Ecocentricity Blog

A bi-monthly blog by John Lanier, director of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation and grandson of the late Ray C. Anderson. Musings from John as he manages the private family foundation that keeps Ray's legacy alive. Subscribe here.

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Environment | Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Ray Anderson's Predictions For the Future: Where Are We Now?

Oct 26, 2022 10:30 AM ET

In an award acceptance speech in 2010, Ray Anderson made some interesting predictions about the future. Twelve years later, it's obvious that he "nailed it" in so many ways.

Environment | Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Sailing the Salish Sea, and Why We Should Think Carefully About the Salmon We Buy

Aug 10, 2022 10:30 AM ET

My wife and I had an amazing experience off the coast of Vancouver, and it was an experience that taught me a lot about an endangered species and how the salmon we buy contributes to the problem.

Environment | Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Ecocentricity Blog: Looking Back

Jul 29, 2021 10:30 AM ET

Ray C. Anderson would have been 87 today. His family continues to work tirelessly to keep his legacy alive during this critical time of change in the world.

Environment | Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Ecocentricity Guest Blog - Environmental Justice and the Soul of America: A Conversation with Rev. Gerald Durley

Apr 7, 2021 10:30 AM ET

“...The soul of America is the environment. If you destroy the soul, nothing else exists. If you destroy the air, the water, the wildlife, the plants...that's the soul of America.” - Rev. Gerald Durley

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy | Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Ecocentricity Blog: Queen Daenerys Targaryen the Wasteful

May 22, 2019 10:30 AM ET

In a nutshell, the circular economy is about keeping materials where they have the greatest value in the flow of commerce, thereby limiting extraction of virgin materials and disposal of items in waste streams.

Environment | Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Ecocentricity Blog: Trope-a-Dope

Apr 24, 2019 10:30 AM ET

Our goal is to inspire others to become environmentalists, working to harmonize business and society with our natural systems. Dollars certainly help in pursuit of this goal, but a compelling and authentic example of what to do, and why we should do it, is so much more valuable.

Corporate Responsibility | Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Ecocentricity Blog: I Did a Thing

Apr 8, 2019 10:45 AM ET

The thing I did was write a book. Well, the second half of a book to be more precise. My grandfather wrote the first half, which he and Interface released as Mid-Course Correction in 1998.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy | Ray C. Anderson Foundation

Ecocentricity Blog: Native American Wisdom

Sep 27, 2017 10:30 AM ET

Seventh Generation is a reference to a phrase from the Constitution of the Iroquois Nation, which stresses the need to consider impacts of actions on the seventh generation to come. In many respects, it’s the same message as Tomorrow’s Child.