Here's an excerpt from the Earth Day piece by William McDonough and Wendy Schmidt in HuffingtonPost Green: Earth Days: Time for an ecological century? Since its debut 43 years ago, Earth Day has become the largest civic observance on the planet, celebrated by more than one billion people in 192 countries. Organized in 1970 to draw attention [...]

FIFPro's new headquarters facility at Park 20|20, designed by William McDonough + Partners, will open on May 13, 2013. The football unions federation represents more than 60,000 professional footballers worldwide as well as national unions such as in the Netherlands de Vereniging van Contractspelers (VVCS). In addition it works in close contact with FIFA, UEFA and [...]

Bluewater Energy Services, a leading Dutch engineering firm, chose the Cradle to Cradle-inspired Park 20|20 development as the home for its new headquarters. Designed by William McDonough + Partners, the 8,000 square meter building will consolidate approximately 600 employees in one facility, creating an inspirational workplace that supports collaboration, well-being and productivity. The facility broke [...]

Excerpt: How bad is climate change? What's the best future source of energy? Why did media mogul Ted Turner and actor Ted Danson become activists? Computers built to be disassembled, highway fences that collect solar energy or carpets that clean the air. These are examples of "upcycling" that American architect William McDonough says may help save the [...]

William McDonough kicked off the release of The Upcycle with a speech at the San Domenico School on Wednesday April 17. Here is an excerpt from the Marin Independent Journal: As architect and sustainability pioneer William McDonough signed copies of his latest book, "The Upcycle," two deer strode through the grass just a few yards behind him, [...]

Excerpt from the article by Ariel Schwartz: William McDonough’s newest book picks up where his groundbreakingCradle to Cradle left off, advocating that we continue to revolutionize our business practices to make them as sustainable as possible, while still making things we want to use. This week, architect William McDonough released his first book in over a decade: The Upcycle. Considering [...]

Excerpt: When Cradle to Cradle was introduced in 2002 it helped spur a revolution in manufacturing design, in which—in certain industries—it became unacceptable to load homes and offices with toxins, and in turn encouraged the use of safer products that are eventually broken down to become the source materials for new products. Braungart and McDonough envisioned that the reuse [...]

By Joel Makower Published April 15, 2013 Excerpt from GreenBiz.com: This week marks the publication of The Upcycle:Beyond Sustainability — Designing for Abundance, by William McDonough and Michael Braungart. It’s their first book since their 2002 book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, a bestseller that helped change the conversation about designing and manufacturing, envisioning a closed-loop system where every [...]

We’re delighted to announce that William McDonough spoke with KQED’s Michael Krasny for the 10am Pacific hour of Thursday April 18’s show. He talked about the new book, co-authored by McDonough with Michael Braungart during a week of events in the Bay Area. Listen to an archive of the broadcast here. [...]

Here's an excerpt-- You are the subject of Stanford University's first living archive. What does that involve? Most of my meetings and speeches are being filmed and phone conversations recorded. They are dated and archived along with tweets and emails, as well as physical drawings and records. We are trying to design the process so that my [...]

From Scientific American-- Can Soil Replace Oil as a Source of Energy? William McDonough and Michael Braungart suggest moving beyond sustainability and into practical design that can result in energy abundance by William McDonough and Michael Braungart Excerpted from The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability—Designing for Abundance, by William McDonough and Michael Braungart. Copyright © April 16, 2013, North Point [...]

NASA’s Ames Research Center recently was recognized for its exemplary sustainable business practices by one of San Francisco Bay Area’s oldest and most prestigious environmental non-profits, Acterra: Action for a Healthy Planet. Ames received the 2013 Business Environmental Award in the category of ‘Sustainable Built Environment’ for its high-performing Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) [...]