Welcome to SEED:
Social Economic Environmental Design®
SEED maintains the belief that design can play a vital role in the most critical issues that face communities and individuals, in crisis and in every day challenges. To accomplish this, SEED provides tools—the SEED Network and SEED Certification—that guide design professionals toward community-based engagement with design practice. These tools support a public-interest methodology that is increasingly recognized as an effective way to sustain the health and longevity of a place or a community as it develops over time.
For designers and others looking for resources and a community of
practice where like-minded people share an interest in the results of
design and care about fundamental ideals of practice.
For designers, project developers, community leaders and others who
desire a common standard to guide, measure, evaluate and certify the
social, economic and environmental impact of design projects.
For those who want to learn more about SEED, read case studies of SEED
Certified projects, search for projects based on issue or location, read
recent press or support SEED.
