Archives for February 2018

I think the Cradle to Cradle framework is the “best” because Principles 2) and 4) of it’s four main principles offered me perspectives on recyclability that I’d never considered before. Principle 2) “Waste equals Food.” Applying natural processes that have been perfected over thousands of years of evolution to immediate human methodologies seems astounding to […]

For this blog post, I analyzed the transcript of Brent’s interview to see if I could relate to anything he threw out there. This interview was incredible. Nearly everything Brent shared connected perfectly to either of our two lectures on Sustainability & Consumption and Consumer Wisdom. What stuck out most to me was a concept […]

From our class discussion last Tuesday, three things really surprised me about Corporations. Nearly a week later, they seem to have found a nearly permanent place within my memory. The first surprise came relatively early class. We were nearing the end of our topic on 17th/18th century “Chartered Corporations” when Professor Luchs revealed that the […]

Several months ago, my uncle found himself in a predicament that nagged at both ends of his Personal and Collective spectrum of Well-Being. For nearly four years, he enjoyed time spent behind the wheel of his Volkswagen Jetta TDI. Not only was the car fuel efficient, but it’s powerful engine and 5 speed manual transmission […]

Our bootcamp was my introduction to the concept of Design Thinking. It was a completely foreign concept to me, and my initial guesses on what it could have been be were completely wrong. Upon hearing the name Design Thinking, I immediately predicted our end goal would be something fixed to finite concepts like graphic design or […]