Excerpted from their newest book, William McDonough and Michael Braungart suggest moving beyond sustainability and into practical design that can result in energy abundance.

Jay Bolus, VP Technical Development of MBDC, will be keynote speaker at the 2nd Safer Products Summit.

This article is the second in a three-part series exploring the challenges manufacturers face to design healthier products and the resources available to help them avoid chemicals of concern. Each post will focus one of the three phases in the Cradle to Cradle framework: inventory, assessment and optimization. [...]

The family-owned company creates high-quality architectural products out of local Yellow Poplar bark that is reclaimed from the logging industry. All aspects of the company operations were modeled on Cradle to Cradle® principles.

Renowned university chooses the internationally recognized thought leader, designer, and author, William McDonough, to manifest a real-time archive prototype for the future of digital archiving.

New book by William McDonough & Michael Braungart: The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability—Designing for Abundance with forward by Bill Clinton.

The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute announced the certification of its first global apparel brand collection. Products in the PUMA InCycle collection have been awarded BASIC level certification under version 2.1 of the Cradle to Cradle Certified Product Standard, the first step on a continuous improvement and innovation path. [...]

Shaw Industries integrates Cradle to Cradle thinking across the organization and has Cradle to Cradle Certified products in all residential and commercial flooring categories, including broadloom carpet, carpet tile, hardwood and rugs.

-By Tish Tablan & Stacy Glass - It is not as easy as it may seem for a manufacturer to disclose to the public a complete list of all product ingredients. Manufacturers may not actually know everything that is in their products, and they need cooperation from the entire supply chain in order to inventory [...]

I recently caught up with Bridgett Luther, the institute’s president. I’ve known Luther since her days as director of the California Department of Conservation under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the perch from which she was first exposed to McDonough and Cradle to Cradle. [...]

Inhabitat interviews William McDonough about all things Cradle to Cradle. The thought-provoking and energetic conversation gives you a taste of how intimately intertwined design is with a product’s real-world impacts.

"CS has been in a state of "constant improvement," Williams said, with all of its wall covering products going from silver Cradle to Cradle certification to gold. And the company is on the path to removing PVC from all of its other interior products, such as flooring. [...]