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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Understanding strategic sourcing -- Establishing ethics -- Exploring certifications and standards -- Chapter 14 Circular Materials, Products, and Packaging -- Redesigning Materials and Products: The Transition from Linear to Circular -- "Less bad" does not equal "good" -- Planning for material reincarnation -- How To Keep Materials In Use Forever -- Why things break -- From planned obsolescence to planned permanence -- Shipping Global versus Producing Local -- Building a regional economy: A shipping substitute -- You've got to be shipping me -- Permanent packaging -- Part 4 Redesigning the Future to be Circular -- Chapter 15 The Circular Economy of Food Production -- Examining the Two Ways of Producing Food -- Investigating the Hidden Costs of Agriculture -- Food waste: Expending money, time, and resources unnecessarily -- Environmental degeneration: Damaging the planet with increasing speed -- Permaculture to the Rescue -- Following nature's lead: Permaculture design principles -- Taking a look at permaculture management zones -- Chapter 16 Circularity for Design -- Redesigning Design -- Understanding circular design -- Designing out waste -- Keeping products and materials in use -- Regenerating natural systems -- Recognizing the Problems Designers Face -- We're being overtaken by trash -- We're running out of materials -- We're choking on carbon -- Creating a Framework for Circular Design -- Applying the ReSOLVE framework to buildings -- Layers of useful life -- Putting the pieces together -- Chapter 17 Circular Economy for Builders, Makers, and Manufacturers -- Assessing a Building's Lifecycle -- Defining construction and demolition debris -- Gauging the economic opportunities of C&amp -- D waste -- Measuring C&amp -- D waste impact -- Defining lifecycle impacts -- Identifying human health hazards and promoting transparency…”

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