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Manufacturing and Value Chains
How changing sustainable production could take us to Mars
The history of sustainable production systems can teach us how to support life on a barren, hostile planet.
Dr Wayne Visser is Director of the think-tank and media company, Kaleidoscope Futures; Fellow at Cambridge University’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership; and Visiting Professor in Sustainable Business at the Gordon Institute of Business Science. He is also the author of 26 books, including Sustainable Frontiers: Unlocking Change Through Business, Leadership and Innovation. www.waynevisser.com.