Bill McDonough was in Washington this week as the U.S. Postal Service launched their GoGreen postage stamps (which are Cradle to Cradle Certified as part of their ongoing sustainability program. From the USPS press release: The first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony for the Go Green stamps took place at Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School and adjoining [...]

We are honored that some of our work for Make It Right, including our duplex design, "Flow House" are being referenced as precedents in a new competition, entries for which are due in May. The Passive House for New Orleans Challenge-- According to Architecture 2030 and the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the building sector consumes two-thirds [...]

In their words-- "The Designers Accord Sustainability in 7 video series delivers a daily dose of design inspiration by today's leading sustainability experts. Join in the conversation as they share 7 things every designer should consider when integrating sustainability into design practice. William McDonough needs no introduction for anyone with an interest in environmental design: he's been [...]

Dave Macauley spoke to Bill McDonough for Eco-Structure, and Bill talked about the importance of encouraging human imagination, and the joy and determination in realizing spaces that connect people with their environments. Here's an excerpt-- "One of the things about our practice that has always inspired me is the trajectory of learning that each project represents. Working [...]

To celebrate April-- Landscape Architecture Month-- Landscape Architecture magazine asked 12 award-winning landscape architects to share stories about the places that inspired them at some point and stuck with them over time. Diane Dale, FASLA, who directs our firm's community design studio, was one of these 12 leaders, and her pick was Paley Park in [...]

This week, Bill McDonough will be a discussion leader in two panels at Fortune Brainstorm GREEN 2011 in Laguna Niguel, California. Today, the Urban Green panel will explore green urban planning from Vegas to urban gardens to unearth what's new and what's working. Bill will join discussants James Murren, CEO, MGM Resorts International and Laura [...]

William McDonough + Partners is delighted to be collaborating with 3XN on bringing Cradle to Cradle design to the Green Solutions House on Bornholm Island, Denmark. Here's an excerpt from the Dexigner post about this announcement-- Green Solution House will be an innovative "Demonstratorium" facilitating the development and test of new green technologies on an international [...]

Mother Nature Network, the world’s most-visited, for-profit environmental website, has named its Leading Voices in Sustainability, a select list of 30 of the most influential, environmentally-focused Twitter accounts. We're delighted to announce that the Cradle to Cradle world turns up in two places on this list: Cradle to Cradle and Bill McDonough's feed are both [...]

Jennifer Wang writes in Entrepreneur magazine's April issue about upcycling; her piece is called "One Man's Trash." Here's an excerpt-- "If you're not up on the green lingo, the best way to think of upcycling is that it's like a sexier, even greener version of recycling. When something is recycled (or 'downcycled'), it's broken down into something [...]

Congratulations to the School of International Service team and to all the consultants on this great project. The School, which was dedicated last fall, has received its LEED Certification at the Gold level. This is a great achievement for the school, and we applaud the full team. Here's a list of the firms and roles: William [...]

At this year's national American Society of Landscape Architects, Diane Dale will join April Phillips and Jacob Voit on a panel: Food Cities: Designing Edible Landscapes for Urban Environments. The 21st century sustainable city requires the merging of urbanism with sustainable food systems. Edible landscapes are a movement in transition and sprouting up as a response [...]

On February 28, William McDonough spoke at the historic Casino Theatre on Catalina Island. William McDonough + Partners is working with the Catalina Conservancy to bring expertise and Cradle to Cradle thinking to the exciting process of defining the Conservancy's Strategic Plan for its long-term stewardship of Catalina's wildlands. During this process of working with the [...]