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🌍 About Circularity Edge

We Are Architects Of The Future, Not Its Victims...


R. Buckminster Fuller

Circularity Edge exists to help leaders design businesses aligned with the conditions that sustain life on Earth.

Why Circularity Edge Exists

  For more than 40 years, I have been immersed in one question:


What does it truly mean for humanity — and for business — to sustain life?


Not metaphorically.
Not symbolically.
Not as a branding exercise.

But literally:


How do we sustain the conditions that allow life — all life — to continue?

This question led me from early corporate sustainability in the 1990s…
to 17 years working alongside William McDonough and Michael Braungart…
to starting and leading high-impact institutions like the GreenBlue Institute's  Sustainable Packaging Coalition…
to shaping the early Cradle to Cradle certification program…
to speaking across the Americas, Europe, and the Caribbean…
to advising governments, universities, Fortune 500 companies, and entrepreneurs…
to writing Real Circularity™…
and ultimately to defining a new concept:


Sovereign Sustainability™


The integration of sustainability (in its original meaning) with the true circularity of Nature — to sustain the conditions for life on Earth, forever.


Circularity Edge is the platform where this philosophy becomes practical, actionable, and transformative for business.

The Problem: A World Still Using Outdated Models

  The world is still dominated by:

  • 2D frameworks (CSR, ESG, TBL)
  • Misused metaphors (“life cycle” analysis for non-living things)
  • Mechanistic thinking applied to living systems
  • Fragmented, reductionist sustainability
  • A confusing landscape of terms that obscure meaning

These approaches cannot address:

  • climate instability
  • ecosystem degradation
  • supply chain fragility
  • materials scarcity
  • regulatory acceleration
  • innovation stagnation
  • brand mistrust
  • systemic collapse risks
     

They also fail to recognize a growing existential threat:

Vitacide Risk™


The systematic destruction of the conditions required for life — including the life of your business — to continue.


Most organizations can’t see Vitacide Risk™ because they assess their world using linear tools in a non-linear environment.


Circularity Edge helps leaders see what others miss.

Our Philosophical Foundation

Sovereign Sustainability™

Sovereign Sustainability™

Sovereign Sustainability™

 The leader’s responsibility — and privilege — is to sustain the conditions that support life. This is not ideology; it is operational reality. 

Semantic Precision

Sovereign Sustainability™

Sovereign Sustainability™

 Language creates decisions.
Decisions shape systems.
We restore the true meaning of critical terms like “sustainability,” “cycle,” “carbon,” and “life.” 

3D Coherence

Nature as Operating System

Nature as Operating System

 A system must match the dimensionality of the world it seeks to influence. Nature is 3D. Business is 3D. Your sustainability model must be 3D. 

Nature as Operating System

Nature as Operating System

Nature as Operating System

  Not as metaphor —
but as the blueprint for regenerative economic design. 

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Design Like Nature™ (DLN)

The Tactical Tetrahedron™ (TT)

The Tactical Tetrahedron™ (TT)

 A systems architecture that mirrors the cycles, logic, and regenerative patterns of living systems. 

The Tactical Tetrahedron™ (TT)

The Tactical Tetrahedron™ (TT)

The Tactical Tetrahedron™ (TT)

 A 3D decision model that exposes blind spots, illuminates contradiction, and reveals the geometry of coherence inside any business. 

Vitacide Risk™

The Tactical Tetrahedron™ (TT)

Carbon Coherence™

 The hidden threat that most companies are accelerating without realizing it — and the diagnostic lens we use to identify and prevent systemic breakdown. .

Carbon Coherence™

Life Cycle → Use Cycle™

Carbon Coherence™

 A crucial shift beyond “decarbonization.”
Carbon is not the enemy; incoherent carbon is.
We identify how to restore carbon to its proper forms and places. 

Life Cycle → Use Cycle™

Life Cycle → Use Cycle™

Life Cycle → Use Cycle™

 Living things have life cycles.
Products, materials, and human-made systems have use cycles.
This semantic correction changes design, policy, strategy, and innovation. 

