In the latest installment of the The McDonough Conversations, William McDonough and Joel Makower discuss the major themes of the 2015 World Economic Forum in Davos that took place last month, in a two part interview. Many programs that took place at Davos 2015 were related to Cradle to Cradle and the circular economy. The number of sessions […]
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On April 7, 2015, William McDonough will lead a fireside chat for Bridge – a professional development program with startups including Dropbox, Khan Academy, Fitbit, Square, and many more. The talk will provide an opportunity for members of the design community who represent some of the top companies in Silicon Valley, to connect with McDonough. Past speakers for […]
read more: April 7: William McDonough will lead a “fireside chat” for Bridge
Climate change, human rights, health and inequality, were the major topics of discussion at the 2015 World Economic Forum in Davos. A strong emphasis was placed on the need for more solutions and ideas to counter these larger issues. As the WEF came to a close, participants were asked to share ideas based on the various […]
On April 9, 2015, William McDonough will deliver the keynote address at Shell’s Powering Progress Together conference in Detroit, Michigan. By 2050, three quarters of the world will live in urban centers; collectively, these cities will consume as much as 80 percent of the global energy supply. So how can we work better together today, […]
read more: April 9-10: William McDonough speaks at Powering Progress Together Detroit 2015
William McDonough + Partners teamed with Stantec (formerly Anshen+Allen) to design the new Medical Center at Mission Bay for University of California San Francisco (UCSF). “On Sunday, February 1, the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center officially opens an 878,000-sf, six-story complex at UCSF’s 60.2-acre Mission Bay research campus that includes three state-of-the-art […]
A leader in optimized resource management, Veolia, published a holiday gift guide “The circular guide to Christmas,” offering suggestions for environmentally conscious gifts. William McDonough and Michael Braungart’s book The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability–Designing for Abundance is among the gifts suggested. View the full list of gifts on The circular guide to Christmas here. Find more […]