Events, Case studies, Announcements //
International Cradle to Cradle® conference San Francisco May 24 -25
The International Cradle to Cradle community pays tribute to the people of San Francisco and its mayor for their commitment to the future.
Announcements
Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute Receives $2.6M from the Dutch Postcode Lottery
SAN FRANCISCO: At its gala ceremony in Amsterdam on February 9, the Netherlands’ “Dutch National Postcode Lottery” awarded a grant of 2M Euros, or $2.6M, to San Francisco’s Cradle to Cradle...
Announcements
The First Lower-Cost, Zero Energy, Zero Carbon, and LEED Platinum® Level Production Home
LivingHomes®, a premier developer of modern, sustainably designed, prefabricated homes, announces the launch and national availability of the new LivingHome C6. The C6 is the first...
Announcements
DESSO Launches Patterns@Play: Giving Identity to Large Spaces
Leading European carpet manufacturer Desso adds a new collection to its CARPETECTURE® concept: Patterns@Play. Key word of this new collection is identity. The collection is about taking the...
Materials, External //
Construction Specialties Releases On-Product Transparency Label for Core Product Acrovyn® 4000
In a groundbreaking move, Construction Specialties has launched a transparency label for their acclaimed, Cradle to Cradle CertifiedCM Gold interior wall protection product, Acrovyn® 4000....
Events, Other, Policy, Announcements //
Cradle to Cradle Certified Products Featured in NASA’s Sustainability Base
NASA's new Sustainability Base - one of the most ecologically advanced buildings on the planet - was unveiled Friday in Mountain View, CA., with seven Cradle to Cradle CertifiedCM products as...
Events, Announcements //
Cradle to Cradle Now Hiring for Healthcare Sector Specialist
The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute is seeking a Sector Specialist in Health Care to advance the adoption of Cradle to Cradle CertifiedCM products in the industry. The ideal...
People, External, Design, Policy //
Stacy Glass to Speak at Living Future Conference
Executive in Residence Stacy Glass will be speaking as a part of the "Women In Green: Voices of Sustainability" panel at the Living Future Conference, May 2-4, 2012 in Portland, OR.
Events, People, Announcements //
Position Open for Senior Science and Policy Manager
Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute hiring for a Senior Science and Policy Manager.
Position: The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute is seeking to fill the senior...
People, External, Policy, Announcements //
President Bridgett Luther Appointed to the EPA National Advisory Council
SAN FRANCISCO - On Feb. 23, 2012, Institute President Bridgett Luther, as a representative of the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, was invited to be a member of the Environmental...
Stacy Glass //
Built Environment Update: LEED 2012 Action Steps
In this update:
• The Institute partners with industry leaders in joint statement to the USGBC advocating for performance standards such as the Cradle to Cradle certifiedCM program.
• LEED...
People, External, Design, Other, Announcements //
The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute Joins the Sustainability Consortium
TEMPE, Ariz., – March 5, 2012– The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute has announced its membership with The Sustainability Consortium, an independent organization of diverse global...
Events, Materials, Design, Announcements //
Four Pioneering Companies Celebrated in First Certifications from the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
SAN FRANCISCO - This month, the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute celebrated issuing its first certifications for the products that met the rigorous Cradle to Cradle CertifiedCM...
People, Policy, Announcements //
Sustainable Materials Expert Stacy Glass to Join Institute
SAN FRANCISCO– The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute today announced that sustainable materials expert Stacy Glass, co-author of the textbook Understanding Green Building Materials...
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What’s In A Kiss
So what's in all the kisses you will be giving and getting this holiday season? Maybe something like EBDT? (Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid — wikipeda link). Evidently it makes cosmetics...
Bridgett Luther //
A Cradle to Cradle® Perspective on Autism and Environmental Toxins
A core principle of cradle to cradle is the idea that technical nutrients don't belong in biological systems and some toxins just shouldn't be in our world at all. So we look with interest and...
Announcements //
Be Green Packaging Releases its 2011 Sustainability Report
Be Green Packaging today announced the release of its 2011 Sustainability Report. The document is an annual report that systematically tracks the company’s progress towards innovative social,...
Ben Bezark //
Green Chemistry Event Produces Ideas for Strengthening California Economy
On November 4th, over 50 thought leaders and professionals met at the Autodesk Gallery in downtown San Francisco to lay the groundwork for recommendations to move California towards a...
Announcements //
Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute: A Means to Take Green Chemistry Issues to Reality
California Department of Toxic Substances Control’s Regulations Create Market Opportunities
Bridgett Luther //
Halloween Make-Up WAY SCARIER Than it Has to Be
Here's a headline no parent wants to read today: "Hazardous heavy metals contaminate most Halloween make-up, tests show"
What kind of toxins? Cadmium, which causes cancer. Mercury, which...
Ben Bezark //
Green Chemistry in the New Economy
On Friday, November 4th, the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute will be convening an invite-only forum, in partnership with a cadre of Bay Area organizations interested in seeing...
Announcements //
World First: Desso launches over 60% of its carpet tile range with yarn made from 100% recycled content
Early 2008, Desso made the commitment to become 100% Cradle to Cradle® by 2020. Desso's commitment is founded on ensuring that the impact Desso makes is beneficial for current and future...
Announcements //
Flo Monitor Arm Awarded Cradle to Cradle Certification
The Flo flat screen monitor arm was launched worldwide during 2010 and 2011. Flo is a self-powered dynamic monitor arm that allows a flat screen to be used in either an upright viewing...
Announcements //
TED talk: We can recycle plastic
Less than 10% of plastic trash is recycled -- compared to almost 90% of metals -- because of the massively complicated problem of finding and sorting the different kinds. Frustrated by this...
