• Erin Tilley

  • Borrowed Good

    Advising
    The disposable lifestyle is a hallmark of American culture, with many products designed for a single use. This mindset has resulted in devastating environmental and health issues. Borrowed Good is a scalable systems approach to reducing consumer waste, starting with disposable utensils. It proposes a community-based system of reuse to fulfill the needs of users on the go without wasteful impact. Borrowed Good sources no-longer-used metal utensils to provide low-cost metal utensil subscriptions to restaurants for customer takeout use and convenient disposal locations for customers along daily routes, then collects, washes, and redistributes utensil stock for a truly sustainable solution. Learn more and get involved at borrowedgood.org .

  • Program Details

    Inspired by this work? Explore program features, curriculum, faculty, and more.

  • Related Work

    •  Strategic Design and Management (MS) / Design Business (Grad Certificate), Textiles (MFA)

      Challenging Designers to Explore Biomaterials

      Each year, the BioDesign Challenge invites students from around the world to The New School to reimagine a sustainable future through biotechnology.
    • Strategic Design and Management (MS) / Design Business (Grad Certificate), Strategic Design and Management (MS)

      Taime Martin

      Stuck in the Loop

  • Take The Next Step

Submit your application

Undergraduates

To apply to any of our undergraduate programs (except the Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs) complete and submit the Common App online.

Undergraduate Adult Learners

To apply to any of our Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students and Parsons Associate of Applied Science programs, complete and submit the New School Online Application.

Graduates

To apply to any of our Master's, Doctoral, Professional Studies Diploma, and Graduate Certificate programs, complete and submit the New School Online Application.