watch this. Just...watch it. trust me.

[greenman3610]

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/104

Architect and designer William McDonough asks what our buildings and products would look like if designers took into account "All children, all species, for all time." A tireless proponent of absolute sustainability (with a deadpan sense of humor), he explains his philosophy of "cradle to cradle" design, which bridge the needs of ecology and economics. He also shares some of his most inspiring work, including the world's largest green roof (at the Ford plant in Dearborn, Michigan), and the entire sustainable cities he's designing in China.

[Captain Angry]

1. That was fantastic, tbanks for posting.

Stuff like that actually depresses me, because the technology and ability are here, but so few places will embrace it in this country.

[pscot]

2. The man has a vision

The video starts slowly, but patience is well rewarded. Nice find.

[hootinholler]

3. And I like it!

Wow.

-Hoot

[rucky]

4. Best 20 minutes I've spent all week!

don't tell my wife I said that.

[WiseButAngrySara]

5. Very interesting. I've bookmarked to hear again tomorrow

when I'm more awake. I'm more optimistic after listening to this but I wish he would start in some major U.S. cities as well. I can see the need here as much as in China! Thanks so much for an introduction to this visionary.

:kick: and R!

[fortyfeetunder]

6. Thanks for the links!

I downloaded it to iTunes so I can watch later...

[Mojorabbit]

7. This is one of the few

things I have seen which give me hope. I wish instead of the new subdivisions I see springing up here every day were communities instead designed by this man.

[Catherine Vincent]

8. saved for later...

:kick:

[FloridaJudy]

9. Fabulous!

I bookmarked the entire site. Many of these talks are truly thought-provoking.

Thanks!

[silverweb]

10. Wow.

I'm in love.

I'd read about the Ford plant and the Gap building on www.treehugger.com, but didn't connect them.

The Chinese project is just breathtaking!

We need to share this and spread the ideas. We need to see much, much more development like this that can restore HOPE for a real future.

[rucky]

11. K&R for the day crowd!

[ljm2002]

12. Maybe we can use this to recapture the phrase...

..."Intelligent Design".

Loved it!

[never cry wolf]

13. This architect had to bookmark this

until my DSL comes back, no use trying on dial up.

[alcibiades_mystery]

14. A guy apparently deeply influenced by Murray Bookchin's

thought on ecology and post-scarcity anarchism.

Notice the deep disagreements in principle this guy would have with the Al Gore version of environmentalism.

[Gabi Hayes]

16. Bookchin! wow....enter the wayback machine. thanks for the reminder.

friends of mine at Purdue, of all places, were deeply influenced by him as they tried to get a campus movement going centered around 'environmental anarchsim,' ca. the first Earth Day

going to send the original link to one of them. can't wait to see what he has to say. pretty sure that name hasn't entered his thoughts for quite some time

[alcibiades_mystery]

18. Bookchin should be read again everywhere

Not only was his thought on ecology prescient, he also had a significant analysis of post-Fordist labor organization long before the same was developed (primarily) by the Autonomia movement in Italy. Reading Bookchin today is like reading a visionary. Bookchin was pretty much right about so much. He was also wrong about quite a bit, but who can be blamed for that?

Here's a primer:

http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/bookchin/BookchinCW.html

[porphyrian]

15. That is fucking awesome. - n/t

[Innoma]

17. Kick!

Best thing I've seen all week...

[gatorboy]

19. Kick!

For later reference.

[Hamlette]

20. wow...k&r

[okoboji]

21. thanks

watched this last night....

liked it so much, I went out and bought his book "Cradle to Cradle"

very cool, the book is water proof and a great read!

[bear425]

22. . bookmarking for later. ty

[LunaSea]

23. Thank you Greenman!

Thank you!

[mike_c]

24. very nice talk, K&R....

Thanks for the link!

[BigBearJohn]

25. WOWWWWWWWWWWWW I hope everybody watches this!

Thanks so much.
Let's keep this post alive.

[ClayZ]

26. I love this! Thank you! K and R

[quiet.american]

27. Mightily impressive. If only he could design some affordable housing like this in NYC! n/t