A slide show from the sixth class of a course titled Cradle to Cradle: Closed Loop Systems, which is part of the Certificate for Global Sustainability at the University of California Los Angeles Extension program.
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Cradle to Cradle
Closed Loop Systems
UCLA Extension V5018
February 11, 2010
Kevin Foster O’Donnell
fundamentalist @ threadcollaborative
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transition template
industrial age
ecology energy society economy
green
greener
greenest
sustainable age
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Environmental Impact
source: Paul Ehrlich and John Holdren, 1974
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I Impact on Environment
P Population
A Affluence
T Technology
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Environmental Impact
source: Paul Ehrlich and John Holdren, 1974
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I Impact on Environment
P Population
A Affluence
T Technology
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Global Populations 2009
source: World Bank
731m
4b
528m
1b
423m
21m
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Global Populations 2009
source: World Bank
300m
1.3b
1.1b
191m
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Global Populations 2009
source: World Bank
300,000,000
5% of global population
2,616,000,000
40% of global population
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Environmental Impact
source: Paul Ehrlich and John Holdren, 1974
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I Impact on Environment
P Population
A Affluence
T Technology
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Resource Consumption
source: United Nations
14%
20%
86% 80%
Resource Usage Wealth
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Change in Affluence
source: United Nations
United Kingdom USA South Korea China
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Resource Consumption
source: United Nations
300,000,000
5% 25%
2,616,000,000
40% 300%
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Environmental Impact
source: Paul Ehrlich and John Holdren, 1974
I=PxAxT
I Impact on Environment
P Population
A Affluence
T Technology
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Changes in Technology
source: An Inconvenient Truth
Old
Habits
Predictable
+ = Consequences
Old
Technology
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Changes in Technology
source: An Inconvenient Truth
Old
Habits Dramatically
+ = Altered
Consequences
New
Technology
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Changes in Technology
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Global Populations 2009
source: World Bank
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Waste Production
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Waste = Food
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Natural Systems
source: Biomimicry by Janine M. Benyus
Nature runs on sunlight.
Nature uses only the energy it needs.
Nature fits form to function.
Nature recycles everything.
Nature rewards cooperation.
Nature banks on diversity.
Nature demands local expertise.
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Top Landfills by Tonnage 2007
source: Waste and Recycling News & Environmental Protection Agency
Arlington
Brook
Aurora
Colerain Township
Las Vegas Waverly
Whittier
250,000,000 tons in 2008
Corona
Irvine
Okeechobee
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Municipal Solid Waste
source: Environmental Protection Agency
wood - 3%
other - 3%
rubber - 5%
metal - 7%
paper - 35%
plastic - 12%
food scraps - 12%
yard waste - 13%
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Incineration
source: Environmental Protection Agency
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Municipal Solid Waste
source: Environmental Protection Agency
wood - 3%
other - 3%
rubber - 5%
metal - 7%
paper - 35%
plastic - 12%
62%
food scraps - 12%
yard waste - 13%
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U.S. Recycling
source: Environmental Protection Agency
99% 71% 63% 35% 29%
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Plastic Recycling Codes
source: Environmental Protection Agency
27% 29% 1% 1% 1% 1% 0%
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Ocean Gyres
source:
North Atlantic
Gyre
North Pacific Gyre
Indian Ocean
South Gyre South Pacific Gyre
Atlantic South
Gyre Atlantic
Gyre
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch
source: Chris Jordan Photography
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch
source: Chris Jordan Photography
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch
source: Chris Jordan Photography
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Recycled Paper
33% of all recycling is paper.
50% national average for paper recycle rate.
72% of all corrugated cardboard gets recycled.
88% of all newspaper gets recycled.
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Recycled Metals
Steel is the world’s most recycled material.
42% of all steel has recycled content.
It is dramatically less expensive to recycle.
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Municipal Solid Waste
source: Environmental Protection Agency
wood - 3%
other - 3%
rubber - 5%
metal - 7%
paper - 35%
plastic - 12%
food scraps - 12% 25%
yard waste - 13%
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Composting
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Cairo
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Mokattam
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The Zaballeen
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Mexico City Trash Pickers
Average life span in Mexico City: 67 years.
Average life span of a trash picker: 39 years.
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TerraCycle
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TerraCycle
! !
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TerraCycle
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TerraCycle
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TerraCycle
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TerraCycle
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Pennywhistle
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Milk Money
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Simple Shoes
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Freitag & Crumpler
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Pangea Organics
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Pangea Organics