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The Circular Economy
How Can We Make Regenerative Agriculture Work? | The Circular Economy Show

Patrick Holden of the Sustainable Food Trust discusses the economics of regenerative agriculture and the support farmers require during this transition. This video is presented by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity accelerating the shift towards a circular economy through business, learning, and analysis.

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Building a better future: Exploring the circular economy with LEGO bricks

This online learning event, in collaboration with the LEGO Group, challenges students to harness their creativity for a better future. We explore how the circular economy can help reimagine spaces where communities, businesses, and nature can flourish.

Students are encouraged to bring their ideas to life using LEGO bricks.

Regenerating nature in a circular economy

Current extractive and wasteful economic practices are destroying biodiversity and vital ecosystems. This episode explores how a circular economy can tackle these root causes, creating new value and regenerating nature, essential for a thriving future.

Speakers include Patrick Holden (Sustainable Food Trust), Luc Bas (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Felipe Villela (reNature), and Hanneke Faber (Unilever). Powered by Restream.

EPR for Packaging Panel Discussion | The Circular Economy Show

Louise Boyle (The Independent) hosted a panel featuring Matthew Demorais (Unilever), Dr. Maarten Dubois (OECD), Guillermo González (Chile's Ministry of the Environment), and Sara Wingstrand (Ellen MacArthur Foundation). They explored the pivotal momentum around Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging as a cornerstone of the circular economy.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, accelerates the shift to a circular economy through business, learning, and insightful analysis.

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"Once the train of EPR has started, there's no returning." | EPR for Packaging is Self-Sustaining

Dr. Maarten Dubios (OECD) and Louise Boyle (The Independent) discussed Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging. They highlighted EPR as a self-sustaining funding mechanism for a circular economy, with Dubios stating, "Once the train of EPR has started, there's no returning."

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, accelerates the circular economy transition through business, learning, and insights. Subscribe for more insightful videos on our YouTube channel. Find out more about our work and follow us online at ellenmacarthurfoundation.org.

Shifting The System | Summit 21 | Day 3 Highlights

This session from Summit 21 (June 2021) highlighted efforts to shift towards a circular economy. It featured discussions with prominent figures including Brunswick Group's Lucy Parker, UCL's Marianna Mazzucato, Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey, and Sitra's Jyrki Katainen. Experts also explored materials and sustainability with speakers from Universidad de Santiago de Chile, MIT, and the University of Toronto.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, accelerates the transition to a circular economy through business, learning, and insights.

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Why EPR for Packaging Now? | Panel Discussion with Unilever, The Chilean Government, OECD

A panel discussion, hosted by Louise Boyle (The Independent), explored the critical role of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging. Experts from Unilever, OECD, Chile's Ministry of the Environment, and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation discussed how EPR is vital for a circular economy, which aims to eliminate unnecessary packaging, innovate new solutions, and circulate all used materials.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, accelerates the transition to a circular economy through business, learning, and insights. Subscribe for more videos: YouTube. Explore their work at ellenmacarthurfoundation.org and connect on social media: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn.

Growth in a circular economy | Summit 21 | Day 2 Highlights

Summit 21's second session, live-streamed in June 2021, explored growth in a circular economy. Discussions featured Dame Ellen MacArthur, Wolfgang Blau, Chile’s Environment Minister Carolina Schmidt, and a panel on circular economy investment with leaders from Morgan Stanley and BlackRock. H&M also shared insights on redesigning global supply chains for sustainable, inclusive growth.

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Extend Producer Responsibility for Packaging | The Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Packaging waste and pollution necessitate a circular economy. This involves eliminating unnecessary packaging, innovating new solutions, and circulating materials to keep them in the economy and out of the environment. This video explains Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging, a crucial element for achieving this goal.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, works to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy through business, learning, and insights.

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Fix the economy, fix the climate | Summit 21 | Day 1 Highlights

Summit 21, live-streamed in June 2021, highlighted how the circular economy can tackle climate change. This first session featured discussions with Dame Ellen MacArthur, Christiana Figueres, Felipe Villela (ReNature), Mark Schneider (Nestlé), and Hanneke Faber (Unilever).

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, accelerates the transition to a circular economy through business, learning, insights, and communications. Explore our climate change initiatives here and subscribe for more insightful videos.

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Design leaders: what does Circular Design mean to them?

Circular design is crucial for transitioning to a circular economy, offering a chance to rethink product creation and system design. This episode, powered by Restream, explores who is leading this vital shift.

