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Several years ago, when I was visiting an apparel factory in Asia, I witnessed a manufacturing mix-up. Because of an error during a dyeing process, the factory had produced thousands of shoes with blotchy, purplish soles instead of pink soles. Of course, this isn’t a unique situation in manufacturing. When you’re dealing with complex systems [...]
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The scenes from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation replay in my mind every year during the holiday season. This year, I couldn’t help but think about the volume of resources used in the Griswold’s Christmas traditions as they cut Christmas trees, hang wreaths, string lights, and spread holiday cheer by sending cards and wrapping gifts. The [...]
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dMASS.net launched August 10th, 2010 with our first post, “dMASS: A 21st century strategy for sustainability .” Since then, we have shared more than 100 articles and newsletters exploring design and business strategies that deliver more benefits to people using fewer resources. Very quickly, dMASS.net is becoming known as a valuable repository of cutting-edge examples [...]
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Waste minimization has long been accepted as an important element in corporate environmental management. But when we think about waste reduction, we tend to think too small, only considering waste as the leftovers and obvious excesses of manufacturing. Even when we talk about zero waste facilities, we’re simply referring to instances where no scrap is [...]
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There is no industry where the impact of a global movement or business trend is more immediately experienced than in container shipping. Yet the industry seems to be arriving to sustainability rather late, and quite possibly missing the biggest implications of related trends altogether. Sustainable business and sustainable design initiatives were initially limited to product manufacturers [...]
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One theme of this year’s World Economic Forum is inclusive growth. Davos has invited people to submit a one-minute video explaining how everyone can benefit from the global economy. The person with the best answer will attend the World Economic Forum later this month. dMASS.net team member Kristin Aldred Cheek has submitted a video presenting dMASS as the [...]
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