Announcements //
Brock International becomes the first synthetic turf company with a C2C certified product
Brock International, the leader in performance base systems for synthetic turf, today became the first company in the industry to have a Cradle to Cradle Certified(CM) product. Recognized as...
Announcements //
Hycrete achieves coveted award of Cradle to Cradle Certified - Gold
Hycrete, Inc., a leader in waterproofing and corrosion protection technologies for concrete, announced that its liquid admixture products have been Cradle to Cradle Certified Gold. Cradle to...
Materials //
First on-product ingredient label introduced at Greenbuild 2011
Today, leading manufacturer of commercial architectural products Construction Specialties (C/S), and leading design firm Perkins+Will, revealed the industry's first building product...
Materials //
Shaw floors’ wall-to-wall (and Cradle-to-Cradle) success story
If you're like me, you don't think much about carpets.
Except maybe when you spill on one.
But like so many everyday things that we take for granted, carpets have a story to tell, and it's...
Announcements //
Update from Be Green Packaging’s facility
September has been an exciting month for Be Green in South Carolina. Distribution operations officially began on Sept. 1st, 2011 and have been running smoothly under the combined oversight of...
Bridgett Luther //
Time to rethink health, environment and the green economy
Just recently the California legislature passed a bill to ban the chemical BPA from baby products and legislators came closer than ever before to banning the use of plastic foam containers in...
Announcements //
C2C certified PPG glass helps library earn LEED Innovation in Design credit
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 13, 2011 – PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) announced that Georgia Gwinnett College Library, Lawrenceville, Ga., has earned an Innovation in Design credit from the U.S. Green...
Adam Lowry //
Method successfully recycles plastic from North Pacific Gyre
Method, in partnership with Envision Plastics (the technology leader in curbside collected, recycled polyolefin plastics), has developed a novel and potentially profound new plastic material;...
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Playworld Systems becomes first playground manufacturer to have C2C certified products
LEWISBURG, PA, Sep 07, 2011 -- Playworld Systems, a leading manufacturer of imaginative playground and fitness equipment, today announced all of its product lines from its 2010 catalog have...
Announcements //
Sustainable packaging campaign launches in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With the sustainable packaging industry forecast to reach $142.42 billion by the year 2015, exciting developments are on the horizon for manufacturers...
Announcements //
EPA proposes to review new uses of 14 chemicals classified as glymes
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to protect consumers by requiring companies to report new uses of chemicals known as glymes in consumer products. EPA’s proposed action is...
Case studies //
DSM’s Cradle to Cradle story
DSM’s involvement with the Cradle to Cradle philosophy is well-established. Before the concept was popularised by the efforts of Michael Braungart and William McDonough, the company has been...
Announcements //
Replenish multi-surface cleaner honored with bronze international design excellence award
Replenish, maker of an ultra-concentrated Multi-Surface Cleaner in a Reusable Bottle System, today announces that it has been honored with a Bronze International Design Excellence Award (IDEA®)...
Case studies //
EcoWorx: From Cradle to Cradle product to Cradle to Cradle culture
Every year more than three billion pounds of post-consumer carpet hits landfills in the US – much of it carpet that could be recycled or reused. Instead, it is classified as waste then...
Drummond Lawson //
How Cradle to Cradle® became a foundation for Method’s design
Method recently had an exceedingly rare joint visit from Michael Braungart and Bill McDonough, the co-authors of Cradle-to-Cradle and principals of MBDC. In the green design world, this is like...
Case studies //
IceStone and Cradle to Cradle
IceStone, LLC is the world’s leading manufacturer of sustainable durable surfaces. Crafted in Brooklyn from 100% recycled glass and concrete, IceStone rivals the strength of natural stone with...
Yves Béhar //
A designer’s perspective on making the Sayl chair a C2C certified product
In producing the Sayl chair, we removed 30% of the materials for a chair in this category, of this caliber. The first consideration in building a chair is structural. When we removed so many...
Announcements //
Replenish receives Cradle to Cradle Gold certification
MONTEREY, June 8, 2011 – SUSTAINABLE BRANDS – Replenish, maker of an ultra-concentrated Multi-Surface Cleaner in a Reusable Bottle System, announced today at Sustainable Brands that it was...
Bridgett Luther //
Moving forward
It’s been a little over a year since we publicly launched the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, and now with this new website, we’re taking the first of several steps onto a path...
Adam Lowry //
Post-consumer recycled plastic is the answer
Plastic has been all over the news over the past years, from David de Rothschild building a catamaran partially made from reclaimed post-consumer plastic bottles called the Plastiki in 2010 to...
Events, Announcements //
An evening with Bill McDonough & Dr. Michael Braungart
Join us for a gala evening of cocktails, dinner and celebration. For the first time in six years, "Cradle to Cradle" co-authors William McDonough and Dr. Michael Braungart will be together in...
Bridgett Luther //
Incorporating Cradle-to-Cradle Design into Herman Miller Products
In the late 1990s, office furniture manufacturer Herman Miller, Inc., entered into a collaboration with architect William McDonough to create a system for designing cradle-to-cradle products....
Zem Joaquin //
The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute at the Clinton Global Initiative
This year’s Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting (CGI) has been all about commitments that will make a positive difference around the world. Yesterday, during the Market-Based Solutions for...
Case studies, Design //
At Replenish, opting for new designs over improving old ones
Launched in late 2010, Replenish is a company guided by Cradle to Cradle principles, has been actively working with MBDC for two years and is reinventing cleaning product packaging for the good...
Michelle Kaufmann //
Live unframed!
When I first saw images of the Sayl chair designed by Yves Behar for Herman Miller, I fell in love at first sight. But today, spending time sitting in this chair, I was able to enjoy the...