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The Next Industrial Revolution (Home Video Version)

Architect Bill McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart bring together ecology and human design.

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55 minutes
Directed by Chris Bedford & Shelley Morhaim
Produced by Shelley Morhaim for Earthome Productions
Narrated by Susan Sarandon





"One of the most informative, brilliant and hopeful films about the transformation of industrial and economic activities." Anthony Cortese, Sc.D., President, Second Nature, Inc.
While some environmental observers predict doomsday scenarios in which a rapidly increasing human population is forced to compete for ever scarcer natural resources, Bill McDonough sees a more exciting and hopeful future.

In his vision humanity takes nature itself as our guide reinventing technical enterprises to be as safe and ever-renewing as natural processes.

Can't happen? It's already happening...at Nike, at Ford Motor Company, at Oberlin College, at Herman Miller Furniture, and at DesignTex...and it's part of what architect McDonough and his partner, chemist Michael Braungart, call 'The Next Industrial Revolution.'

Shot in Europe and the United States, the film explores how businesses are transforming themselves to work with nature and enhance profitability.



Grade Level: 7-12, College, Adult
US Release Date: 2001     Copyright Date: 2001
DVD ISBN: 1-59458-107-X     VHS ISBN: 1-56029-921-5




Reviews
"This film is an inspirational look at a hopeful vision of the future. It does an excellent job of presenting both theory and real world examples of a design revolution that has the potential to re-make our world."
James Gustave Speth, Dean, Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

"One of the most informative, brilliant and hopeful films about the transformation of industrial and economic activities that will lead to a healthy, just, socially stable and environmentally sustaining society for all current and future generations. By showcasing the visionary philosophy and unprecedented work of Bill McDonough with outstanding colleagues and a variety of society's most influential institutions, the film is a critical educational vehicle for changing our collective mindset to achieve these goals. It's a 'must see!'"
Anthony Cortese, Sc.D., President, Second Nature, Inc.

"Inspirational! This video is a must for all - consumers, educators, health professionals, business and government leaders. Our current systems of production and habits of consumption are harming our health and the health of the planet. McDonough offers a practical vision and gives us hope for a future that is safe for our grandchildren."
Polly Walker, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

"It's rare to find a film about environmental issues that makes you feel better about the world after you watch it than you did before...And while the filmmakers acknowledge the dire situation our planet is in, they also understand a little hope and a lot of determination can go a long way."
Christopher Riley, Director, Cornell University Environmental Film Festival

About Bill McDonough
"There are very few visionaries who are practical -- Bill McDonough is one of the most profound environmental thinkers in the world."
William Clay Ford, Jr., Chair, Ford Motor Company

"His utopianism is grounded in a unified philosophy that -- in demonstrable and practical ways -- is changing the design of the world."
Heroes for the Planet, Time Magazine


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DVD Features
The DVD version allows you to go straight to the stories about the individual companies that are putting McDonough and Braungart's principles to work: Nike, Ford Motor Company, Oberlin College, Herman Miller Furniture, and DesignTex.

Links
The Next Industrial Revolution web site
The producers' web site
"The Next Industrial Revolution," article by William McDonough and Michael Braungart in The Atlantic Monthly, October, 1998
William McDonough + Partners, Architecture and Community Design's web site
McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry's web site
EPEA web site (Dr. Michael Braungart, founder and managing director)
Dr. Michael Braungart's web site


Awards and Festivals
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital
Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival

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The Next Industrial Revolution
Architect Bill McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart bring together ecology and human design.

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Planet Neighborhood
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Design with the Sun
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Building the Brookhaven House
D.O.E.'s prototype passive solar home.


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