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  • 1.  Implementing Industrial Ecology

    Posted 12-07-2005 11:01
    Greetings All,

    Thank you very much to those who sent syllabi to me recently regarding
    the Industrial
    Ecology course I'm teaching at Antioch this summer. Part of that course
    will be exploring
    the cultural barriers or obstacles which get in the way of implementing
    industrial ecology.
    I was wondering if any of you knew of an article or two which gets at
    these cultural
    barriers as they relate to the practice of industrial ecology. I am also
    looking for a power
    point presentation (with pictures/graphics) of the Kalundborg Industrial
    Ecosystem.

    Best Regards,

    Tony Sarkis, Adjunct Professor
    Antioch New England Graduate School
    453 Walnut Street
    North Adams, MA 01247
    413-652-2734


  • 2.  Implementing Industrial Ecology

    Posted 12-07-2005 11:24
    Dear Anthony,

    I recommend contacting Peter Lowitt at http://www.devensec.com/sustain.html,
    right here close to home. Consider incorporating a field trip into your
    course. It's a fascinating story, building a planned community on a
    de-commissioned Army base. Maybe you are already familiar with Devens. The
    web page has a good set of links, too.

    I have served on a steering committee for one of programs at Devens. Major
    reality check for researchers and teachers. Implementation is not as easy
    as it looks. And some involved in eco-industrial development question the
    transferability of the Kalundborg experience.

    Kurt

    __________________________________________________
    Kurt Fischer
    The Greening of Industry Network
    tel 781.646.4596 fax 781.646.4189 kurt.fischer@greeningofindustry.org
    JOIN GIN! http://www.greeningofindustry.org/

    Dates to note:
    February 17-18, 2006: Sustainable Regions and Global Trade, GIN workshop at
    the School for International Training, Brattleboro, Vermont USA.
    July 2-5, 2006: GIN2006, The 13th International Conference of the Greening
    of Industry Network, Cardiff University, UK.


  • 3.  Implementing Industrial Ecology

    Posted 12-07-2005 12:11
    Kurt,

    In terms of the caveat you mention about transferability and
    implementation of Eco-Industrial development, I do remember some
    discussion on this issue. Part of the debate is whether planning,
    design and replication can actually occur, or whether it is just a bit
    of luck that they occur and let them evolve into themselves.

    How many attempts, 'successes', and failures have there been? I am not
    sure of the statistics on this matter. I remember there was a federally
    (U.S.) funded program in the mid-1990's for developing a series of
    demonstration sites. I wonder what the success rate of these sites
    were?

    A partial listing can be found at:
    http://www.smartgrowth.org/library/eco_ind_case_intro.html

    I have not seen much discussion about them in recent years.

    Maybe Reid Lifset has more information about this issue?

    -Joe S.

    ==============================================
    Joseph Sarkis
    Professor of Operations and Environmental Management
    Graduate School of Management
    Clark University
    950 Main Street
    Worcester, MA 01610-1477

    Phone: 508-793-7659
    Fax: 508-793-8822
    URL: www.clarku.edu/~jsarkis
    jsarkis@clarku.edu
    ==============================================


    -----Original Message-----
    From: Organizations and the Natural Environment Discussion
    [mailto:ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Kurt Fischer
    Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 11:24 AM
    To: ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: Implementing Industrial Ecology

    Dear Anthony,

    I recommend contacting Peter Lowitt at
    http://www.devensec.com/sustain.html,
    right here close to home. Consider incorporating a field trip into your
    course. It's a fascinating story, building a planned community on a
    de-commissioned Army base. Maybe you are already familiar with Devens.
    The
    web page has a good set of links, too.

    I have served on a steering committee for one of programs at Devens.
    Major
    reality check for researchers and teachers. Implementation is not as
    easy
    as it looks. And some involved in eco-industrial development question
    the
    transferability of the Kalundborg experience.

