CRDC’s mission is to create appreciating value from the world’s plastic waste by converting it into RESIN8™, an Eco-Aggregate that improves concrete. Founded in 2018, we currently have operations in Costa Rica, the USA, South Africa, UK, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand, and Samoa.
OUR STORY
CRDC, or Center for Regenerative Design & Collaboration, was born out of a powerful idea – to fully harness the potential of regenerative design.
Our story starts with a small non-profit community outreach program in a fishing village in Costa Rica. Donald Thomson, at the time a local building developer, was on a mission to use donations from resort development to uplift the local community. Seizing the opportunity, he converted two abandoned beach bars into community centers. In time, these centers became to host many projects, ranging from basic education to free classical music lessons to everyone in the area, even establishing a new institution in the process.
Our story starts with a small non-profit community outreach program in a fishing village in Costa Rica. Donald Thomson, at the time a local building developer, was on a mission to use donations from resort development to uplift the local community. Seizing the opportunity, he converted two abandoned beach bars into community centers. In time, these centers became to host many projects, ranging from basic education to free classical music lessons to everyone in the area, even establishing a new institution in the process.
Returning the favor, the children, their teachers, and volunteers from around the world, reciprocated by helping with mangrove restoration and beach cleanups. This reciprocity, and the idea that true circularity involves the repurposing of existing goods, is what inspired CRDC.
CRDC’s current logo design stems from this Mangrove Restore Reforestation Program. The three colored droplets represent the fundamentals of biomimicry. The seed, the leaf, and the water are meant to be symbols for the most basic elements of regeneration.
Today, CRDC is a rapidly scaling international company with operations in Costa Rica, the US, South Africa, the UK, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Samoa. We’re inspired by our mission to create value from the world’s plastic waste, and by our commitment to regenerative design - where the output is greater than the sum of the inputs – which remains at the core of our mission.
To find out more about CRDC Global or to partner with us to help solve the world’s plastic waste crisis, drop us a line or contact us through any of our social media channels!
CRDC’s current logo design stems from this Mangrove Restore Reforestation Program. The three colored droplets represent the fundamentals of biomimicry. The seed, the leaf, and the water are meant to be symbols for the most basic elements of regeneration.
Today, CRDC is a rapidly scaling international company with operations in Costa Rica, the US, South Africa, the UK, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Samoa. We’re inspired by our mission to create value from the world’s plastic waste, and by our commitment to regenerative design - where the output is greater than the sum of the inputs – which remains at the core of our mission.
To find out more about CRDC Global or to partner with us to help solve the world’s plastic waste crisis, drop us a line or contact us through any of our social media channels!
