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I thought that the introduction of Cradle to Cradle was an interesting take on the environmental issue, but the authors did seem to go to extremes in explaining their mission. When you dissect nearly everything done to it's base components and look at their harmful effects or even what they're made of, you're bound to find something dangerous in everything, but the thing he doesn't mention is that the things found in the chair or rug or laptop, may be the smallest fractions that may not be harmful even with extended use. On the other hand he could be completely right, but I just found his manner of addressing it to be a bit on the "what if?" side looking too much into it. On the other hand I am environmentally conscious, and I agree with what the remainder of the chapter had to say. I was impressed by the authors' credentials and found the explanation of simplicity in design to be very interesting. From the lack of resources and adaptation that the Japanese made with the ancient houses composed of wood frames and paper walls, to the goat skin which became taunt during rains, insulating. It kind of reminds me of the short clip seen in class about the bio mimicry, in that we take things from the environment that have survived thousands of years and apply them to the modern world to more efficiently live our lives. The only difference here being that they were from nature doing what they were naturally designed to do. This within a world, as they said, within it's 150 years of industrialization we've destroyed so many ecosystems in peace, it can go to better our impact on the world by doing what designers do best, improve function.