1. Ethics and Sustainability in Product Design

2. Learning Objectives To begin to develop a sound understanding of the term sustainability in relation to Product Design To begin to develop an understanding of ethics in Product Design To develop skills in re-designing products to make them more sustainable

3. Learning Outcomes To be able to define the term sustainable in relation to Product Design To be able to define the term Fairtradein relation to Product Design To produce well developed answers in justifying good and bad examples of sustainable design To produce an idea for a seat which can be classed as a sustainable design

4. What is sustainability? When the environment is considered when designing a product Carbon footprint Transportation FSC 6 R’s Fairtrade

5. Carbon Footprint The amount of greenhouse gases made when making or using a product Made Transported (Product Miles) Used Disposed of

6. Transportation The more products that are able to be transported in one run, the more sustainable the product is said to be The lower the product miles, the more sustainable the product is said to be

7. 6 R’s Repair Reuse Re-cycle Re-think Reduce Refuse