    Kurt

    __________________________________________________
    Kurt Fischer
    The Greening of Industry Network
    tel 781.646.4596 fax 781.646.4189 kurt.fischer@greeningofindustry.org
    JOIN GIN! http://www.greeningofindustry.org/

    Dates to note:
    February 17-18, 2006: Sustainable Regions and Global Trade, GIN workshop
    at
    the School for International Training, Brattleboro, Vermont USA.
    July 2-5, 2006: GIN2006, The 13th International Conference of the
    Greening
    of Industry Network, Cardiff University, UK.


  • 4.  Implementing Industrial Ecology

    Posted 12-07-2005 13:57
    Joe,

    I don't know of particular evaluations and success rates of these
    eco-industrial parks. Another researcher who may have a handle is Ray C�t�
    at Dalhousie. I will send you and Anthony his abstract from our October
    conference in Canada.

    The comment I heard in a conference presentation was an opinion that
    Kalundborg was an accident or a natural evolution that may not offer lessons
    for replication. The Londonderry NH eco-industrial park, as I recall,
    suffered when one key facility moved away.

    Kurt

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Organizations and the Natural Environment Discussion
    [mailto:ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU]On Behalf Of Joseph Sarkis
    Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 12:11 PM
    To: ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: Implementing Industrial Ecology

    Kurt,

    In terms of the caveat you mention about transferability and
    implementation of Eco-Industrial development, I do remember some
    discussion on this issue. Part of the debate is whether planning,
    design and replication can actually occur, or whether it is just a bit
    of luck that they occur and let them evolve into themselves.

    How many attempts, 'successes', and failures have there been? I am not
    sure of the statistics on this matter. I remember there was a federally
    (U.S.) funded program in the mid-1990's for developing a series of
    demonstration sites. I wonder what the success rate of these sites
    were?

    A partial listing can be found at:
    http://www.smartgrowth.org/library/eco_ind_case_intro.html

    I have not seen much discussion about them in recent years.
    Maybe Reid Lifset has more information about this issue?

    -Joe S.

    ==============================================
    Joseph Sarkis
    Professor of Operations and Environmental Management
    Graduate School of Management
    Clark University
    950 Main Street
    Worcester, MA 01610-1477

    Phone: 508-793-7659
    Fax: 508-793-8822
    URL: www.clarku.edu/~jsarkis
    jsarkis@clarku.edu
    ==============================================
    From: Organizations and the Natural Environment Discussion
    [mailto:ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Kurt Fischer
    Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 11:24 AM
    To: ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: Implementing Industrial Ecology

    Dear Anthony,

    I recommend contacting Peter Lowitt at
    http://www.devensec.com/sustain.html,
    right here close to home. Consider incorporating a field trip into your
    course. It's a fascinating story, building a planned community on a
    de-commissioned Army base. Maybe you are already familiar with Devens.
    The web page has a good set of links, too.

    I have served on a steering committee for one of programs at Devens.
    Major reality check for researchers and teachers. Implementation is not as
    easy as it looks. And some involved in eco-industrial development question
    the transferability of the Kalundborg experience.

    Kurt
    __________________________________________________
    Kurt Fischer
    The Greening of Industry Network
    tel 781.646.4596 fax 781.646.4189 kurt.fischer@greeningofindustry.org
    JOIN GIN! http://www.greeningofindustry.org/

    Dates to note:
    February 17-18, 2006: Sustainable Regions and Global Trade, GIN workshop
    at the School for International Training, Brattleboro, Vermont USA.
    July 2-5, 2006: GIN2006, The 13th International Conference of the
    Greening of Industry Network, Cardiff University, UK.


  • 5.  Implementing Industrial Ecology

    Posted 12-07-2005 15:36

    This thread also addresses the importance of visionaries and early successes. Leading business researchers still talk about Kalundborg's success and wonder what we can (or can't) glean from it. Its existence, and communication about the qualitative and quantitative results - whether or not replicable - served to stimulate dialogue, books, and the concepts of industrial ecology.

    For a discussion of principles & limitations of IE, I recommend Discovering Industrial Ecology: An Executive Briefing and Sourcebook by Lowe, Warren & Moran of Indigo/RPP and Battelle (Battelle Press, 1997.) Based on a report prepared for the Future Studies Unit/OPPE at EPA, it describes instances of industrial ecology, living systems & industrial symbiosis with a number of specific examples, discussion of strategy & resource listings.

