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10.27.11: Courtney Drake & Deirdre Cerminaro with William Drenttel
Design and the Social Sector: An Annotated BibliographyThis bibiography surveys the literature of social design — the spectrum from design process and thinking to the zones of social innovation.
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03.14.11: Jonathan Schultz
Just Keep Truckin'David Rockwell-designed truck for Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution.
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01.03.11: Julie Lasky
MSC Greenhouse ProjectOn learning about science, nutrition and politics at the Manhattan School for Children.
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11.17.10: Alexandra Lange
Dan WoodA conversation with WORKac architect Dan Wood about design, food and cities.
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11.01.10: Meena Kadri
Conflict KitchenReport on Conflict Kitchen, a project by artists affiliated with Carnegie Mellon to foster cross-cultural understanding through food.
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09.25.10: Aspen Editors
Aspen Design Summit: Update 09.25.10Dateline Aspen. An on-going report on progress on the six projects developed at the Aspen Design Summit in November 2009.
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09.14.10: Mimi Zeiger
Food Not BombsReport on Food Not Bombs, an activist network, now about to turn 30, that distributes free vegan meals.
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09.09.10: Sculpture by Mara Haseltine
Pearl RiverOyster Island, Mara Haseltine's sculpture created to revive the oyster reefs that once flourished in and near New York City.
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07.07.10: William Underhill
BoatanicIn the Netherlands, designer Damian O'Sullivan conceives of floating greenhouses converted from tourist boats.
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05.31.10: John Thackara
Whole, Whole on the RangeAs a juror on the 2010 Buckminster Fuller Challenge, John Thackara reviews the highlight.
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05.24.10: Elizabeth Helman Minchilli, Annie Schlechter
Rome Sustainable Food ProjectAlice Waters has been working tirelessly to change the way we eat in America. Four years ago, she sent chef Mona Talbott overseas to reform the kitchens of the American Academy in Rome.
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12.14.09: Jane Margolies
St. Augustine School Chicken ProjectReport on the sustainability program at St. Augustine parochial school in the South Bronx.
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11.24.09: Aspen Editors
Aspen Design Summit Report: Sustainable Food and Childhood ObesityAt the Aspen Design Summit November 11–14, 2009, sponsored by AIGA and Winterhouse Institute, the Sustainable Food Project focused on accelerating the shift from a global, abstract food system to a regional, real food system via a robust portfolio of activities — including a grand challenge and a series of youth-engagement programs.
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11.21.09: By Dona Ann McAdams
Milking ItDona Ann McAdams photograph featured in an exhibition at the Opalka Gallery in Albany, New York.
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11.20.09: Aspen Editors
Aspen Design Summit: Initial ReportInitial report on the 2009 Aspen Design Summit, sponsored by AIGA and Winterhouse Institute.
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10.06.09: Justin Partyka
The East AngliansImage from photographer Justin Partyka's series, The East Anglians, about the decline of rural culture in the UK.
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09.09.09: Jane Margolies
Pig 05049Report on Pig 05049, a book cataloging all of the products made from a single pig, which won the 2009 INDEX award in the Playful Learning category
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09.09.09: Ernest Beck
Chulha StoveReport on the Chulha stove designed by Philips to reduce indoor air pollution in developing countries.
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09.02.09: Julie Lasky
Pizza FarmReport on Project M at Winterhouse's Pizza Farm event in rural Connecticut in August 2009.
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08.04.08: John Thackara
Alternative Trade Networks and the Coffee SystemAlterative trade networks are emerging in the coffee industry, attempting to eliminate the middle man.
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