- Gebundene Ausgabe: 208 Seiten
- Verlag: Jonathan Cape (6. November 2008)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 022408786X
- ISBN-13: 978-0224087865
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 14,4 x 2,1 x 22,3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.9 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (8 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 296.614 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Paper or plastic? Neither, say William McDonough and Michael Braungart. Why settle for the least harmful alternative when we could have something that is better--say, edible grocery bags! In Cradle to Cradle, the authors present a manifesto calling for a new industrial revolution, one that would render both traditional manufacturing and traditional environmentalism obsolete. Recycling, for instance, is actually "downcycling," creating hybrids of biological and technical "nutrients" which are then unrecoverable and unusable. The authors, an architect and a chemist, want to eliminate the concept of waste altogether, while preserving commerce and allowing for human nature. They offer several compelling examples of corporations that are not just doing less harm--they're actually doing some good for the environment and their neighborhoods, and making more money in the process. Cradle to Cradle is a refreshing change from the intractable environmental conflicts that dominate headlines. It's a handbook for 21st-century innovation and should be required reading for business hotshots and environmental activists. --Therese Littleton
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How can we avoid environmental disaster? Nowadays, in the home, most of us do our bit: we recycle. But what about industry, where the real damage is done? The strategy is the same: 'reduce, resize, reuse' - we try to minimize the damage. But there is a limitation to this well-intentioned approach: it maintains the one-way, 'cradle to grave' manufacturing model of the Industrial Revolution, the very model that creates immense amounts of waste and pollution in the first place.What we need is a major rethink, a new approach which directly combats the problem rather than slowly perpetuating it. An exciting, simple and groundbreaking new vision, "Cradle to Cradle" offers this approach. With clear, accessible - even humorous - arguments, celebrated chemist Michael Braungart and inspirational architect Bill McDonough challenge the set-in notion that human industry must damage the world. They look to nature and find a production system we can follow, a system of abundance rather than reduction, in which waste equals food.They show how we can mimic nature's model to our commercial and environmental advantage, demonstrating how products can be designed as biological and technical nutrients that will continually circulate as pure and valuable materials, eradicating the need to 'recycle' - really downcycle - products into low-grade materials and uses. "Cradle to Cradle's" theories have been put into practice across the world and will shape our future - they are implemented by major governments, big corporations, small, innovative independent businesses and university science departments, and are given high-profile backing by environmentalists and celebrity activists. This updated edition is essential reading, a bold, practical and overwhelmingly positive manifesto for an environmentally prosperous future, a world where we can make maximum profit from nature without destroying it.
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Can you imagine that today in December 2007 some people still believe (and publicly state it) that there is some kind of a trade-off between economic growth and ecology?
The authors of this book demonstrate very practically why it is not true. The solutions proposed are not in the form of binding constraints and the examples taken by the authors come from their own (very successful) professional experience. Their have had as client a gigantic automobile corporation of Detroit as well as a textile manufacturer from Switzerland and to some extend Nike. They all have in common greater productivity, and increased health standard for worker and clients and very significant cost cut.
Get introduced to the concepts of downcycling and (genuine) recycling.
The main point of the authors is that we should switch from a "one size fits all" standardized world to a "haute couture" highly engineered, customized and creative world. The book, the object in itself, illustrate their point and shows how consequent they are with the ideas the propose us.
By the way, I just saw Brad PITT on TV, working hand in hand with one of the authors of the book (William McDONOUGH) to provide new generation homes and utilities for the victims of Katrina.
The authors of this book demonstrate very practically why it is not true. The solutions proposed are not in the form of binding constraints and the examples taken by the authors come from their own (very successful) professional experience. Their have had as client a gigantic automobile corporation of Detroit as well as a textile manufacturer from Switzerland and to some extend Nike. They all have in common greater productivity, and increased health standard for worker and clients and very significant cost cut.
Get introduced to the concepts of downcycling and (genuine) recycling.
The main point of the authors is that we should switch from a "one size fits all" standardized world to a "haute couture" highly engineered, customized and creative world. The book, the object in itself, illustrate their point and shows how consequent they are with the ideas the propose us.
By the way, I just saw Brad PITT on TV, working hand in hand with one of the authors of the book (William McDONOUGH) to provide new generation homes and utilities for the victims of Katrina.
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Interessant neue Ansätze. Meiner Meinung nach, viele Seiten, jedoch nur wenig wirkliche Information. Dieses Buch ist mehr ein Aufruf, um die Einstellung der Menschen zu ändern und weniger ein Buch um wirkliches Hintergrundwissen zu erhalten.
Nichts desto trotz, interessant um das Cradle to Cradle Prinzip kennenzulernen.
Nichts desto trotz, interessant um das Cradle to Cradle Prinzip kennenzulernen.
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What I liked most about this book is the concept of eco-effectiveness. Braungart explains how businesses are able to become more environmental friendly and more profitable by restructuring their production processes and supply chain. I doubt that this is as feasible for any business or organization as it might sound like while reading the book, but it sure is a brilliant concept. I recommend this book to anyone who wants his business to be green and sustainable. If you want to have a positive effect on this planet, read it and integrate it into your daily business.
- Frank Röttgers, author of Going Green Together - How to Align Employees with Green Strategies
- Frank Röttgers, author of Going Green Together - How to Align Employees with Green Strategies
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The cradle to cradle method
I think this is the real way we should go. I think the book is clear, well written and full of real life examples of c2c products. Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 14 Monaten von Andrea from Italy veröffentlicht
cradle to cradle
Ist Geschenk für Sohn in Dubai - leider noch keine Rückkopplung, tolle prompte LieferungCradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
Vor 16 Monaten von ata veröffentlicht
boring; too many words for such little hard info
I bought the book because it was advertised in a TV cast about latest advances in the use of bio-mass (e.g. substitute plastics for cereal fibers). Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 18 Monaten von Dr. Meinhard Stalder veröffentlicht
Eye opener
This book is very interesting. It brings a new perspective of how companies should do/produce things. Independently of our opinion, this book opens our eyes.
Veröffentlicht am 11. Mai 2010 von D. Pflaum
Eine Utopie, keine Frage ...
... aber da müssen wir hin, das ist auch keine Frage.
Ein ganz neuer Ansatz, der die Welt verändern sollte, und zwar je früher desto besser. Lesen Sie weiter...
Ein ganz neuer Ansatz, der die Welt verändern sollte, und zwar je früher desto besser. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 9. Juni 2009 von Martin Puster
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