    Also ZERI (www.zeri.org), founded by Gunther Pauli (graduate of INSEAD, founder of Ecover )     recognizes and creates industrial ecology clusters & integrated waste use systems, identifying principles involved.

    Their older example of beer production industrial ecology from Windhoek, Namibia (then Sweden, Canada & Japan) turns one business into 12, yielding valuable by-products through clustering operations, each of which utilizes the waste product of another. The integrated biosystem produces beer, mushrooms, earthworms, chickens, eggs, manure, methane for steam for the brewery, fish, spirulina & closed-loop cycling of wastewater.

    They have a more recent example of [limited landmass countries Italy & Japan] using computer industry e-waste with DFE/design for disassembly to build roads that have improved porousity/safety/watershed recharge and maintenance characteristics.
    http://www.zeri.org/index.cfm?id=projectAsphalt


    ------ Original Message ------
    Received: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 11:56:09 AM MST
    From: Kurt Fischer <kfischer@CLARKU.EDU>
    To: ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: Implementing Industrial Ecology


    Joe,

    I don't know of particular evaluations and success rates of these
    eco-industrial parks. Another researcher who may have a handle is Ray Côté
    at Dalhousie. I will send you and Anthony his abstract from our October
    conference in Canada.

    The comment I heard in a conference presentation was an opinion that
    Kalundborg was an accident or a natural evolution that may not offer lessons
    for replication. The Londonderry NH eco-industrial park, as I recall,
    suffered when one key facility moved away.

    Kurt

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Organizations and the Natural Environment Discussion
    [mailto:ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU]On Behalf Of Joseph Sarkis
    Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 12:11 PM
    To: ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: Implementing Industrial Ecology

    Kurt,

    In terms of the caveat you mention about transferability and
    implementation of Eco-Industrial development, I do remember some
    discussion on this issue. Part of the debate is whether planning,
    design and replication can actually occur, or whether it is just a bit
    of luck that they occur and let them evolve into themselves.

    How many attempts, 'successes', and failures have there been? I am not
    sure of the statistics on this matter. I remember there was a federally
    (U.S.) funded program in the mid-1990's for developing a series of
    demonstration sites. I wonder what the success rate of these sites
    were?

    A partial listing can be found at:
    http://www.smartgrowth.org/library/eco_ind_case_intro.html

    I have not seen much discussion about them in recent years.
    Maybe Reid Lifset has more information about this issue?

    -Joe S.

    ==============================================
    Joseph Sarkis
    Professor of Operations and Environmental Management
    Graduate School of Management
    Clark University
    950 Main Street
    Worcester, MA 01610-1477

    Phone: 508-793-7659
    Fax: 508-793-8822
    URL: www.clarku.edu/~jsarkis
    jsarkis@clarku.edu
    ==============================================
    From: Organizations and the Natural Environment Discussion
    [mailto:ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Kurt Fischer
    Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 11:24 AM
    To: ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: Implementing Industrial Ecology

    Dear Anthony,

    I recommend contacting Peter Lowitt at
    http://www.devensec.com/sustain.html,
    right here close to home. Consider incorporating a field trip into your
    course. It's a fascinating story, building a planned community on a
    de-commissioned Army base. Maybe you are already familiar with Devens.
    The web page has a good set of links, too.

    I have served on a steering committee for one of programs at Devens.
    Major reality check for researchers and teachers. Implementation is not as
    easy as it looks. And some involved in eco-industrial development question
    the transferability of the Kalundborg experience.

    Kurt
    __________________________________________________
    Kurt Fischer
    The Greening of Industry Network
    tel 781.646.4596 fax 781.646.4189 kurt.fischer@greeningofindustry.org
    JOIN GIN! http://www.greeningofindustry.org/

    Dates to note:
    February 17-18, 2006: Sustainable Regions and Global Trade, GIN workshop
    at the School for International Training, Brattleboro, Vermont USA.
    July 2-5, 2006: GIN2006, The 13th International Conference of the
    Greening of Industry Network, Cardiff University, UK.




