Events, Sustainability
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