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07/19/2002 Entry: "Sim Van Der Ryn kicks Bill McDonough's Greenwashing Butt"

The showing of "The Next Industrial Revolution" was last night. As expected it turned out to be pretty much just greenwash for the likes of Nike, Ford, and Herman Miller. One phrase was overused so much people started groaning half-way through the presentation. Instead of baby blankets, MBDC should sell jack-in-the-boxes, where McDonough's head pops out and says "Waste Equals Food !!!! Waste Equals Food !!!! Hahahahaah".

A much better example of a green architect might be Sim Van Der Ryn. Instead of Ford factories, he designs Buddhist mediatation halls.

Check out his reading list - it's got a bunch of the usual suspects: Jane Jacobs, Christopher Alexander, Wendell Berry, E.F. Schumacher, plus a lot of other interesting sounding titles.