Cradle To Cradle: Remaking The Way We Make Things

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things is about two researchers, Michael Braungart and William McDonough, who begin a journey on finding new ways to build anything in daily life. They want to encourage designers to rethink on how they currently build their products. For example, they worked on building an aluminum soda can that has a seed in it so if someone throws it out the window, something can grow. They worked on soda cans because once you paint a label on the soda can, there is no way to undo that step. In addition to aluminum soda cans, Michael and Bill also worked on rebuilding the Ford Rogue Automotive plant. The two researchers rebuilt this factory to not only make it safe and more efficient for this generation, but for future ones also. Another example of a factory they built was a particular one in Germany where they were able to add skylights in to reduce the amount of electricity and also add a crosswind in to make the conditions more workable for the …show more content…
For example, I had no idea that once something has toxins on it, it's hard to recycle. It really made me wonder why don't all books use the same technique as these authors did. Maybe after someone reads a book, they can give it back so they can make another one with it. Why do printing companies still publish books this way even if they know they can do it the way Bill and Michael did with their book? Is it too expensive? Would they not get nearly the same amount of profit? Already from reading this book, learning more about this new way of printing books would be fascinating. Reading fiction books are always the same old themes just told in different stories- nonfiction books can help you learn more about stuff that can help you now and in the future. While I don’t think fiction books are not rewarding after you read them, I just think you get out of nonfiction