MBDC news for March, 2003:
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Monthly Feature: Between Technology and Commerce
"[Biotechnology] presents a fundamental challenge to democracy:
If new technologies create irreversible ecological effects, future
generations are denied the right to make a different choice. "
As the international, intercultural, and commercial debates about
biotechnology and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) continue
to grow, are there important issues being left out of the discussion?
Is biotechnology consistent with cradle-to-cradle thinking?
In this month's feature article, Bill McDonough and Michael Braungart
discuss some key questions in the biotech debate, and attempt
to introduce a new perspective.
Read this month's MBDC.com feature story.
http://www.mbdc.com
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Learn it.
Use it.
Profit.
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April 11th Intro to Cradle-to-Cradle Workshop
Friday, 11 April 2003
MBDC's offices
Charlottesville, VA
MBDC's day-long Introduction to Cradle-to-Cradle Design is an
interactive primer in sustainability, its business relevance,
the positive new design paradigm, and how to begin to apply it
within organizations. It is ideally suited to individuals and
organizations desiring a fundamental understanding of how environmental
concerns and sustainability affect them and how they can prosper
by addressing the opportunities those issues present.
The workshop is tailored for small groups of up to twenty participants,
with extensive use of hands-on exercises and opportunities to
interact with MBDC staff presenters and other participants. (Workshop
is subject to rescheduling or cancellation based on a minimum
number of participants.)
Read more, download
a registration
form, or contact MBDC's Education Registrar, Annie
White, for more information. (434.295.0204 x212)
http://www.mbdc.com/train/1day.htm
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EnvironDesign®7
30 April–2 May 2003, 8:00 am–5:00 pm
Hilton Washington & Towers
Washington, D.C.
Don't miss this event, which will include 34 workshop sessions,
pre- and post-conference workshops from MBDC, SustainAbility,
and the USGBC, tours of best-practices examples, a Product Learning
Center, and keynotes from E.O. Wilson, Janine Benyus, William
McDonough, Michael Braungart, Senator John Kerry (invited), William
Browning, Winona LaDuke, and Robert K. Massie.
In addition to their keynote addresses, Bill McDonough and Michael
Braungart will chair separate panel discussions in the workshop
sessions of EnvironDesign7. And make sure to join us for MBDC's
Introduction to Cradle to Cradle Design workshop on 30
April.
For more information, contact Jenny Burgess at (561) 627-3393
or via e-mail at jburgess@lcclark.com.
Complete conference details and session descriptions are available
on-line at www.environdesign.com.
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Summer 2003: Executive Education at UVA's Darden
School of Business
Linking Products and Service: Transcending Sustainability
16-20 June 2003
Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
This program, new for 2003, will explore how businesses are being
held increasingly accountable for the economic, social, and environmental
consequences of their activities, and opportunities to address
these issues strategically and profitably. Bill McDonough and
Michael Braungart, with assistance from other MBDC staff, will
contribute to this program, which also includes other well known
presenters. The program is organized and run by Darden faculty
Dick Brownlee and Andrea Larson.
Learn more at http://exed.darden.virginia.edu/exec_POS.htm
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In the News
(2/18/03) Washington State Legislature considers bill to make
manufacturers responsible for electronics take-back.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/legislature/134637787_computers19m.html
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