What We Do

 We help leaders:   

  • Strengthen resilience
  • Unlock profitable innovation
  • Eliminate system fragility
  • Reduce exposure to Vitacide Risk™
  • Build regenerative, future-proof enterprises
  • Bring coherence to brand, product, and business models
  • Align operations with Nature’s operating principles
     

We do this through:

  • Diagnostics 
  • Executive advisory
  • Workshops
  • Keynotes
  • Framework integration
  • Board briefings
  • Private strategic counsel

Everything we do is grounded in Nature’s operating system — translated into business reality.

Leadership

Kenneth Alston — Co-Founder & Chief Architect

Kevin De Cuba — Co-Founder, Circularity Edge & Americas Lead

Kevin De Cuba — Co-Founder, Circularity Edge & Americas Lead

Ken Alston is one of the longest-practicing sustainability strategists in the world.


Milestones include:

  • Founded one of the first corporate sustainability departments in the U.S. (1992)
  • CEO of McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC)
  • Employee #2 at GreenBlue and co-creator of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition
  • Directed the formation of the first Cradle to Cradle Product Certification (Version 1.0)
  • Senior Advisor to CEPA and founding speaker at all CEFA forums
  • U.S. State Department Envoy (Earth Week Germany Tour)
  • Author of Real Circularity™
  • Creator of DLN™, TT™, Vitacide Risk™, Carbon Coherence™, Use-Cycle Logic™
  • Host of the Circularity Catalyst Podcast
  • Advisor to governments, universities, and global organizations
     

 Ken’s work has influenced thousands of leaders across the Americas, Europe, and beyond. 


His mission:


To restore the true meaning of sustainability and equip leaders with the frameworks needed to sustain life — and business — for generations.

Kevin De Cuba — Co-Founder, Circularity Edge & Americas Lead

Kevin De Cuba — Co-Founder, Circularity Edge & Americas Lead

Kevin De Cuba — Co-Founder, Circularity Edge & Americas Lead

 Kevin De Cuba is a long-time collaborator and trusted partner in bringing Circularity Edge’s mission to the Americas.


Milestones include:

  • Director of Sustainability, Organization of American States, Washington, DC.
  • Founder of the Circular Economy Platform of the Americas (CEPA)
  • Co-creator and host of the Circular Economy Forum of the Americas (CEFA)
  • Key facilitator of circularity adoption across Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Specialist in cross-cultural implementation and regional ecosystem development
  • Connector of governments, businesses, and academic institutions to enable systemic transformation
     

Kevin and Ken have worked together for more than 15 years, beginning when Kevin heard Ken speak at a Chicago conference and sought him out immediately afterward.

Kevin leads Circularity Edge’s impact across Spanish-speaking territories, the Caribbean, and Latin America 


His mission:


 Kevin’s mission is to translate and activate Sovereign Sustainability™ across the Americas, building practical pathways for governments, businesses, universities, and regional ecosystems to adopt true circular, life-supporting systems. 

How to Engage

 

1. Take the Sovereign Sustainability Diagnostic™

 Identify where Vitacide Risk™ is emerging inside your business. 


2. Book a Strategy Call

 For CEOs and founders seeking clarity or strategic guidance.


3. Explore the Frameworks

 Understand the architecture that underpins all of our work. 


4. Invite Ken or Kevin to Speak

 Bring Sovereign Sustainability™ to your leadership team, board, or event. 

 

5. Be a Guest on the Circularity Catalyst Podcast

 Share your journey with an international community of change-makers. 


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Sustainability was never about saving the planet.

It was about sustaining the conditions that allow life — and business —to flourish.  


This is the work of Sovereign Leaders,
This is the work of Circularity Edge.


We help leaders build companies worthy of that responsibility.

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Circularity Edge™,  Design like Nature™, Vitacide Risk™, Sovereign Sustainability™, Carbon Coherence™ and Use-cycle Logic™ are Trademarks of Circularity Edge, LLC 

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