Thought leaders, innovators and representatives of New York, London, and São Paulo, the three partner cities in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Food initiative, explore the important role of cities

Thought leaders, innovators and representatives of New York, London, and São Paulo, the three partner cities in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Food initiative, explore the important role of cities in catalysing the transition to a circular economy for food.

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Jeannette loves setting up circular systems that save resources in our everyday lives, and that makes it easy to integrate environmentally positive individual behaviours without thinking too much

Jeannette loves setting up circular systems that save resources in our everyday lives, and that makes it easy to integrate environmentally positive individual behaviours without thinking too much about it. She has been researching reusable packaging solutions in the food and beverage industry for almost 10 years. Her aim: To banish disposable packaging from our lives. In 2014, she tested the feasibility of a public Takeaway reusable circulation system. After a successful test phase, she launched the reCIRCLE network in 2016, with almost 1’000 partner restaurants to date. reCIRCLE now replaces around 50’000 disposable containers per day. Jeannette comes from the hotel and tourism industry, took further training in marketing and event management and completed her master's degree in environmental technology and -management in 2015. She is convinced that reusable systems could be implemented in many other industries, such as shipping or cosmetics or many more. Reuse with joy and do away with throw away! -- Thank you for watching this video. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a UK charity working on business, learning, insight & analysis, and communications to accelerate the transition towards the circular economy. #circulareconomy — ► Subscribe to our channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/made2bemadeagain — We love your comments and feedback, so please share here. Don't forget that if you do like our videos, you can click the "like" button as well as sharing with your colleagues and friends. — Find out more about our work here: www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org — The Ellen MacArthur Foundation was launched in 2010 to accelerate the transition to a circular economy by world record breaking sailor Ellen MacArthur. Since its creation the charity has emerged as a global thought leader, establishing the circular economy on the agenda of decision makers across business, government and academia. With the support of its Core Philanthropic Partners SUN, MAVA and People's Postcode Lottery and Knowledge Partners Arup, IDEO, McKinsey & Company and SYSTEMIQ. — Follow us online on these channels: Instagram: http://instagram.com/ellenmacarthurfoundation Facebook: http://facebook.com/EllenMacArthurFoundation LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ellenmacarthurfoundation Website: https:/www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/circulareconomy Medium: http://medium.com/circulatenews

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After serving as an Environmental Protection Extension Agent teaching farming and environmental education in Africa for two years in the Peace Corps, Nathan found that his passion was in living close to the Earth and in a community where it truly takes a village to move through life well.  

In 2010 in collaboration with Matt Brown, Benjamin Green and Bobbie Brown, Nathan formed Food Waves focusing on producing organic food for the local Portland, Oregon market, they see their mission growing farmers in a movement they call small acre stewardship.

Food|Waves promotes sustainable agriculture as a long-term solution to major environmental issues facing the overall health of the world’s soil, water and people. Our aim is to develop future farmers by providing the technical and financial support necessary to learn how to grow organic food for local consumers.

Videotaped July 2, 2011 by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv, voices of sustainability with music by Benjamin Bogosian. 

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Pioneers Lester Brown,

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