Editing Viridian design movement

{{Short description|Aesthetic facet of bright green environmentalism}}
The '''Viridian Design Movement''' was an [[aesthetic]] movement focused on concepts from [[bright green environmentalism]]. The name was chosen to refer to a [[Viridian|shade of green]] that does not quite look natural, indicating that the movement was about innovative design and technology, in contrast with the "leaf green" of traditional environmentalism.  The movement tied together [[environmental design]], [[techno-progressivism]], and [[global citizenship]].<ref name="Sterling 2000">{{cite web | author = Sterling, Bruce| title = Viridian: The Manifesto of January 3, 2000| year = 2001 | url = http://www.viridiandesign.org/manifesto.html|access-date=2007-01-28| author-link = Bruce Sterling}}</ref><ref name="Hughes 2002">{{cite web | author = Hughes, James| title = Democratic Transhumanism 2.0| year = 2002 | url = http://www.changesurfer.com/Acad/DemocraticTranshumanism.htm|access-date=2007-01-26| author-link = James Hughes (sociologist)}}</ref> It was founded in 1998 by [[Bruce Sterling]], a [[postcyberpunk]] [[science fiction]] author. Sterling always remained the central figure in the movement, with [[Alex Steffen]] perhaps the next best-known. Steffen, [[Jamais Cascio]], and [[Jon Lebkowsky]], along with some other frequent contributors to Sterling's Viridian notes, formed the [[Worldchanging]] blog.<ref name="Hughes 2002"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Viridian notes|url=http://viridiandesign.org/NotesIndex.htm |website=viridiandesign.org}}</ref><ref name="Steffen 2006">{{cite book |author=Steffen, Alex|title=[[Worldchanging]]: A User's Guide for the 21st Century|publisher=[[Harry N. Abrams]]|year=2006|isbn=0-8109-3095-1|author-link=Alex Steffen}}</ref> Sterling wrote the introduction to Worldchanging's book (''Worldchanging: A Users Guide for the 21st Century''),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldchanging.com/book/ |title=WorldChanging |publisher=WorldChanging |access-date=2012-08-31}}</ref> which (according to Ross Robertson) is considered the definitive volume on bright green thinking.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j38/bright-green.asp?page=1 |title=Product Category - Journals &#124; EnlightenNext Store |publisher=Enlightennext.org |access-date=2012-08-31}}</ref> Sterling formally closed the Viridian movement in 2008, saying there was no need to continue its work now that [[bright green environmentalism]] had emerged.<ref>[[Bruce Sterling]], [http://www.viridiandesign.org/notes/451-500/the_last_viridian_note.html "The Last Viridian Note"], 2008-11-18</ref>

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