The growth and development of society on our planet has caused a great
consumption of natural resources and, on the other hand, the production of waste and
other substances harmful both to human health and to the ecosystem itself. With this
way of life, man has moved away from nature. Consequently, a system that functions
contrary to natural laws has been established. With the new way of production, it is
necessary to return to natural processes and sustainable technologies, clean
technologies, and the use of renewable energy sources. The projection of sustainability
in the future must be based on resource use restriction, material reuse and other
principles of economic and environmental sustainability. This chapter will discuss the
new approach to production and the product itself through the consideration of several
different possibilities such as circular economy, industrial ecology, ecological
economy, blue economy, biomimicry, cradle to cradle, cleaner production and
regenerative design. The above-mentioned possibilities in production, design and the
product itself aim to ensure that man functions in accordance with natural laws, and
that we need to leave nature and the environment in a much better condition than we
inherited.
Keywords: Biomimicry, Blue Economy, Circular Economy, Cleaner Production, Cradle to Cradle, Industrial Ecology, Regenerative Design.
