The Monticello Dialogues – Part 5 – Designing Peace with William McDonough

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In his 20′s William McDonough traveled to the Jordan Valley where he came face to face with the shocking remains of war. He was forever marked by the realization that war is nothing less than the killing of our children. In this program he explores, from a designer’s unique perspective, what the opposite of war would look like. “Violence is antithetical to basic human desire” he says and urges a fierce engagement; to wage all out peace. Also in this dialogue; waging peace in Brazil with books, at the headwaters of the Mississippi, in the media, and in the White House.

William McDonough is former Dean of the Architecture Department at the University of Virginia, Time magazine named McDonough a “Hero for the Planet” in 1999, and he is the winner of three U.S. presidential awards including the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development.  He is the author with his partner, Michael Braungart, of the book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things (Farrar, Straus and Geroux 2002).  Recorded at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, McDonough offers a fresh path out of the history of mindless timefullness.

Topics Explored in this Dialogue:

• What does violence look like
• How an epiphany can change your view
• How can you see peace
• What does it mean to be fierce
• How do you escape the negative

Interview Date: 4/12/2002 Host: Michael Toms Program Number: 2974