Cradle to Cradle

This time around I'd like you to consider the book we're reading at the moment. What do you make of the "Cradle to Cradle" vision spelled out by William McDonough and Michael Braungart? Are they on the right track? Or is their optimism misplaced?

I was thoroughly depressed after reading the waterproof book. I understood that we have a lot of work to do and that we are kidding ourserlves if we think that we are just going to snap our fingers and expect the world to be healthy again. But I felt like the name of the book should have been cradle to cradle: the catch 22 of the environment...

I think that there can be a brigh future because of things like the actual book being an example of how we can manufacture essentials without taking more trees from the earth, the only question then is... will we be active in making that happen... i am not sure... I liked how the book was just bluntly honest but i feel like this was a little bit of a damper, because it was like... we have so much to do and from what we have been learning in class... it takes many different forums and conventions and meetings to make things happen that will make a susbstantial difference... and with this economic crisis... i am not sure if it will be in the radar of the governments and policy makers to change the habits of people...

Catch 22 of the environment... are we ready to change?