Monday, November 26th HW

Part 3: Table Group Challenge

Congratulations. Your table group is in charge of transforming San Rafael’s city infrastructure into an eco-effective vision using Cradle to Cradle principles. Please prepare the following things for next class:

1) Name 5 specific eco-effective steps San Rafael needs to initiate in order to implement Cradle to Cradle infrastructure. Relate at least 2 of these steps to a current problem, strategy, initiative that San Rafael is working on. (Each member of your table group should be in charge of 1 of these steps!) http://www.sustainablesanrafael.org/news.html
http://www.sustainablemarin.org/

2) Find out what Curitiba, Brazil is doing effectively in terms of sustainability. Give one example of a current infrastructure in Curitiba, Brazil that is a clear “signal of intent”. (Spell out what the intention is.)

3) How can the 140 Years of Sustainable Forestry practices by the Menominee tribe serve as an inspiration to the city of San Rafael? Does this relate at all to being “native” to one’s place? Also, can you relate any of these ideas to Paul Hawken’s concept of “Natural Capital”? http://www.menominee.edu/sdi/csstdy.htm


Your table group will have 10 to 15 minutes to organize your material to hand in.
Your goal as a table group is to be as creative, specific, and cradle to cradle-esque as possible. Apply the major concepts you learned from Cradle to Cradle to this assignment. Do not be afraid to be specific and to give examples from the book or the above links!