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“what most people see in their garbage cans is just the tip of the material iceberg; the product itself contains on average only 5% of the raw materials involved in the process of making and delivering it.”

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Book:Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things

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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things

This book explores the principles of Cradle to Cradle, a framework for creating products that are safe, healthy, and fully recyclable. It discusses the impact of traditional manufacturing processes on the environment and proposes innovative solutions for sustainable production. more

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“as a buyer you got the item or service you wanted, plus additives that you didn’t ask for and that may be harmful to you and your loved ones.”

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“Once you understand the destruction taking place, unless you do something to change it, even if you never intended to cause such destruction, you become involved in a strategy of tragedy. You can continue to be engaged in that strategy of tragedy, or you can design and implement a strategy of change”

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“Unless materials are specifically designed to ultimately become safe food for nature, composting can present problems as well.”

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“This “solution” to pollution – dilution – is an outdated and ineffective response that does not examine the design that caused the pollution in the first place. The essential flaw remains: badly designed materials and systems that are unsuitable for indoor use.”

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“Increasingly we are acknowledging that people (and their technologies) are just as much part of our 'ecologies' as are nature and the physical features of our planet.”

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“As the 'circular' approach to sustainability begins to gather ground, we humans are finding ourselves within the circle, not without.”

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“I am simply another deeply imperfect seeker, a single fellow spark of the great divine flame, who is engaging this extreme human experience - like you!”

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“So-called 'circular' approaches - to the city, the economy, design - extend well beyond just limiting environmental impacts. They take on a more systemic, cyclical view of how physical and biological processes, together with human interactions, give rise to sustainable living environments - forming a complete self-sustaining 'ecosystem', like a closed circle.”

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