Cradle to Cradle

All pictures of this article by Jan Kulke The program was dense and thematically broad, the guests were movers and shakers from the field, and all under the motto “Circle instead of crisis”: those who attended the ninth Cradle to Cradle Congress in Berlin received input, inspiration and best practice….

Thanks to speaker Michael Braungart, the opening of the third Lüneburg Heath Nature Film Festival provided creative ideas to combat the flood of plastic in the sea. “There are between 1400 and 40000 pieces of micro- and nanoplastics in an oyster. If we eat enough oysters, the oceans will be…

Climate change is here, as pretty much everyone in Germany now recognizes apart from a few deniers – not least because they are feeling it in their own lives. But what is the best strategy for living as humans in such a way that the earth can withstand us? Prof….

800 participants and 90 speakers – I am delighted that the Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Congress has developed so well since we first organized it in 2014. 2023, at the eighth edition, the quality of presentations and discussions was high as usual. But perhaps even more importantly, the positive spirit…

The fact that municipalities with their creative power are a decisive driver for an economy that selects healthy and environmentally compatible materials that are also recoverable – that is what Cradle to Cradle (C2C) means – was underlined by the “C2C Summit: Shaping Communities of the Future” of the Cradle…

(Based on the Cradle to Cradle press release of 4 February 2020; photos by Max Arens) Climate-friendly behaviour and economic success do not have to, and indeed must not, be mutually exclusive. That was the core message at the kick-off for the 6th International Cradle to Cradle (C2C)…

Being able to visit Aschersleben, the oldest city in the eastern German federal state of Saxony, to take part in the second instalment of the Aschersleben Architecture Day, was a pleasant experience. Although the town has lost around half its residents in recent years – around 20,000 people live in…

One gratifying conclusion of the Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Summit on construction and architecture that took place in Berlin in mid-September is that Cradle to Cradle is reaching expert audiences. Architects, planners and numerous companies who optimise their products based on the C2C principles met at the Umweltforum in Berlin…

The Hamburg Environmental Institute (HUI), a non-profit organisation for the scientific analysis of environmental topics, has acquired a new domain: the Museum of the Future in Lueneburg. The institution, which carries an obvious contradiction in its name, is currently being constructed in a former day care centre on Papenstrasse. Both…

The C2C design concept is the only option “if we want to handle our resources reasonably”, says Olaf Lies, Minister for the Environment of the German federal state of Lower Saxony. The patron of the fifth international Cradle to Cradle Congress, which took place on September 14th and 15th 2018…

Sören Jungclaus, giving a speech at the Buchholz-based incubator ISI . “Good design – how it works and how it can transform companies” – when the Buchholz-based incubator ISI announced a talk with this title we were eager to attend and excited to see what an…

Cradle to Cradle congress 2017 in LueneburgPhoto: Max Arens Press release Stop whining – let’s change the world! We often remember negative news more clearly than we do positive, as the philosopher and writer Dr. Michael Schmidt-Salomon emphasised during the fourth Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Congress, which took…

Photo: Land Oberösterreich Turning waste into nutrients: the European Union’s new Circular Economy Package could become a resounding success – or at least the biggest we’ve had yet when it comes to the question of what to do with our garbage. The reason: an acknowledgement that the…

At this year’s meeting of environmental award winners from all over the world in the southern German city of Freiburg, participants from Brazil, China, India and other countries showed a lot of interest in the Cradle to Cradle design concept. After the introductory talk on the subject a lively and…

By Cradle to Cradle e.V. – slightly amended, slightly shortened and with many thanks! After having served its intended purpose for several years a well-loved denim jacket is laid to rest as compost, thereby remaining in the natural cycle in the form of nutrients. The metallic buttons meanwhile are repurposed as…

Press release Viable solutions for a true recycling economy – that’s what we hope to have been able to demonstrate during the third Cradle to Cradle congress in the northern German city of Lüneburg. The following is the official press release from C2C e.V.: On the weekend of September 23/24…

From the end of May until November 27, 2016 the Venice Biennial once again offers architects from around the world the opportunity to present solutions for how to deal with present and future global challenges. Cradle to Cradle is excited to exhibit its concept for the building sector as part…