Mark your calendar for December 4, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. EST for the Design Directions for Sustainability webinar. This special 90-minute webinar will feature up-to-date insights into the market forces affecting package design and sustainability. Admission is $89.99 (free registration period has expired). All attendees will receive a copy of Packaging Sustainability: Tools, Systems and Strategies for Innovative Package Design (a $49.95 value) by Wendy Jedlicka.

The keynote address will be by Minal Mistry, project manager, Sustainable Packaging Coalition/GreenBlue, and sustainable-package-design expert Wendy Jedlicka will bring us up-to-date on the latest design trends. Also included will be real-world case studies that have made it to market. The webinar is co-produced by the Sustainable Packaging Coalition and its new COMPASS program, which includes online software tools for packaging designers and engineers to compare the environmental impacts of their package designs. Sign up online at www.packagedesignmag.com/sustainablewebinar.