Why is our linear economylinear economyAn economy in which finite resources are extracted to make products that are used - generally not to their full potential - and then thrown away ('take-make-waste'). so hard to change? In this episode, we’ll explore the challenges in transitioning from our take, make, waste economy to a circular economycircular economyA systems solution framework that tackles global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution. It is based on three principles, driven by design: eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials (at their highest value), and regenerate nature. based on three key principles — eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials, and regenerate nature.
Doing less harm is simply not good enough. Meet BIOHM, the biotechnology startup using mushrooms to create a regenerative built environment
Circular business models for fashion, including resale, rental, repairs, and remaking, could make up 23% of the global fashion market by 2030. Find out how companies including Sojo, The Renewal Workshop, and thredUP are making revenue without making new clothes
Blanket designing shepherd Suzanna Crampton, from Zwartbles Ireland, takes us into the heart of regenerative wool farming and introduces us to her Zwartbles sheep in the Irish countryside of Kilkenny
How can we change our system from take, make, waste to eliminate, circulate, regenerate? We talk to Dr Anna Birney, from the School of System Change, Forum for the Future, to learn more
Streamed on Tuesday, 28th March.
