Shaw Industries Announces New Environmental Policy to Drive Manufacturing Processes

Shaw Industries Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company and the world's largest carpet manufacturer, has adopted an unprecedented new environmental policy, committing to developing sustainable carpet products that can be continually broken down and reused again, returning carpet to carpet through closed-loop or "cradle-to-cradle" recycling.

Read the press release at http://www.buildings.com/Articles/detail.asp?ArticleID=1677

Republic Windows & Doors Engages MBDC to Move to Eco-Effective 'Cradle-to-Cradle' Design Model

Chicago-based Republic Windows & Doors announced a new relationship with MBDC, in a collaborative effort to redesign the manufacture of windows using innovative cradle-to-cradle design principles.

Read the press release at http://news.corporate.findlaw.com/prnewswire/20031202/02dec2003175306.html

Herman Miller's Mirra Chair Honored as a 2003 Top-10 New Green Building Product

BuildingGreen, Inc., publisher of the GreenSpec® Product Directory and Environmental Building NewsTM, named Herman Miller's Mirra chair as one of its 2003 selections of the Top-10 new green building products. The Mirra was designed using Herman Miller's new Design for Environment (DFE) principles, developed in cooperation with MBDC.

Find out more at http://www.buildinggreen.com/press/topten/index.cfm

BASF Announces MBDC Study of Styropor® EPS Insulating Products

BASF has announced a collaboration with MBDC to assess the environmental attributes and 'cradle-to-cradle' potential for its Styropor insulation.

Read the press release at http://www.basf.com/static/OpenMarket/Xcelerate/Preview_cid-1068477291534_pubid-974236850984_c-Article.html

"The Monticello Dialogues" Wm. McDonough Interviews Available from New Dimensions

"Anyone interested in the future of the planetary ecosystem and how it's possible to create sustainability and abundance simultaneously need to listen to Bill McDonough," says New Dimensions Radio host Michael Toms. "He is visioning outside the box and, indeed, is reinventing the box."

Purchase the 6-hour CD set online at http://www.newdimensions.org/NEW/audio-books/S986.shtml

Sign Up for GreenBlue E-Mail List

In our last newsletter, we told you of the new non-profit, GreenBlue, and encouraged all to sign up for their e-mail newsletter to keep updated on their development and activities. Unfortunately, the link to GreenBlue's website didn't come through correctly in some e-mail formats. Below is the link to sign up for GreenBlue updates.

http://www.greenblue.org/get.html

Best wishes to all for a peaceful and prosperous new year, from MBDC.

Phil Storey

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Phil Storey
MBDC, Manager of Communications
phil.storey@mbdc.com