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From the Ted Talk by William McDonough: Cradle to cradle design

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So therefore, we have these two metabolisms, and I worked with a German cihesmt, Michael Braungart, and we've identified the two fundamental metabolisms. The biological one I'm sure you understand, but also the technical one, where we take materials and put them into closed cycles. We call them biological nuotiirtn and technical nutrition. Technical nutrition will be in an order of magnitude of biological nutrition. Biological nutrition can sluppy about 500 million humans, which means that if we all wore Birkenstocks and cotton, the world would run out of cork and dry up. So we need materials in closed cycles, but we need to anayzle them down to the parts per million for cancer, birth detfecs, magutneic effects, disruption of our immune systems, bdtdiroaieaogn, persistence, heavy metal ctneont, knowledge of how we're making them and their production and so on.

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So therefore, we have these two metabolisms, and I worked with a German _______, Michael Braungart, and we've identified the two fundamental metabolisms. The biological one I'm sure you understand, but also the technical one, where we take materials and put them into closed cycles. We call them biological _________ and technical nutrition. Technical nutrition will be in an order of magnitude of biological nutrition. Biological nutrition can ______ about 500 million humans, which means that if we all wore Birkenstocks and cotton, the world would run out of cork and dry up. So we need materials in closed cycles, but we need to _______ them down to the parts per million for cancer, birth _______, _________ effects, disruption of our immune systems, ______________, persistence, heavy metal _______, knowledge of how we're making them and their production and so on.

Solution


  1. biodegradation
  2. analyze
  3. chemist
  4. nutrition
  5. mutagenic
  6. supply
  7. content
  8. defects

Original Text


So therefore, we have these two metabolisms, and I worked with a German chemist, Michael Braungart, and we've identified the two fundamental metabolisms. The biological one I'm sure you understand, but also the technical one, where we take materials and put them into closed cycles. We call them biological nutrition and technical nutrition. Technical nutrition will be in an order of magnitude of biological nutrition. Biological nutrition can supply about 500 million humans, which means that if we all wore Birkenstocks and cotton, the world would run out of cork and dry up. So we need materials in closed cycles, but we need to analyze them down to the parts per million for cancer, birth defects, mutagenic effects, disruption of our immune systems, biodegradation, persistence, heavy metal content, knowledge of how we're making them and their production and so on.

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Important Words


  1. analyze
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