"slow" design

just want to put this notion out there. after a few conversations with friends (thank you adam. thank you dan), a few things have become very apparent:

1. people actually care about HOW things are done (i.e. american apparel)
2. people want to be good (growth of the eco-goods industry, rite-aid to barney's)
3. people will pay for these things

so let's run over the objectives found in the "slow food" movement:

• forming and sustaining seed banks to preserve heirloom varieties in cooperation with local food systems
• developing an "Ark of Taste" for each ecoregion, where local culinary traditions and foods are celebrated
• preserving and promoting local and traditional food products, along with their lore and preparation
• organizing small-scale processing (including facilities for slaughtering and short run products)
• organizing celebrations of local cuisine within regions (for example, the Feast of Fields held in some cities in Canada)
• promoting "taste education"
• educating consumers about the risks of fast food
• educating citizens about the drawbacks of commercial agribusiness and factory farms
• educating citizens about the risks of monoculture and reliance on too few genomes or varieties
• developing various political programs to preserve family farms
• lobbying for the inclusion of organic farming concerns within agricultural policy
• lobbying against government funding of genetic engineering
• lobbying against the use of pesticides
• teaching gardening skills to students and prisoners
• encouraging ethical buying in local marketplaces

with very minimal tweaking, i think we have a very good starting point for the "slow" design movement ;)