  • 6.  Implementing Industrial Ecology

    Posted 12-08-2005 17:41
    Dear Kurt, Joe and Anthony,

    The question of whether Kalundborg can be replicated and if so how is one of the defining issues in the study of industrial symbiosis -- which is what the Kalundborg phenomenon is now called within industrial ecology.  There are several papers in the pipeline for the Journal of Industrial Ecology that grapple with this, destined, if all goes well, for an issue scheduled in the coming year.

    My colleague, Marian Chertow at Yale < http://www.yale.edu/environment/bios/chertow.html>, has been focusing on this question.  See, for example,

    Chertow, M. R. 1998. The eco-industrial park model reconsidered. Journal of Industrial Ecology 2(3): 8-10.

    but I know she has other analyses of this question in progress.

    ~ Reid Lifset


    At 01:56 PM 12/7/2005, Kurt Fischer wrote:

    Joe,

    I don't know of particular evaluations and success rates of these
    eco-industrial parks.  Another researcher who may have a handle is Ray Côté
    at Dalhousie.  I will send you and Anthony his abstract from our October
    conference in Canada.

    The comment I heard in a conference presentation was an opinion that
    Kalundborg was an accident or a natural evolution that may not offer lessons
    for replication.  The Londonderry NH eco-industrial park, as I recall,
    suffered when one key facility moved away.

    Kurt

    -----Original Message-----

    Kurt,

    In terms of the caveat you mention about transferability and
    implementation of Eco-Industrial development, I do remember some
    discussion on this issue.  Part of the debate is whether planning,
    design and replication can actually occur, or whether it is just a bit
    of luck that they occur and let them evolve into themselves.

    How many attempts, 'successes', and failures have there been? I am not
    sure of the statistics on this matter.  I remember there was a federally
    (U.S.) funded program in the mid-1990's for developing a series of
    demonstration sites.  I wonder what the success rate of these sites
    were?

    A partial listing can be found at:
    http://www.smartgrowth.org/library/eco_ind_case_intro.html

    I have not seen much discussion about them in recent years.
    Maybe Reid Lifset has more information about this issue?

    -Joe S.

    ==============================================
    Joseph Sarkis
    Professor of Operations and Environmental Management
    Graduate School of Management
    Clark University
    950 Main Street
    Worcester, MA  01610-1477

    Phone: 508-793-7659
    Fax: 508-793-8822
    URL: www.clarku.edu/~jsarkis
    jsarkis@clarku.edu
    ==============================================

    Dear Anthony,

    I recommend contacting Peter Lowitt at
    http://www.devensec.com/sustain.html,
    right here close to home.  Consider incorporating a field trip into your
    course.  It's a fascinating story, building a planned community on a
    de-commissioned Army base.  Maybe you are already familiar with Devens.
    The web page has a good set of links, too.

    I have served on a steering committee for one of programs at Devens.
    Major reality check for researchers and teachers.  Implementation is not as
    easy as it looks.  And some involved in eco-industrial development question
    the transferability of the Kalundborg experience.

    Kurt
    __________________________________________________
    Kurt Fischer
    The Greening of Industry Network
    tel 781.646.4596   fax 781.646.4189  kurt.fischer@greeningofindustry.org
    JOIN GIN! http://www.greeningofindustry.org/

    Dates to note:
    February 17-18, 2006: Sustainable Regions and Global Trade, GIN workshop
    at the School for International Training, Brattleboro, Vermont USA.
    July 2-5, 2006: GIN2006, The 13th International Conference of the
    Greening of Industry Network, Cardiff University, UK.



  • 7.  Implementing Industrial Ecology

    Posted 12-09-2005 08:58
    The greatly missed Ed Cohen-Rosenthal was contributing editor to the
    book 'Eco-industrial Strategies' which compiles a large amount of work
    on this topic. Its on offer in December.

