Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things

Even holding the book and the way it was printed is a testament to the author's ideals.

I did enjoy this book and found it quite informative.

There were certain things I wanted to hear about more in the book (especially microplastics!), but after looking at the publication date I can't really hold that against the book itself.

With that said, it was an enjoyable read which was made more enjoyable from my background in art history, oddly enough, since it largely discussed design history which I found rather fascinating. My only complaint is that I didn't feel there was a strong call-to-action for the average person. Of course, production needs to change at the industry level, but I was hoping for a small and more explicit call-to-action for the individual person in addition to the system.

I feel like this book will continue changing my life for the better in the future. It argues that products and our actions should bring a nourishing effect instead of a destroying one, and that we set ourselves up for failure when we set absolutes to concepts,that the industries and enviroment can have a mutually beneficial relationship

We should not glorify nature, but seek the benefits it brings, we should not glorify the industry, but seek the benefits it brings- without destruction.

I only learned about upcycling recently, this was a neat introduction to it. Now I wonder how it is in the country I am from Lithuania, it has the highest recycling rate in Europe. Is that good? I couldn't find a word for “Upcycling” in Lithuanian, so I am a bit concerned.