Adam Lowry
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Adam Lowry is the co-founder and Chief Greenskeeper of Method Products, Inc., the leading innovator in premium environmentally-conscious and design-driven home care, fabric care and personal care products. Adam believes that business is our greatest vehicle for positive social and environmental change. First and foremost an entrepreneur, Adam has a proven track record of innovation across multiple categories and consumer segments.

Prior to founding Method, Adam worked as a climate scientist at the Carnegie Institution, developing software products for the study of global climate change. That experience, combined with his earlier experience designing automotive products made from biodegradable materials and recycled content, formed the nucleus of his unique approach to commercial environmentalism that forms the foundation of method’s approach today.

As Chief Greenskeeper, Adam’s focus is bringing sustainable innovations to the method business. He also directs the sustainability aspects of product design, sourcing, and production, and provides strategic input for consumer marketing and the press.

Adam is currently a Catto Fellow at the Aspen Institute and has been honored as one of Vanity Fair’s Global Citizens and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (PETA) Person of the Year for his pioneering work on sustainable business and product design. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University, and lives in San Francisco with his wife Mara and daughter Kenning. You can follow @adam_lowry on Twitter.

Blog Entries by Adam Lowry

Don't Fix the Blame, Fix the Problem

Posted September 19, 2011 | 14:38:00 (EST)

The current political debate over whether climate change is caused by humans is worthless and moot, and it is distracting the American people from dealing with a problem that threatens our livelihood. As a former climate scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, I must disclose that I am certain...

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Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic (PCR) Is the Answer

Posted April 29, 2011 | 19:47:08 (EST)

Plastic has been all over the news over the past years, from David de Rothschild building a catamaran partially made from reclaimed post-consumer plastic bottles called the Plastiki in 2010 to the most recent, Cola Wars escalated to Bottle Wars as Coke launched their "

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The Paradox of Sustainable Innovation

Posted February 2, 2011 | 11:40:50 (EST)

It is relatively easy to imagine a fully sustainable product, one that has no negative impact on the environment or the social condition. So why does no fully sustainable product exist yet? The answer lies in the most crucial aspect of innovation that people usually forget: people.

Innovation is not...

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