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22: Kate Raworth: Doughnut economics and thriving in balance

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The Importance of a Circular Economy

We are going to face huge pressures on resource use, if we want to decarbonize and switch to batteries. I'm talking about let's prepare for that now. Let's take away the growth dependency. Let's create a circular economy that brings jobs back into the UK. It would be smaller than what we currently spend on our government. That means health, education and a lot of other things simply couldn't be funded. The most catastrophic consequences on individual lives sincerely will come from the breakdown of the living world. So that is the real disruption that I believe we need to avoid.

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