    See:
    http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/catalogue/ecoind.htm


    Best Wishes

    John Stuart
    Greenleaf Publishing,
    Aizlewood Business Centre,
    Aizlewood's Mill,
    Nursery Street,
    Sheffield S3 8GG
    UK
    Tel: +44 114 2823475
    Fax: +44 114 2823476
    E-mail: john.stuart@greenleaf-publishing.com

    http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com

    On 8 Dec 2005, at 23:41, Reid Lifset wrote:

    > Dear Kurt, Joe and Anthony,
    >
    > The question of whether Kalundborg can be replicated and if so how is
    > one of the defining issues in the study of industrial symbiosis --
    > which is what the Kalundborg phenomenon is now called within
    > industrial ecology.  There are several papers in the pipeline for the
    > Journal of Industrial Ecology that grapple with this, destined, if all
    > goes well, for an issue scheduled in the coming year.
    >
    > My colleague, Marian Chertow at Yale <
    > http://www.yale.edu/environment/bios/chertow.html>, has been focusing
    > on this question.  See, for example,
    >
    > Chertow, M. R. 1998. The eco-industrial park model reconsidered.
    > Journal of Industrial Ecology 2(3): 8-10.
    >
    > but I know she has other analyses of this question in progress.
    >
    > ~ Reid Lifset
    >
    >
    > At 01:56 PM 12/7/2005, Kurt Fischer wrote:
    >
    > Joe,
    >
    > I don't know of particular evaluations and success rates of these
    > eco-industrial parks.  Another researcher who may have a handle is
    > Ray Côté
    > at Dalhousie.  I will send you and Anthony his abstract from our
    > October
    > conference in Canada.
    >
    > The comment I heard in a conference presentation was an opinion that
    > Kalundborg was an accident or a natural evolution that may not offer
    > lessons
    > for replication.  The Londonderry NH eco-industrial park, as I recall,
    > suffered when one key facility moved away.
    >
    > Kurt
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    >
    > Kurt,
    >
    > In terms of the caveat you mention about transferability and
    > implementation of Eco-Industrial development, I do remember some
    > discussion on this issue.  Part of the debate is whether planning,
    > design and replication can actually occur, or whether it is just a bit
    > of luck that they occur and let them evolve into themselves.
    >
    > How many attempts, 'successes', and failures have there been? I am not
    > sure of the statistics on this matter.  I remember there was a
    > federally
    > (U.S.) funded program in the mid-1990's for developing a series of
    > demonstration sites.  I wonder what the success rate of these sites
    > were?
    >
    > A partial listing can be found at:
    > http://www.smartgrowth.org/library/eco_ind_case_intro.html
    >
    > I have not seen much discussion about them in recent years.
    > Maybe Reid Lifset has more information about this issue?
    >
    > -Joe S.
    >
    > ==============================================
    > Joseph Sarkis
    > Professor of Operations and Environmental Management
    > Graduate School of Management
    > Clark University
    > 950 Main Street
    > Worcester, MA  01610-1477
    >
    > Phone: 508-793-7659
    > Fax: 508-793-8822
    > URL: www.clarku.edu/~jsarkis
    > jsarkis@clarku.edu
    > ==============================================
    >
    > Dear Anthony,
    >
    > I recommend contacting Peter Lowitt at
    > http://www.devensec.com/sustain.html,
    > right here close to home.  Consider incorporating a field trip into
    > your
    > course.  It's a fascinating story, building a planned community on a
    > de-commissioned Army base.  Maybe you are already familiar with
    > Devens.
    > The web page has a good set of links, too.
    >
    > I have served on a steering committee for one of programs at Devens.
    > Major reality check for researchers and teachers.  Implementation is
    > not as
    > easy as it looks.  And some involved in eco-industrial development
    > question
    > the transferability of the Kalundborg experience.
    >
    > Kurt
    > __________________________________________________
    > Kurt Fischer
    > The Greening of Industry Network
    > tel 781.646.4596   fax 781.646.4189 
    > kurt.fischer@greeningofindustry.org
    > JOIN GIN! http://www.greeningofindustry.org/
    >
    > Dates to note:
    > February 17-18, 2006: Sustainable Regions and Global Trade, GIN
    > workshop
    > at the School for International Training, Brattleboro, Vermont USA.
    > July 2-5, 2006: GIN2006, The 13th International Conference of the
    > Greening of Industry Network, Cardiff University, UK.
    >