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Bill McDonough at 70: A look back … and ahead

GreenBiz

But we were not required to by law. That is somewhere we are working right now, with all kinds of tools — AI, blockchain, what we call material passports and buildings as material banks — we coined terms for all this. In China, it was called "The Design of the Circular Economy." But it is hard to make these kinds of changes.

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Bill McDonough at 70: A look back … and ahead

AGreenLiving

But we were not required to by law. That is somewhere we are working right now, with all kinds of tools — AI, blockchain, what we call material passports and buildings as material banks — we coined terms for all this. It is really hard. What we were doing was creating a de facto standard of good behavior. We were just doing it.

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The Bitcoin Blockchain Helps Hold A Botnet From Being Taken Down

Mearth

The Bitcoin Blockchain Helps Hold A Botnet From Being Taken Down. A strategist’s guide to blockchain examines the potential advantages of this essential innovation—and also suggests a way forward for financial institutions. Blockchain also has potential functions far beyond bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Gox in 2011.

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'Reconcile development and preservation': Inside Natura & Co's alternative vision for the Amazon

Business Green

European supermarkets have recently threatened to boycott Brazilian products in response to a proposed law which many experts fear will accelerate deforestation by legalising the private occupation of public land. However, he argues there is a precedent for deforestation rates being curbed that companies and policymakers should not ignore.