Surf´s up: innovation & sustainability

THE advancement of innovative strategies for preserving natural resources for future generations, while meeting present day needs, continues to increase in popularity throughout the world. Web routes to information and theories about sustainable product development describe potentials, obstacles, interpretations, failures, and successes. There are discussions about design essentials, eco-friendly materials, economic factors, operational demands, overconsumption behavior, downscaling production, and technological research efforts that show promise for new applications. The following resources were selected because they present practical and even some ingenious solutions to many sustainability challenges facing both large and small geographical, geopolitical, and social entities.