The Upcycle Archives

The Circular Guide to Christmas

Veolia, a global leader in optimized resource management, published a holiday gift guide titled “The circular guide to Christmas,” offering suggestions on environmentally conscious gifts including The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability–Designing for Abundance, by William McDonough and Michael Braungart. The circular guide to Christmas: Book The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability–Designing for Abundance Little Sun solar lamp A […]

William McDonough featured in Forbes

Excerpt from Forbes: The Upcycle And Waging Peace Through Commerce: William McDonough Wants Us To Design Our Way To Abundance Peter Kelly-Detwiler, Contributor William McDonough wants people and businesses to start thinking in a whole different way about how and why we do things. Instead of thinking only about limitations and how to minimize the damage […]

Radio interview with William McDonough on VPR

Architect William McDonough is a leader in sustainable development. He has co-authored two books on the subject – Cradle to Cradle and The Upcycle. The 1973 Dartmouth grad speaks at his alma mater this week.

Cradle to Cradle Certification Included in Newest Version of LEED

As pressure builds from special interests for the federal government to ditch its preference for LEED certification of buildings, the latest version of LEED has been approved, making it more powerful than ever.

USA TODAY chose “The Upcycle” as the top new intriguing environmental book for Earth Day

The Upcycle book offers case studies of MBDC's work over the past decade fostering continuous improvement towards the goal of a wholly positive impact on people and the planet.

Joel Makower of GreenBiz.com talks to Bill McDonough about ‘The Upcycle’

Joel Makower of GreenBiz.com talks to Bill McDonough about 'The Upcycle'. The book ties together the impressive contributions McDonough and Braungart have made over the past quarter century, individually and together, toward the goal of re-envisioning commerce. [...]

Beyond ‘Less Bad’ to 100% Fabulous: A chat with architect and sustainability thinker William McDonough

Upcycling means that we’d get that bottle back and take out the antimony. It gets better. That’s what we mean by upcycling: the idea that things get better when humans touch them. They move to their next use. The book is about taking things and imagining what’s next for them [...]