Sustainable Design Archives

Milliken Commits to Cradle to Cradle Design™ Optimization with Newly Certified Carpet Tiles

Interior designers can add a new carpet tile to their collection that does more good with the latest Cradle to Cradle Certified™ product coming from Milliken & Company, a global manufacturer with expertise in specialty chemicals, floor covering, and performance and protective textiles. MBDC is proud to have worked closely with the Milliken team for […]

Loll Designs Achieves Cradle to Cradle Certified™ SILVER for Outdoor Furniture

What better way to lounge than on colorful, outdoor furniture made of recycled milk jugs! MBDC is proud to have worked closely with Loll Designs on the company’s pursuit of Cradle to Cradle certification. Loll, who sells globally, manufactures unique, all-weather outdoor furniture and accessories made from 100% recycled plastic, and this week the company […]

Cradle to Cradle book highlighted in survey of seminal works

Adam Rome, professor of history and English and the Unidel Helen Gouldner Chair for the Environment at the University of Delaware in Newark, recently published on article on Nature.com, highlighting five books that first made sustainability a public issue in the 1960s and 1970s. [...]

Renewable Matter Interview McDonough

William McDonough discusses Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way we Make Things with journalist Emanuele Bompan.

November 12: McDonough to speak at Bloomberg Summit

William McDonough will be one of the featured speakers at the Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit hosted by Bloomberg on November 12 in New York City. Hosted by Bloomberg BNA, Bloomberg and Accenture Strategy, the inaugural summit will take at how companies view the future and their ability to innovate through sustainable business models and [...]

William McDonough Keynotes BCDC’s 50th Anniversary Summit: Sink or Swim

William McDonough will keynote “Sink or Swim: Adapting to Rising Tides in the San Francisco Bay” panel, part of 2015 BCDC's 50th Anniversary Summit: Sink or Swim.