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.Category Archives: lifecycle topics
trending: trash and the circular economy
[Breaking news: no sooner had I published this post than I received a message for The Guardian Sustainable Business group about their new “circular economy hub“–there you have it!] Want to add a touch of film festival glitter to your sustainable design conversations? Why not mention the new film Trashed starring Jeremy Irons on a… Continue Reading
Transparency for Materials
My colleague Amanda Sturgeon of the Living Building Challenge, is leading efforts to make building materials more transparent. A year ago the International Living Future Institute, parent of the Challenge, launched a new program: “Declare, the ingredients label for building products.” An important part of the Declare process is an online database of materials. Amanda… Continue Reading
Tools: one on materials and one on process
Please Note: There’ll be no post next Thursday August 1, 2013 since I’ll be taking a family break. See you again on Thursday August 8th. There are a couple of tools I wanted to mention this week. The first is Nike’s “Making” app to help you gage the environmental performance of materials (ostensibly for shoes… Continue Reading
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