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Inhabitat Interview with Green Architect & Cradle to Cradle Founder William McDonough

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.

How Construction Specialties took on the PVC industry – and won

"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. [...]

Cradle to Cradle Gains Independence: A First Look at the 3.0 Launch

The long-anticipated third version of the Cradle to Cradle (C2C) green product standard will add a new certification level and make energy and water requirements more stringent—at the same time loosening ingredient disclosure requirements—for entry-level certification. [...]

Safer Consumer Products Summit 2012

San Jose, CA: Jay Bolus is a featured speaker at the Safer Consumer Products Summit 2012. The pre-Summit Forum “Innovating for Safer/Greener Products” will coalesce strategies from manufacturers, brand owners and chemical companies—both global names and start-ups. The Forum will also explore new opportunities for suppliers of alternative materials and chemicals and LCA and toxicology [...]

Nike, Adidas Want To Dye Your Shirt With No Water

Forbes interview Jay Bolus, MBDC’s VP of Technical Operations, for an article or waterless dying. Article Excerpt: The new technique works by putting CO2 under extreme pressure of 1,100 pounds per square inch, which turns the CO2 supercritical, meaning it has the properties of both a liquid and a gas, according to Jay Bolus, the […]

A 5-step guide to buying RECs and carbon offsets

-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 [...]