Join Anne Ascensio, Head of Design at Dassault Systemes, and Sean Carney, Chief Design Officer at Philips. Anne will share lessons from large companies and advice for young designers, while Sean will define circular design and showcase Philips' journey to circularity.

What do designers need to know about the circular economy? | Ellen MacArthur Foundation

At Summit 2019, IDEO CEO Tim Brown and Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs discussed the circular economy's vital role in the design community. This video is brought to you by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity dedicated to accelerating the transition to a circular economy through business, learning, and communication.

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How Volvo cars is focusing on climate change and circular economy | The Circular Economy Show

James Lundstrom of Volvo Cars discusses the company's focus on climate change, the circular economy, and future sustainability goals.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, accelerates the transition to a circular economy through business, learning, and insights.

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How MUD Jeans is tackling the fashion industry's waste problem | The Circular Economy Show

The fashion industry is one of the most polluting globally. Laura Vicaria discusses how MUD Jeans addresses climate change through its circular business model and strategies.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, accelerates the transition to a circular economy via business, learning, and insights. Subscribe for more videos on their YouTube channel. Learn more about their work and connect online: Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn.

Tackling climate change through the circular economy | The Circular Economy Show Highlights

As companies increasingly focus on reducing emissions and environmental impact, our May 11th episode of The Circular Economy Show explored how circular economy practices can help meet climate targets.

The episode featured insights from Project Drawdown, MUD Jeans, and Volvo Cars, highlighting circular economy solutions to tackle climate change.

For more, watch the full episode. Explore more on circular economy and climate change, find additional episodes, or learn more about our work.

Laura Vicaria from MUD jeans on their circular business model | The Circular Economy Show

Laura Vicaria, CSR Manager at MUD Jeans, discusses their circular business model, highlighting how leasing jeans offers customers a new way to reduce environmental impact.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, accelerates the transition to a circular economy through business, learning, insights, and communications.

Subscribe for more videos on their YouTube channel. Learn more about their work and connect via their website, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Dame Ellen MacArthur on the circular economy and climate change | The Circular Economy Show

Dame Ellen MacArthur explains how a circular economy works and its role in tackling climate change. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity, accelerates this transition through business, learning, and insights.

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Joining the dots: climate change and the circular economy

This episode of The Circular Economy Show explores how circular economy practices help companies achieve their climate targets. As organizations increasingly focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, understanding innovative solutions is crucial.

We feature Chad Frischmann from Project Drawdown, discussing climate solutions beyond renewable energy, encompassing broader social, technological, and economic transformations. Also joining us are Laura Vicaria from MUD Jeans, sharing their circular business model, and James Lundström from Volvo Cars, detailing the automotive manufacturer's circular economy approaches to climate impact. Powered by Restream.

The business models that make the circular economy work | The Circular Economy Show Highlights

The textiles industry's linear "take-make-waste" model has a significant environmental impact. To counter this, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation proposes universal circular economy policy goals. A key objective is to "make the economics work," fostering circular business models (resale, rental, repair) through incentives and regulations to make them the norm.

An April 27th episode explored how policy can enable this transition in fashion and textiles. Experts from the European Commission, European Environment Agency, and Swedish EPA shared perspectives on increasing circular business model adoption.

Watch the full episode, learn more about the Universal Policy Goals, or explore more episodes and our work.

Upstream what? Solutions to plastic pollution

Just as you'd stop a flood's source before mopping, tackling problems "upstream" means addressing their root cause. In a circular economy, upstream innovation prevents issues like waste from ever occurring.

This approach offers significant benefits. For instance, shifting 20% of plastic packaging to reuse represents a $10 billion opportunity, benefiting both the environment and economy.

Explore cutting-edge upstream innovations combating plastic pollution. We'll feature Apeel, extending produce life without single-use plastic, and Enviu, sharing reuse projects from Indonesia to the Netherlands.

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The Thinking Game | Full documentary | Tribeca Film Festival official selection

“The Thinking Game” is the inside story of DeepMind's groundbreaking AI research, culminating in the Nobel Prize-winning AlphaFold breakthrough. Filmed over five years by the award-winning team behind "AlphaGo," this documentary explores co-founder Demis Hassabis's lifelong pursuit of artificial general intelligence and the rigorous scientific journey from mastering strategy games to solving the 50-year-old protein folding problem.

Following its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival, "The Thinking Game" is now available to watch for free. For those interested in hosting a screening for a classroom, community, or workplace, visit: rocofilms.com/films/the-thinking-game/.

 

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The Thinking Game | Full documentary | Tribeca Film Festival official selection