“This book is not a tree,” says the introduction, and indeed it is not. The entire book, cover and pages, is printed on a plastic polymer that can be recycled into new books indefinitely while maintaining its high quality. More importantly, it is an example of what the authors William McDonough and Michael Braungart are [...]
CSR Often Misunderstood
As Albert Einstein said, “It is every man’s obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of ...
From Principles to Practices
Creating a sustaining architecture for the 21st century, using the enduring laws of nature. by William McDonough and Michael Braungart, from green@work magazine ’03 Just over a decade ago, when the city of Hannover, Germany, asked us to develop a set of design principles for the 2000 World’s Fair, design for sustainability was in its [...]
Fear Factor
Courage can supply a competitive advantage for corporations bold enough to be leaders. Picture this: the starting gate is here, today. The finish line (let’s call it a “sustainable society”) is off in the distance, somewhere out in the fog. Global corporations are lined up at the gate, snuffling and snorting like thoroughbreds. And there’s [...]
Taking Sustainability Seriously
If we look honestly at what does not work, we begin to see a pattern. The things that are breaking are the systems that are no longer sustainable under the stress of a changing world. ”We are at a significant crossroads for our species,” says Keith Perske, a Principal at E-Business Strategies. “We must move [...]
CSR Often Misunderstood
As Albert Einstein said, “It is every man’s obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.” From a sustainability perspective, that can take many forms. Yes, it is about reducing your carbon footprint. But it is even more multifaceted, more ubiquitous than that. “Look at [...]
Race To Reduce
Genius comes in two kinds: through people just like us but more so, and through people and organizations that have that extra spark. If it was not for the global need to save energy, the term “energy management” might never have even been coined… Globally we need to save energy. CivicAction’s Greening Greater Toronto’s first [...]
You Can’t Eat GNP: Economics As If Ecology Mattered
Scientist Eric A. Davidson writes a valuable primer on economics versus ecology. The most recent thinking on the evolution of homo sapiens is that we shared the planet with as many as 15 to 20 other hominid species for four million years. This is in contrast to the single line evolution theory that was gospel. [...]
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