Newlight Technologies Air Carbon Licensed To IKEA

Newlight Technologies AirCarbon achieved a Bronze level award in the Cradle to Cradle CertifiedTM products Program. Assessed by MBDC, this novel product and process has recently been licensed by IKEA (See previous news post). See registry entry HERE.

MBDC client Ecovative is being considered as the packaging material provider for IKEA according to a report in the UK’s Daily Telegraph. Ecovative’s novel mushroom based packaging was awarded GOLD level in the Cradle to Cradle Certified(TM) products program. Full story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

-By Cal Trepagnier- McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) recently went through the process of reviewing its own purchases of renewable energy certificates (RECs) and carbon offsets, and learned some lessons along the way. As it can be an involved process, we'd like to share what we took away from the process -- and hope you [...]

A New Language For Carbon William McDonough, co-founder of MBDC, founder of William McDonough + Partners and McDonough Innovation and co-author of the seminal text of the sustainability movement Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, has proposed a new language for carbon that was published today in the scientific journal Nature. The […]

Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance and the Urban Sustainability Directors Network work to address what it will take to turn cities into Carbon Positive sectors. William McDonough will be discussing his concept of Carbon Positive Cities on November 17, 2015 in support of these organizations. By using technical and biological nutrients we can create clean energy […]

Last month, MBDC Environmental Chemist Lauren Lieske and Senior Manager Kendall O’Shea attended the Texworld conference and the Functional Fabrics Fair at the Javis center in New York City. They each shared their takeaways of attending these events pertaining to their work in the green chemistry space.  What sparked your interest in attending the Texworld […]