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Intervention Areas
AMORY LOVINS - the next revolution is one of the new materials, of designing from cradle to cradle, as opposed to cradle to grave - i.e landfill
Conventional capitalism >>> Natural capitalism
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Materials collected for recycling have already been refined and processed once, this means that manufacturing the second time is usually cleaner and less energy-intensive.
Increasingly, this point will prove to be crucial, both in terms of extending and preserving dwindling resources and protecting the last remaining pristine habitats.
Put starkly, resources mining and stripping is an environmentally destructive practice that ultimately threatens the very survival of our species and the planet.
In fact, there are only two humans made creations visible from outer space, one the Great Wall of China, the other Fresh kills, the New York’s household waste which according to many was an illegal dump, situated in ecologically significant wetlands in the first place.
WASTE DOESN’T GO AWAY.
Can we tap into industrial and domestic waste streams as tomorrow’s source of raw material ?
Regeneration
REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE REPAIR
REGENERATION REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE REPAIR
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REIMAGINE REPURPOSE
REGROW REDISTRIBUTE REVOLUTION
REGROW REDISTRIBUTE REVOLUTION