"We see a world of abundance, not limits.……" — William McDonough
"We see a world of abundance, not limits. In the midst of a great deal of talk about reducing the human ecological footprint, we offer a different vision. What if humans designed products and systems that celebrate an abundance of human creativity, culture, and productivity? That are so intelligent and safe, our species leaves an ecological footprint to delight in, not lament?"
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William McDonough
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30 Quotes by William McDonough
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Don't get me wrong: I love nuclear energy! It's just that I prefer fusion to fission. And it just so…
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In the end, the question is not, how do we use nature to serve our interests? It's how can we…
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We celebrate the cherry tree not for its efficiency but for its effectiveness - and for its beauty. Its materials…
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You don't filter smokestacks or water. Instead, you put the filter in your head and design the problem out of…
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Designers are inherently optimistic people who try to make the world a better place
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If anybody here has trouble with the concept of design humility, reflect on this: It took us 5,000 years to…
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The eco-effective future of industry is a world of abundance that celebrates the use and consumption of products and materials…
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We are proposing buildings that, like trees, are net energy exporters, produce more energy than they consume, accrue and store…
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How do we love all the children of all species for all time?
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Here's where redesign begins in earnest, where we stop trying to be less bad and we start figuring out how…
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Richard Meier told me, 'Young man, solar energy has nothing to do with architecture,'
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To eliminate the concept of waste means to design things-products, packaging, and systems-from the very beginning on the understanding that…
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and…
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive…
— Saint Basil
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Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
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Expect your every need to be met. Expect the answer to every problem, expect abundance on every level.
— Eileen Caddy
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The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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When a man is to travel into a far country...one staff in his hand may comfortably support him, but a…
— Richard Sibbes
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I believe that Silicon Valley is truly a place of excellence and the impact of this tiny community on the…
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What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort,…
— Rudy Giuliani
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It's ironic that those who till the soil, cultivate and harvest the fruits, vegetables, and other foods that fill your…
— Cesar Chavez
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Biophilia: the innate pleasure from living abundance and diversity as manifested by the human impulse to imitate Nature with gardens.
— E. O. Wilson
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Shall I not rejoice also at the abundance of the weeds whose seeds are the granary of the birds?
— Henry David Thoreau
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