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Moira speaks with Ray Anderson, the founder and chair of the world's largest manufacturer of modular carpet, Interface, Inc. He discusses his book, Confessions of a Radical Industrialist", and talks about his personal epiphany around the environmental impact of carpet.
The story is now legend. Fifteen years and a sea change later, Interface, Inc., is more than half way to it's target of "Mission Zero," a journey no one would have imagined for the company, or the petroleum-intensive industry of carpet manufacturing, which has been forever changed by Ray's vision of environmental sustainability. His Georgia-based company, Interface, Inc., was recently ranked number one in a GlobeScan survey of sustainability experts.
Ray Anderson, the once captain of industry has eschewed his luxury car for a Prius and built an off-the-grid home, authored a 1998 book chronicling his epiphany, "Mid-Course Correction," and has a new book chronicling his journey, "Confessions of a Radical Industrialist," published by St. Martin's Press. He has become an unlikely screen hero in the 2004 Canadian documentary, "The Corporation" and was named one of TIME International's "Heroes of the Environment" in 2007. He's a sought after speaker and advisor on all issues eco, including a stint as co-chairman of the President's Council on Sustainable Development and as an architect of the Presidential Climate Action Plan, a 100 day action plan on climate that was presented to the Obama Administration.
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