read more: Winners of C2C Product Design Challenge Announced
For 20 years MBDC has been advocating for products to be redesigned with more attention being paid to the choice of materials used and to designing in the next use cycle for the product after it is no longer functional. Now more than 200 scientists outline potential health concerns from fluorinated chemicals, urge replacements and […]
read more: Article on potential health concerns from fluorinated chemicals
We are pleased to announce that MBDC’s client SunPower is in the news at the Guardian Sustainable Business for achieving a Silver level Cradle to Cradle Certified(TM) award for its Solar Panel. SunPower is also the 2015 winner of the innovation award in the net positive category of the Guardian Sustainable Business Awards. MBDC worked […]
read more: SunPower’s Cradle to Cradle Certified Solar Panel In The News
read more: UCTV Premiers William McDonough Oppenheim Lecture May 13
Responding to the news of Lumber Liquidators reported problems with formaldehyde levels, in some flooring products, MBDC’s President of Certification Services comments on the value of .Cradle to Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM products program. “Builders and consumers are becoming more skeptical when a manufacturer says ‘Trust me about this product,’” Bolus says. “Often, these types […]
Construction Specialties Press Release, June 26, 2014 Construction Specialties, Inc. (C/S), a leading manufacturer of high performing specialty building products, has announced its line of Acrovyn® Doors has received Cradle to Cradle certifications for its standard door models at the Bronze level, making them the first such products in the building products industry to receive […]
The McDonough Conversations: On joy and cereal boxes By Joel Makower Published November 14, 2013 This is the first in a periodic series of one-on-one interviews with William McDonough, the renowned designer, architect and entrepreneur, looking into his rich, kaleidoscopic professional world. McDonough has been at the forefront of many of sustainability’s most important trends: green buildings, closed-loop […]
read more: William McDonough on Greenbiz: On joy and cereal boxes
Excerpt from Forbes: The Upcycle And Waging Peace Through Commerce: William McDonough Wants Us To Design Our Way To Abundance Peter Kelly-Detwiler, Contributor William McDonough wants people and businesses to start thinking in a whole different way about how and why we do things. Instead of thinking only about limitations and how to minimize the damage […]
Excerpt from Mother Nature Network: In addition to being one of 10 esteemed finalists in the Cradle to Cradle Product Innovation Challenge, Ecovative Design — AKA the New York-based startup behind a game-changing bio-material that’s “grown” from agricultural waste and mushroom mycelia and can be used for packaging, insulation, and more — has won the […]
read more: Fungi-Based Plastic Alternative Wins Buckminster Fuller Challenge