In this video, the late Ray Anderson, CEO of Interface, the largest carpet maker in the world, describes the concept of "Intergenerational Tyranny". In 1994, Ray began to champion industrial ecology and steer the company towards zero-waste, zero-carbon sustainability.
Ray explains, "There's not a single scientific peer-reviewed paper published in the last 25 years that would contradict this scenario: Every living system of Earth is in decline, every life support system of Earth is in decline."
"The typical company of the 20th century, extractive, wasteful, abusive, linear, in all of its processes. Taking from the earth, making, wasting, sending its products back to the biosphere. We're leaving a terrible legacy of poison and diminishment of the environment for our grandchildren. It's the wrong thing to do."
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