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Steve Levitas Joins Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute Board of Directors

San Francisco, CA, March 6, 2013- Steve Levitas has joined the board of directors of the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide a continuous improvement quality standard to turn the making of things into a positive force for humankind...

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Health Impacts of Everyday Chemicals in the News

One of the core benefits of Cradle to Cradle Certified CM Products program is helping product designers and manufacturers identify, manage, and replace hazardous chemicals in their products.
There remains a growing concern as apparent from today’s headlines —

A report by the United Nations and...

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California and Dr. Susan Klosterhaus carry on the work begun by Rachel Carson

By Ben Bezark

Rachel Carson photo from Smithsonian Institution. 

Rachel Carson played a critical role in shaping how people in the US and around the world view humanity's effect on nature. Her book Silent Spring was published 50 years ago. An accomplished scientist, Carson asserted that blindly spraying...

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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 a part of its design. 

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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.

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Cradle to Cradle: Like Recycling on Natural Organic Whole Grain Steroids

Several years ago, when I first heard of cradle-to-cradle (C2C) design, I thought, “This will never work. It’s too great an idea.” Two recent bits of news make me think I might have been wrong.

One news item was the announcement that the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute has joined...

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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 Protection Agency's National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology Committee.

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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, will lead a campaign to show the building industry the value of Cradle to Cradle certified™ products.

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