This idea that things are designed to go back to nature or industry for ever which is our articulation of these two metabolisms are actually a discovery not an invention.

If we think about things having multiple lives, cradle to cradle, we could design things that can go back to either nature or back to industry forever.

We prefer to talk about 100% renewable instead of zero carbon. When you say zero carbon, you are not positively defined.

You need that same creative force that exists in a building like Disney [Walt Disney Concert Hall] to actually tackle that most prosaic of problems.

And to use something as elegant as a tree? Imagine this design assignment: Design something that makes oxygen, sequesters carbon, fixes nitrogen, distills water, makes complex sugars and foods, changes colors with the seasons, and self-replicates. and then why don't we knock that down and write on it?

How do we love all the children of all species for all time?

It's going to sound strange probably. But I really like Frank Gehry's works.