Brown Bag, Green Book #2: Cradle to cradle
Elizabeth Eason, a Knoxville architect accredited with the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED system, led a community discussion of the book Cradle to cradle: Remaking the way we make things by William McDonough and Michael Braungart.
McDonough and Braungart question the wisdom of "reduce, reuse, recycle" and propose that products might be designed so that, after their useful life, they provide nourishment for something new--either as "biological nutrients" that safely re-enter the environment or as "technical nutrients" that circulate within closed-loop industrial cycles, without being "downcycled" into low-grade uses (as most "recyclables" now are).
About Elizabeth Eason
Elizabeth Eason is the Principal Architect at Elizabeth Eason Architecture llc, the Knoxville based design studio she established in 2003. She has more than 19 years of professional experience working with a wide variety of commercial, civic, non-profit and residential clientele. Her firm specializes in sustainable design of buildings and communities throughout East Tennessee.
Ms. Eason is a licensed architect and an accredited professional with the US Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) system. She is an active board member of Knox Heritage, Chair of the US Green Building Council East Tennessee Chapter, and serves on Mayor Haslam's Energy & Sustainability Task Force. She is a member of Leadership Knoxville's 2009 class and serves on Governor Bredesen's Energy Policy Task Force.
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