Framework for design principles

'Created by the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design (CFSD), the Living Principles for Design were born out of the design profession’s need for an aspirational and actionable framework for integrated sustainability—a common point of reference to which all designers can refer. Its ongoing development is dependent on the contributions of the design community at large. Conceived and developed over the summer of 2009, the Living Principles were officially unveiled at the AIGA Design Conference in Memphis on October 9, 2009.'
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/the-living-principles-for-design
see the Manifesto: http://www.aiga.org/resources/content/7/3/1/2/documents/AIGA_The_Living_Principles_Framework.pdf