Michael Braungart 
Biography
Chemist, Designer, Consultant from Germany
Professor Braungart is a chemist and the founder of EPEA, the Environmental Protection Encouragement Agency in Hamburg, Germany. He is also co-founder of MBDC, McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry, based in Charlottesville, Virginia.
He’ s currently a professor of Process Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Suderburg (Fachhochschule Nordostniedersachsen), also serving as director of an interdisciplinary materials flow management masters program.
He lectures widely on topics such as eco-efficient design, eco-effectiveness, Cradle-to-Cradle and Intelligent Materials Pooling.
Videos
Michael Braungart
How can design improve life?
Rachel Carson first drew attention to the chemical industry’s harmful effects on nature with her book ‘Silent Spring’ (1962). Michael Braungart says that it is…
Recorded: 22 April 2005
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