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ALEX STEFFENExecutive EditorWorldchanging 

NATHAN SHEDROFFDesign MBA ChairCalifornia College of the Arts

DAWN DANBYSustainable Design Program ManagerAutodesk 

EMILY PILLOTONFounderProject H Design 

SAUL GRIFFITHInventorMakani Power 

MICHEL GELOBTERClimate Strategist | FounderCooler 

ALLAN CHOCHINOVEditor in chiefCore77 

EAMES DEMETRIOSFilmmaker | Writer | CreativeKymaerica

An ongoing state in which the end of one cycle is the beginning of the next. The humus created from composting, for example, becomes the food for plants to start the growing cycle again. The wastes of one process become the raw material for another.

The remanufacturing of a material into a different product with a different material-use cycle. For example: a PET bottle made into fibers for high performance polyester clothing, which itself can be recycled.

The practice of recycling a material in such a way that much of its inherent value is lost. For example, recycling plastic into park benches or office paper eventually becoming pulp to mold an egg carton.

The terminus of a product’s useful life and thus the beginning point for its reuse, recycling, or permanent disposal.

The complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit.

A gas, such as carbon dioxide or methane, which contributes to potential climate change.

The United States’ leading independent consumer protection program for the sale of renewable energy and greenhouse gas reductions in the retail market. The Green-e logo means that the product has been certified by an independent third party to meet strict consumer-protection and environmental standards.

An independent non–profit organization dedicated to safeguarding the environment and transforming the marketplace by promoting the manufacture, purchase and use of environmentally responsible products and services. Green Seal sets standards, monitors advertising claims and certifies products made with postconsumer waste.

Carbon-based fuels, such as coal, oil and gas, that were formed over millions of years through the decay, burial and compaction of rotting vegetation on land, and of marine organisms on the sea floor. Burning fossil fuels is a major source of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

A term used to describe the use of an energy source that is renewable and currently available. These sources include solar, wind, biomass, and water (though only in certain circumstances).