Sustainable Gardeners and Farmers
Sharing knowledge to sustain our food systems and communities
This group will create an open, global forum where growers can share practical knowledge with each other, pose questions and find answers. It is open to experts, amateurs and to beginners who look to enrich their lives by learning to grow food. It will also provide a space to share concerns about current food systems as well as sustainable approaches. I form ...learn more
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Created: Dec 24, 2007
Updated: Nov 02, 2009
Membership: Open
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Sustainable design or Cradle-to-Cradle Design (C2C), what is it? It is a concept by MBDC, which has been around for sometime. MBDC or McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry is a product and process design firm founded by McDonough and Braungart. If you strip off all the technical words describing Cradle-to-Cradle, then it simply means that the lifecycle of a product from the Cradle to the Grave is altered so it goes from one Cradle to another Cradle, avoiding the death bed which is usually where its cycle ends by means of recycling. Products that are re-usable go back to its cradle at the end of its life cycle and start over as a new product with a different use. Like the Nike Reuse-A-Shoe program, where you send your sneakers once your done with them and Nike turns them into running tracks or athletic fields or other playground surfacing.
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The Resilience Alliance is a research organization comprised of scientists and practitioners from many disciplines who collaborate to explore the dynamics of social-ecological systems. The body of knowledge developed by the RA, encompasses key concepts of resilience, adaptability and transformability and provides a foundation for sustainable development policy and practice.
http://www.resalliance.org/560.php