Sustainability/Life Cycle Management Resources

Doing Your "Thing" More Sustainably
Presented at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 22, 2010, by Georjean Adams.

Meet Sustainability Goals Using a Framework for Life Cycle Review of Products
Presented at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, March 27, 2007, by Georjean Adams.

Internal Challenges in Adopting Sustainable Chemistry within a Firm
Poster presented at the American Chemical Society/American Institute of Chemical Engineering Workshop on Incentives and Barriers to the Adoption of Sustainable Chemistry, April 9. 2008, by Georjean Adams.

Overcoming Nontechnical Barriers to the Implementation of Sustainable Solutions in Industry
Environ. Sci. Technol., 2009, 43 (12), pp 4221-4226, multiple authors including Georjean Adams

Minnesota Environmental Initiative session on Resource Efficiency
Saving Green by Going Lean, September 9, 2009, presentation made by Georjean Adams.

Life Cycle Management (LCM) Diagrams
Conceptual diagrams we use to explain how to use life cycle thinking in the flow of supply, manufacture, use and disposition of products.

World Business Council on Sustainable Development
This site has numerous good resources and tools for use by businesses working toward sustainability.

EPA Lean Toolkits
EPA guides on how environmental issues can be addressed with lean manufacturing tools.

Latest Sustainability News
Read the latest sustainability news on our blog Life Cycle Thinking

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