The document outlines several possible solutions for improving sustainability and reducing environmental impact, including biomimicry which models solutions after nature, closed loop production which reuses waste and energy, and conscious consuming which considers the environmental impact of purchases. Other solutions discussed are consumer labeling to show waste production, corporate social responsibility holding companies accountable, and cradle to cradle design which recycles all materials.

1. Possible Solutions
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2. Biomimicry:
Model nature to solve human problems
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3. Closed Loop Production:
Waste and energy is reused, not disposed of.
Closed Loop Air-Conditioning: The
hot air is sent out of the house,
through pipes underground, where
it is cooled, and back into the
house, as cold air.

4. Conscious Consuming:
Aware of what you buy, and the impact it has
on the environment.

5. Consumer Labeling:
A label that tells how much waste was
produced, and how the product was made.

6. Corporate Social Responsibility:
Hold businesses responsible for ethical manufacturing
of a product.

7. Cradle to Cradle Design:
Everything used to create a product can be reused
or recycled.

8. Extended Producer Responsibility:
Producers are responsible for reducing waste.
• Producers are responsible to
collect old products, and
disposing of them.

9. Fair Trade:
Members of this organization agree to give fair
wages and environmental sustainability.

10. Governmental Accountability:
Government can give incentives for producing
sustainable goods and services.

11. Green Chemistry:
The use of nontoxic chemicals to produce goods.

12. Local Living Economies:
Buy from people that live in the community.

13. Zero Waste:
Eliminate waste and toxic chemicals in
products, and make sure materials are not burned.