Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
 

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things

by William McDonough, Michael Braungart

Paper or plastic? Neither, say William McDonough and Michael Braungart. Why settle for the least harmful alternative when we could have something that is better--say, edible grocery bags! In Cradle to Cradle, the authors present a manifesto calling for a new industrial revolution, one that would render both traditional manufacturing and traditional environmentalism obsolete. Recycling, for... (read more)

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maryam
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This is a must read for EVERYONE, more specifically anyone who is going to have design influence of any sort. Having synchronized my finishing of the book with a screening of An Inconvenient Truth.... has turned me into (even more of) a raging environmentalist. My life is going to be dedicated to "eco-effective" issues in someway... so as to rescue the planet from our egocentric myopia!!!

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  • Peter R

    peter r said:

    Does the ink really come off if you boil this book?

    posted Thursday, December 20 2007
  • Thomas Wensing

    thomas wensing said:

    Even though I agree with people's enthusiastic responses, I am somewhat at a loss as to how to apply this 'paradigm shift' on a day-to-day basis. I don't think this has been clearly outlined in the book either. A true paradigm shift is characterized by applicability.
    Anybody?

    posted Sunday, November 11 2007 ( | view 2 replies )
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