Going Green

It's been a year since I signed up to DoTerra and received my first bundle of Essential Oils. Since then I've been steadily learning how these oils can benefit my health and well being and they have worked wonders I can assure you! Now I've been exploring how they can be used to benefit the environment. 2019 seems to be the year that society is starting to finally take the environment seriously. Yes for 10+ years it's been gaining momentum; I remember first year of college (in 2008) designing tote bags with an eco message- a relatively new idea- but now we are starting to look at other areas of our lives that need challenging and changing to benefit the future of our planet.

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Designing for the future: trends we need to consider now

This blog post is a part of Design Blogger Competition organised by CGTrader

A maker’s decisions are ultimately directed by the designer’s vision. Designers and Makers are creating, mixing, adding, applying, collecting materials so there is always going to be some sort of waste at the end of the process but that waste needs to be resourceful and sustainable. We need to consider that upcoming trends in design use materials and processes that are ecological; reducing our carbon footprint and how our designs and creations affects the environment in the long-term. Richard Black at material supplier, Flints acknowledges that environmental products ‘are the future, they have to be!’ supporting the increasingly apparent fact that not only is the making industry very wasteful but also uncompromising in seeking alternatives which address environmental needs. 

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