Cradle to cradle : remaking the way we make things
McDonough, William
Cradle to cradle : remaking the way we make things / William McDonough & Michael Braungart. - First edition. - New York : North Point Press, 2002. - 193 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : this book is not a tree -- 1. A question of design -- 2. Why being "less bad" is no good -- 3. Eco-effectiveness -- 4. Waste equals food -- 5. Respect diversity -- 6. Putting eco-effectiveness into practice -- Notes -- Acknowledgments
"Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. As William McDonough and Michael Braungart argue in their provocative, visionary book, however, this approach perpetuates a one-way, "cradle to grave" manufacturing model that dates to the Industrial Revolution and casts off as much as 90 percent of the materials it uses as waste, much of it toxic. Why not challenge the notion that human industry must inevitably damage the natural world, they ask.
In fact, why not take nature itself as our model? A tree produces thousands of blossoms in order to create another tree, yet we do not consider its abundance wasteful but safe, beautiful, and highly effective hence, "waste equals food" is the first principle the book sets forth. Products might be designed so that, after their useful life, they provide nourishment for something new-either as "biological nutrients" that safely re-enter the environment or as "technical nutrients" that circulate within closed-loop industrial cycles, without being "downcycled" into low-grade uses (as most "recyclables" now are).
Elaborating their principles from experience (re)designing everything from carpeting to corporate campuses, the authors make an exciting and viable case for change.
9780865475878
2001044245
Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Industrial management--Environmental aspects
Bibliography B2 PBT Sustainable Management
TD794.5 / .M395 2002
Cradle to cradle : remaking the way we make things / William McDonough & Michael Braungart. - First edition. - New York : North Point Press, 2002. - 193 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : this book is not a tree -- 1. A question of design -- 2. Why being "less bad" is no good -- 3. Eco-effectiveness -- 4. Waste equals food -- 5. Respect diversity -- 6. Putting eco-effectiveness into practice -- Notes -- Acknowledgments
"Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. As William McDonough and Michael Braungart argue in their provocative, visionary book, however, this approach perpetuates a one-way, "cradle to grave" manufacturing model that dates to the Industrial Revolution and casts off as much as 90 percent of the materials it uses as waste, much of it toxic. Why not challenge the notion that human industry must inevitably damage the natural world, they ask.
In fact, why not take nature itself as our model? A tree produces thousands of blossoms in order to create another tree, yet we do not consider its abundance wasteful but safe, beautiful, and highly effective hence, "waste equals food" is the first principle the book sets forth. Products might be designed so that, after their useful life, they provide nourishment for something new-either as "biological nutrients" that safely re-enter the environment or as "technical nutrients" that circulate within closed-loop industrial cycles, without being "downcycled" into low-grade uses (as most "recyclables" now are).
Elaborating their principles from experience (re)designing everything from carpeting to corporate campuses, the authors make an exciting and viable case for change.
9780865475878
2001044245
Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Industrial management--Environmental aspects
Bibliography B2 PBT Sustainable Management
TD794.5 / .M395 2002
