Cradle to graveyard is how people describe the roles of local government in dealing with the daily affairs of residents. It is said that from the date of birth, local government will look after one's affair until his last day in this World. It is true in the sense that we spend most of our time to live, study, play, work and leisure in a locality that is managed by the local government. While local government takes care of our living, it does not guarantee sustainable living, I mean personal livelihood in this era of green. Sustainable living is very much a personal life objective. An individual is the one to determine whether you are embracing sustainability or not. Of course, the commitment of other stakeholders will help in making sustainability works. We should aim for cradle to cradle.
The Cradle to Cradle : Remaking The Way We Make Things as promoted by William McDounogh talking about Zero Waste from the beginning until a product's end of pipe. It is no more reduction, but towards waste less from the time resource is used until the product is disposed of. That's mean to minimise the carbon footprint for all actions we have. The many concepts of design for environment, products life cycle analysis, environmental accounting and etc are tools to help us to realise this objective. So, next time when people talk about "Cradle", we should be happy to take note, I presume.
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