Design Thinking About Sustainability

I'm interested in knowing if there have been any instances where design thinking has been applied to sustainability issues?

Here's a video of a design idea incorporating new design methods with a simple thing such as the pizza box and creating making it multifunctional. Tacky, unattractive dining ware? Yes. But this cuts down on the use of water to wash the dishes after your meal and also can be thrown into the recycle bin when you are threw with your left overs as well.

Personally I believe that in the next 20 to 30 years or so the world will undergo a revolution in thinking about environmental sustainability and design thinking could be a key tool in driving that change. In particular with rapidly increasing populations in city areas, I think there will be a drive towards integrating the notion of sustainability with urban living.

So I'm wondering if anyone out there is , at the moment, doing any kind of work or brainstorming where design thinking meets environmental sustainability.

Jacquelyn KC Walbom