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What’s New Last week, dMASS founder Howard Brown spoke at the Green Economy Forum in Barcelona as part of the Mediterranean Week of Economic Leaders.  He brought the dMASS perspective to discussions about the future of waste management in the region.  Look for Howard’s thoughts about the forum soon. Lighter Wallets The evolution of money is a great example of [...]

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What’s New Our newsletter is approaching its one-year anniversary!  Look for some changes coming soon. On the blog this week, Howard differentiates efficiency from dMASS. In this week’s newsletter we examine the implications of population growth, share dMASS-Thinking examples in everything from fire extinguishers to band-aids, and offer the ever-popular weekly brainstorming exercise. World Population, [...]

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What’s New Happy Birthday! That’s right, we’re celebrating our first anniversary at dMASS.net. A big thank you to everyone who has supported us. Read our anniversary post for highlights from the past year and a sneak peek of what’s coming up, including new tools to help companies manage resource performance. If you haven’t heard much [...]

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What’s New On the blog last week, Howard shared his take on “zero waste.” Have you considered whether your products are waste? Today’s newsletter is focused on urban agriculture, plus we offer up our weekly innovation inspiration with a brainstorming exercise and examples of cutting-edge technologies. Join us as we find nourishment growing in deserted [...]

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In the coming years, electricity generation, like many forms of manufacturing, will be more and more decentralized, moving closer to users and even making most users into producers.  Every building and house will become both a supplier as well as user of electricity.  This is the way technology is developing and is consistent with the [...]

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There’s been a flurry of new material science innovations associated with improving our economy’s resource performance.  Many of these innovations are what I consider low-hanging fruit.   For example, a recent article in Fast Company describes an MIT-developed technology for reducing the mass of plastics by adding tiny gas bubbles.  The article raises potential problems with focusing purely [...]

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