Our world is built on a take-make-waste economy, by which we extract resources, use them to make goods and products, and then throw them away. To create a sustainable future, we need to adopt cradle-to-cradle lifecycles, by using fewer resources; reusing, repurposing, and upcycling goods and products; and transforming wasted materials through recycling.

Lifecycle Building Center (LBC), an Atlanta-based non-profit, embraces cradle-to-cradle principles in the built environment. They deconstruct, reuse, and sell building materials to the community at lower cost. In doing so, they support affordable housing and community improvement, keep materials out of landfills, fuel the local economy, and lower climate-related impacts.

LBC also conducts educational programs and workshops, empowering the Atlanta community to incorporate sustainability in their homes and the broader built environment.