Biosphere Rules Meets 3D Printing
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Nature as a Model: 3D Printing and the Circular Economy
3D printing has the potential to become the manufacturing infrastructure for a sustainable circular economy, because it closely resembles the process that nature uses to create all living things.
Most companies want to operate sustainably, but they often don't know how to integrate sustainability goals into their business models. The circular economy model provides new options that can radically reduce the wastefulness of our current "throughput" economy.
One of those options is 3D printing, which has the potential to become the new manufacturing infrastructure for a sustainable circular economy. Why? Because it closely resembles the manufacturing process that nature itself uses to create all living things.
Based on the article "Circular Economy, 3D Printing, and the Biosphere Rules" by Gregory Unruh . Get the full articled HERE).
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New Circular Economy Article in California Management Review
The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley has just released its Spring 2018 Special Issue on the Circular Economy. Global Leadership Academy is honored to have our own Dr. Gregory Unruh featured in the journal with his article entitled Circular Economy, 3D Printing, and the Biosphere Rules.
This article applies the Biosphere Rules—a biomimicry-inspired management framework for circular economy initiatives—to the emerging field of additive manufacturing and three-dimensional (3D) Printing, which are revolutionizing industrial sectors from medical devices to spare parts. They are also potentially keys in the emergence of a true circular economy that will bring about environmentally sustainable manufacturing. This article lays out an established strategy that can guide managers and policy makers in pursuit of a cradle-to-cradle economy.