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Upcycled Bunny by Tom Deininger

Upcycling is term that was coined by German chemist Michael Braungart and American architect William McDonough in their book, Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things.

The main theme of the book is about restructuring human industry and its affects on the environment by creating things through ecologically intelligent design.

Since the book came out in 2002, the term upcycling has spread through the global green movement. All over the world people have begun to upcycle instead of just recycling and in many ways the term is synonymous with “repurpose”. Though upcycle just rolls off the tongue better.

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