People and Society

Which country is leading the circular economy shift?
Which country is winning the race to a circular economy? It’s not something one country can achieve by themselves, but in recent years, certain nations have taken the lead by clearly embarking on major circular economy agendas. The motivations can vary, from creating a more competitive economy or meeting the

What is systems thinking?
The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds.

Get up to speed on circular cities
We speak with one of the authors behind the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s new paper ‘Cities in the circular economy: an initial exploration’

We Know How to Know, but Not How to Learn
What do you want to be when you grow up? How can we answer, when our centuries-old education system prepares us for a job market that existed 50 years ago?

£1m fund for circular economy related manufacturing in Scotland
£1 million of funding is currently available from Zero Waste Scotland for manufacturing businesses aiming to harness and innovate towards realising the significant economic and environmental benefits associated with a circular economy.

Three steps to jumpstart the circular economy
The circular economy is on the rise. The European Union has embraced the concept and corporations around the world are exploring circular business models. But progression is painfully slow. Still, each year, 6.5 million people are dying from air pollution, a third of all food is wasted and 8 million

MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen: ‘to reach a circular economy, disruption is required’
MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen on why the circular economy isn’t just about materials but could offer a path away from populism and towards prosperity.

Book review: Doughnut Economics
Kate Raworth makes good use of the insights from contemporary science – the science of systems – to help our understanding of economics ‘get with the programme’

Indian Circular Economy Symposium 2017
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) will be hosting the inaugural Circular Economy Symposium on 25th– 26th April 2017 in New Delhi.

A story of regeneration and reforestation from Eritrea
Can this project be replicated to breathe life into some of the other 25,000 miles of poor coastal desert around the world?