Articles tagged “Product Service Systems”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

What Does Car-Sharing Have to Offer? By Michael Graham Richard IN Tech & Transport Feb 5 2009 Who Can Benefit from Car-Sharing? Let's look at the hypothetical story or Mr. and Mrs. X. They both live together in the city. Because of the huge hassle of rush hour traffic and expensive parking spots around town, they both commute to work using public transportation and walk to nearby stores when they need to buy something. + READ MORE

Dress for Less with Borrowed Duds By Blythe Copeland IN Fashion & Beauty Jan 28 2009 The thrill of wearing someone else's clothes comes early—who hasn't played dress-up with mom's evening gowns or high heels as soon as we could walk? And the fun of shopping someone else's closet rarely goes away as we get older; if anything, it's more fun to borrow your best friend's designer shoes or your sister's perfect night-out shirt once you're finally old enough to appreciate them. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Product Service System (PSS) By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Jan 28 2009 "In order to achieve sustainable society, it is necessary to transform industrial structure to the one that does not reduce the Earth's resources," they say at Enviroscope. "Under this circumstance, a business model of 'not selling goods, but selling services' has been expected as a measure of co-existence of business and the environment. This idea is called Product-Service Systems or PSS." + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Tool Library By Mickey Z. IN Home & Garden Jan 27 2009 Did you ever notice you can never find a butt marker when you need one? That's when a tool library comes in handy. + READ MORE

6 Ways to Go Green by Sharing By Collin Dunn IN Work & Connect Dec 10 2008 A green community is an amorphous enough concept that it might not be the first thing that pops to mind when you consider the idea of living green. Things like buying local, organic food or improving your home's energy efficiency might be more obvious after a cursory thought, but engaging in a greener community will give you access to more resources, save you some money, keep you from accumulating so much stuff, and help you be greener on an individual level, too. + READ MORE