Doing More With Less

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One of the main ideas behind Design Impact is that we need to change the way we design things so that we can get the same or better performance, while consuming far fewer resources. This will help us develop a sustainable way of living without having resign ourselves to a much lower standard of living (if a transition to sustainability were to require a much lower standard of living, how would we get anyone on board?). This is not to say that life will be the same as it was in the past: it will be different. The way we do things will need to change, but life can still be good, if not even better than it is now. For example, cleaner air and water, preservation of biodiversity, and a reinvigorated economy are all potential improvements over where we are now that all can be realized through a transition to sustainability. 

What is your vision for a sustainable future? How might we be living differently, and how might it be better than our current lifestyle?