Interview
This interview was recorded in October, 1999 on the occasion of McDonough's lecture as part of the Millennium Speaker Series at Portland State University, sponsored in part by the Oregon Natural Step.
Bill McDonough is recognized as the Architect of the Next Industrial Revolution.
Book
In Cradle to Cradle, McDonough and Braungart argue that the conflict between industry and the environment is not an indictment of commerce but an outgrowth of purely opportunistic design. The design of products and manufacturing systems growing out of the Industrial Revolution reflected the spirit of the day-and yielded a host of unintended yet tragic consequences.
Personal Profile
Nearly two years ago, Interiors & Sources featured William A. McDonough, FAIA, on the cover of the magazine (May 1995). At that time, McDonough foresaw a second industrial revolution, one that gives back as much -- if not more -- than it takes from the earth, one that puts more people to work and one that links economic prosperity to ecological sense.
Interview
Appearing in YES! A Journal of Positive Futures. Bill Donough is a leader of the New Industrial Revolution
Personal Profile
Author of Seven Tomorrows, The Next Economy,Growing a Business, The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability, and Natural Capitalism: The Next Industrial Revolution, with Amory and Hunter Lovins.
News
Excerpt - The clear connection between environmental considerations and economic competitiveness is leading a transformation of the way the global economy works. More and more, we see the signs of what can only be described as a new Industrial Revolution - a revolution in which the environment is a key driver of creativity, of innovation and of competitiveness around the world. The countries that fail to integrate both environmental and economic factors will not position themselves well to improve, or even to maintain, the quality of life of their people.
Article
The Industrial Revolution made people vastly more productive when low per-capita output and a relative scarcity of people were limiting progress in exploiting a seemingly boundless natural world. Today we face a different pattern of scarcity: abundant people and labor-saving machines, but diminishing natural capital
Consultants
Principal and founder of William McDonough + Partners Architecture/Community Design and McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry. An internationally renowned designer and one of the primary proponents and shapers of what he and his partners call 'The Next Industrial Revolution. The only individual to receive the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development, the nation's highest environmental honor.
Personal Profile
Principal and founder of William McDonough + Partners Architecture/Community Design and McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry. An internationally renowned designer and one of the primary proponents and shapers of what he and his partners call 'The Next Industrial Revolution. The only individual to receive the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development, the nation's highest environmental honor.
Personal Profile
William McDonough is an internationally renowned designer and one of the primary proponents and shapers of what he and his partners call 'The Next Industrial Revolution.' In 1999 Time magazine recognized him as a 'Hero for the Planet' (2/22/99), stating that "his utopianism is grounded in a unified philosophy that-in demonstrable and practical ways-is changing the design of the world." His ideas and efforts were also honored when, in 1996, he was given the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development, the nation's highest environmental honor, presented by President Clinton in a White House ceremony.
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