Cradle to Cradle (Record no. 17000)
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| fixed length control field | 01789nam a2200193 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781429973847 |
| 024 ## - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 863503520 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | TD794.5 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 745.2 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | William McDonough |
| 245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Cradle to Cradle |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Macmillan |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 208 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism "Reduce, reuse, recycle" urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to minimize damage. As William McDonough and Michael Braungart argue in their provocative, visionary book, however, this approach perpetuates a one-way, "cradle to grave" manufacturing model that dates to the Industrial Revolution and casts off as much as 90 percent of the materials it uses as waste, much of it toxic. Why not challenge the notion that human industry must inevitably damage the natural world, they ask. In fact, why not take nature itself as our model? A tree produces thousands of blossoms in order to create another tree, yet we do not consider its abundance wasteful but safe, beautiful, and highly effective; hence, "waste equals food" is the first principle the book sets forth. Products might be designed so that, after their useful life, they provide nourishment for something new-either as "biological nutrients" that safely re-enter the environment or as "technical nutrients" that circulate within closed-loop industrial cycles, without being "downcycled" into low-grade uses (as most "recyclables" now are). Elaborating their principles from experience (re)designing everything from carpeting to corporate campuses, the authors make an exciting and viable case for change. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Business |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Philosophy |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Michael Braungart |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Lake Chapala Society | Lake Chapala Society | 12/17/2023 | 745.2 MCDO | 69735 | 07/17/2024 | 1 | 07/17/2024 | Book |