“We can only have a Permaculture Economy when we systematically begin to treat waste as a resource.” Quote by Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth
“The profit motive is the most potent source of collective motivation and the most efficient means for society to solve its problems. Anywhere you insert a profit motive - people will self assemble groups, leverage resources, and implement processes all in the effort to satisfy that profit motive.” BusinessProfitBusiness AdvicePermaculture EconomyPermacultureCircular Economy Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth
“Ibn Mas'ud said that Allah's Messenger said: Abusing a Muslim is sinful and fighting with his tantamount to Kufr. Bukhari Muslim” SpiritualityIslam Book:A Day with the Prophet Source: A Day with the Prophet
“A Permaculture Economy provides the greatest conditions for people and businesses to thrive.” BusinessPermaculture EconomyPermaculture EconomicsCircular Economy Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth
“The key to having a permaculture economy is ensuring that the waste from every one is a resource for another. When every ones waste is a resource for another, an interesting truths emerge - no waste exists in the system as a whole, resources become abundant and easily accessible, businesses become generally more profitable, and wealth becomes more widely distributed. This is a circular economy. This is a permaculture economy.” BusinessBusiness AdvicePermaculture EconomyCircular Economy Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth
“A dysfunctional society is bad for business. If the society you live in is wasteful or destructive or non-inclusive or inefficient.... It's more difficult to manage a business, and there are less business opportunities available. So every entrepreneur should be concerned about social dynamics and broader society.” BusinessBusiness AdviceNftCryptocurrencyPermaculture EconomyCircular Economy Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth
“When we're able to communicate in nature's language; when we're able to transcend the view that nature is a boundless entity; even transcending the building as the kernel of the architectural project; when we invite scientific inquiry and technological innovation, fusing atoms with bits and bits with genes - only then will the art of building enable new forms of interaction between humans and their environment. Only then will we be able to design, construct and evolve as equals.” Permaculture EconomyPermaculture EconomicsMaterial EcologyAdditive ManufacturingMaterials EngineeringNeri Oxman Author:Neri Oxman
“Additive manufacturing has a major role to play in the circular economy.” BusinessBusiness AdvicePermaculture EconomyCircular EconomyAdditive Manufacturing3d Printing Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth
“For the first time in architectural history, we're approaching the resolution and complexity of the natural world by creating new technologies that will ultimately enable us to design a beam as if it were a branch or an HVAC and waste removal system as if it were a photosynthetic GI tract engineered to convert carbon into biofuel.” ArchitecturePermaculture EconomyPermaculture EconomicsMaterial EcologyPermaculture BusinessAdditive ManufacturingArchitect QuotesMaterials Engineering Author:Neri Oxman
“Optically transparent, structurally sound and chemically inert, glass is a fabulous building material and has been for over four thousand years. Still, the production and use of hundreds of billions of glass facad components every year in the US alone begs the question; What if we can utilize this immense surface area for harvesting solar energy in efficient and effective ways? The 3D Printing of optically transparent glass points toward such a possible future.” ArchitecturePermaculture EconomyPermaculture EconomicsMaterial EcologyAdditive ManufacturingArchitect Quotes Author:Neri Oxman
“Imagine that nature is the single most important client in the architectural practice.” NatureBusinessArchitecturePermaculture EconomyPermaculture EconomicsMaterial EcologyArchitect Quotes Author:Neri Oxman