Three Trees Don’t Make A Forest is a not-for-profit social enterprise set up by directors of three established and successful agencies.
Our aim is to provide tools for all designers and businesses who are involved in design and advertising to inspire them to re-think their working cultures and start to produce sustainable design that really works.
Our ultimate goal is to be the catalyst for the creation of a zero carbon design industry.
We are building up our knowledgebank to share with the entire design community. The knowledgebank is divided into five sections. If you have anything to add, please email it to us and we will add it in.
1) The Studio
The impact of running your design studio on the environment Studio/business fact sheet
2) Innovation
Changing the way we think about design. Innovation fact sheet
3) Paper
10 litres of water are required to produce one sheet of A4 paper, and landfill is of increasing concern. Paper fact sheet
4) Print
The print industry is cleaning up fast, but some aspects still have a major environmental impact. Print fact sheet
5) Digital
The paperless office does not necessarily save the environment. Digital fact sheet
re-use this info
You have switched your light bulbs, pledged to fly less and started a recycling bin in your studio. But you still have a niggling feeling that, so far, your actions may yet be world changing then try re-focusing attention to your design output - the how and why you create.
For a designer the solutions go [...]
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Three Trees talk on 4 June
Major Players are hosting an evening dedicated to promoting the most innovative and environmentally-friendly graphic and packaging design, and two of the Three Trees will be there on stage.
We’ll be asking what green issues affect you as a designer and what can you do to make a difference?
Email carly.broome@majorplayers.co.uk or phil.braham@majorplayers.co.uk for more details.
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Confscusion
A printer was quoted in a recent Printweek article as saying that “having FSC makes us acceptable to customers, but they don’t necessarily specify it.”
Confusingly, if you’re using an FSC certified printer but not using FSC stock then you’re doing nothing to help the environment.
FSC certification is about the fibre tracking process only and is [...]
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If you're interested in what we do and want to keep in contact with us, here are the options.
1) Join the mailing list at the top of this page
2) Come and hear us talk - dates to be announced.
3) Employ us as consultants to come and help you green your studio.
4) Sponsor us/partner with us.
5) Be a champion - spread the word.
6) Feed the knowledgebank (see right)
Please send any questions and useful information you have to info@three-trees.org, we’re expanding our knowledge base and it will soon be available online for everyone.
Vastly experienced, Three Trees’ founders, Sophie Thomas (thomas.matthews), Caroline Clark (Lovely as a Tree) and Nat Hunter (Airside) will continue to run their respective award-winning design practices while working within the industry to share their collective 25 years’ experience in creating effective sustainable design.
When it comes to sustainable design, there are no excuses. Sooner or later our industry will have to rise to the challenge. As creativity is our business, we should be comfortable with the notion of making our design work that bit harder; creatively and for the environment.