Compost Modern is an interdisciplinary, one-day design conference dedicated to promoting sustainable design as an everyday practice and mode of thinking, rather than a niche way of working. This event will explore the current and future potential for ecologically sustainable and socially responsible design. Attention will be focused on real word and real time solutions for the graphic design and industrial design communities. Unlike any other design/sustainability gathering, Compost Modern differentiates itself through its tagline, We Have Answers. Past gatherings have discussed the problems associated with sustainability and defined the problems designers face in creating two and three-dimensional products. By focusing on theoretical issues designers still have limited resources for providing client based solutions to the question of environmental sustainability versus cost. Compost Modern bucks this trend by offering a full day targeting existing sustainable solutions for the design community. These include presentations on: New advances in bio-plastics Sustainable plastics molding techniques Sourcing recycled plastics Pros and cons of composite materials Using metals Aluminum as sustainable resource Sustainable fabrics Minimizing toxic metals in electronics New research in bio-adhesives Materiality ISO 14000 Recycled content papers Understanding waste in the printing process Affects of heavy metals in inks Chemicals used in paper and print manufacturing Sustainable sources for the graphics industry Sounds interesting, check the blog here and full event info here which are both over at core77's site.