Cradle to Cradle - McDonough, William; Braungart, Michael

William McDonough Michael Braungart 

Cradle to Cradle

Remaking the Way We Make Things

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Cradle to Cradle

A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism
"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.

Produktinformation
  • Verlag: Macmillan USA
  • 2003
  • Seitenzahl: 193
  • Englisch
  • Abmessung: 205mm x 128mm x 19mm
  • Gewicht: 554g
  • ISBN-13: 9780865475878
  • ISBN-10: 0865475873
  • Best.Nr.: 21160288
This is an extraordinary and unlikely book. It is not printed on paper, but on a waterproof polymer with the heft of good paper and more strength, a substance that reflects the right amount of light, yet holds the ink fast. It seems like an impossible fantasy, but so does much of what the authors propose about design and ecology. They speak with the calm certainty of the ecstatic visionary. Could buildings generate oxygen like trees? Could running shoes release nutrients into the earth? It seems like science fiction. Yet, here is this book, on this paper. The authors make a strong case for change, and just when you’re about to say, "if only," they cite a corporation that is implementing their ideas. However, it’s hard to believe their concepts would work on a large scale, in the face of powerful economic disincentives. The authors do aim some of their criticism at obsolete marketing and manufacturing philosophies, but, says getAbstract.com, the overall critique is well worth reading.
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