Cradle to cradle : remaking the way we make things

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Label

Cradle to cradle : remaking the way we make things

Title remainder

remaking the way we make things

Statement of responsibility

William McDonough & Michael Braungart

Title variation

Remaking the way we make things

Creator

• McDonough, William

Contributor

• Braungart, Michael, 1958-

Subject

• Industrial management -- Environmental aspects
• Recycling (Waste, etc.)
• Sustainable architecture

Language

eng

Summary

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 this book argues, however, this approach perpetuates a one-way "cradle to grave" manufacturing model that 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. Products might be designed so that, after their useful life, they provide nourishment for something new. Elaborating their principles from experience (re)designing everything from carpeting to corporate campuses, the authors make an exciting and viable case for change.--From publisher description

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

745.2

Index

no index present

LC call number

TD794.5

LC item number

.M395 2002

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography