The Circular Economy Show Podcast

Resource flow analysis in cities relies mostly on quantitative methods which often overlook informal sector activities. However, informal actors provide vital services in African cities, and must be part of our future imaginaries of cities. The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing challenges for this sector such as access to food and limitations to transport and infrastructure. To achieve urban resilience, food-, water- and energy-security, and successful decision making, we need to include analysis methods that bring to light hidden resource flows in our cities.  In the final episode of the current series we are joined by experts from ICLEI Africa, Solophina Nekesa, Professional Officer with the Urban Systems team  and Paul Currie, Manager of the Urban Systems Unit. We’ll explore how photography and storytelling can complement quantitative understanding of livelihoods, resources, and infrastructures in cities from across Africa. To view the Hidden Flows exhibition discussed in the episode, visit https://www.thenatureofcities.com/hidden-flows-rise-africa/

Do we really understand the economy? Do we truly know how money works? Join us in this episode as Stephanie Kelton discusses the role of Modern Monetary Theory in shifting common misconceptions around government deficits. We tend to associate deficits with negative connotations such as rising taxes and destabilisers of the economy. However, is this the result of the deficit itself or rather the decision making of governments? Is it possible to shift our use of government deficits towards boosting job creation, driving innovation, and propelling us towards an economy of regeneration and restoration; a circular economy?The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a UK charity working on business, learning, insights & analysis, and communications to accelerate the transition towards the circular economy. Find out more about our work here: www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.orgMore about our work on design here.-Follow us online on these channels: Instagram: www.instagram.com/ellenmacarthurfoundation/Facebook: www.facebook.com/EllenMacArthurFoundation/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ellen-macarthur-foundation/YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/made2bemadeagainFundación Ellen MacArthur (Spanish): https://www.facebook.com/FundacionEll...Fundação Ellen MacArthur (Portuguese): https://www.facebook.com/FundacaoElle...

Design has the power to enable systemic change at individual, business and community levels. Join us for this episode as we hear from Malin Nordin, Head of Circular Business Development at Inter IKEA Group, on the ability of large organisations to scale up the circular economy through designing affordable furniture. We will be discussing how the circular economy can shift the perception that ‘affordable’ means cheap and poorly made, to one that gives rise to quality design. We will also hear from Emily Pilloton, founder of Girls Garage. Emily promotes design with inclusivity, encouraging economic development for all with emphasis on the importance of exercising voice and power, bringing communities together. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a UK charity working on business, learning, insights & analysis, and communications to accelerate the transition towards the circular economy. Find out more about our work here: www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.orgMore about our work on design here.-Follow us online on these channels: Instagram: www.instagram.com/ellenmacarthurfoundation/Facebook: www.facebook.com/EllenMacArthurFoundation/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ellen-macarthur-foundation/YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/made2bemadeagainFundación Ellen MacArthur (Spanish): https://www.facebook.com/FundacionEll...Fundação Ellen MacArthur (Portuguese): https://www.facebook.com/FundacaoElle...

We need alternative ways of economic thinking to solve our current challenges. Is it possible to include both people’s wellbeing and planetary boundaries whilst striving for a thriving economy? Kate Raworth, the author of Doughnut Economics: 7 ways to think like a 21st-century economist, will be joining us to discuss the framework's role in shaping circular economy policies and business practices at city level. From Europe to Costa Rica, countries and cities around the world are reaching out to align their development strategies with it. To demonstrate, we will draw upon insights from Amsterdam, a city that recently implemented and published their Doughnut City Portrait during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a UK charity working on business, learning, insights & analysis, and communications to accelerate the transition towards the circular economy. Find out more about our work here: www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.orgMore on C-19 economic recovery: https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/our-work/activities/covid-19-Follow us online on these channels: Instagram: www.instagram.com/ellenmacarthurfoundation/Facebook: www.facebook.com/EllenMacArthurFoundation/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ellen-macarthur-foundation/YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/made2bemadeagainFundación Ellen MacArthur (Spanish): https://www.facebook.com/FundacionEll...Fundação Ellen MacArthur (Portuguese): https://www.facebook.com/FundacaoElle...

In this episode, we will discuss the opportunities for financing the circular economy. We will look at the recent rapid growth in circular economy financing, and showcase examples of how the financial services sector is seizing the opportunities of the circular economy. Join us and expert guest speakers to explore actions that the financial services sector, businesses and policymakers can take to further scale financing for the circular economy and for more key insights from our recent paper, ‘Financing the circular economy: capturing the opportunity’.-----Thank you for listening to this podcast. This show was recorded and streamed live on our YouTube channel and social networks on the 27th October 2020. We are pleased to offer the episode repackaged as a podcast for you to enjoy. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a UK charity working on business, learning, insights & analysis, and communications to accelerate the transition towards the circular economy. Find out more about our work here: www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org-Follow us online on these channels: Instagram: www.instagram.com/ellenmacarthurfoundation/Facebook: www.facebook.com/EllenMacArthurFoundation/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ellen-macarthur-foundation/YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/made2bemadeagainFundación Ellen MacArthur (Spanish): https://www.facebook.com/FundacionEll...Fundação Ellen MacArthur (Portuguese): https://www.facebook.com/FundacaoElle...

Janez Potočnik was European Commissioner for Environment from 2009 until 2014, and during his tenure initiated the European Resource Efficiency Platform, which resulted in the adoption of the first European Circular Economy Package. He currently acts as co-chair of the International Resource Panel (IRP) and serves as a special advisor on sustainability to European Commissioner for the Environment & Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius. In this episode, we will be looking back on almost 10 years of European circular economy development, asking Janez what fundamentals of the economy need to be challenged to reach scale... and what mechanisms or governance models need to be leveraged in the process.More on C-19 economic recovery: https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/our-work/activities/covid-19Thank you for listening to this podcast. This show was recorded and streamed live on our YouTube channel and social networks on the 20th October 2020. We are pleased to offer the episode repackaged as a podcast for you to enjoy. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a UK charity working on business, learning, insights & analysis, and communications to accelerate the transition towards the circular economy. Find out more about our work here: www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org-Follow us online on these channels: Instagram: www.instagram.com/ellenmacarthurfoundation/Facebook: www.facebook.com/EllenMacArthurFoundation/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ellen-macarthur-foundation/YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/made2bemadeagainFundación Ellen MacArthur (Spanish): https://www.facebook.com/FundacionEll...Fundação Ellen MacArthur (Portuguese): https://www.facebook.com/FundacaoElle...

In this episode, we discuss how cities are measuring their progress towards a circular economy, based upon a recent report by the OECD, what are the different drivers and obstacles that cities face, and how they are overcoming them. Guest speakers are Oriana Romano, OECD Head of Unit for Water Governance and Circular Economy and Janet Ågren, the Deputy Mayor of the City Umea in Sweden, one of the case study cities in the OECD’s report.Thank you for listening to this podcast. This show was recorded and streamed live on our YouTube channel and social networks on the 13th October 2020. We are pleased to offer the episode repackaged as a podcast for you to enjoy. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a UK charity working on business, learning, insights & analysis, and communications to accelerate the transition towards the circular economy. Find out more about our work here: www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org-Follow us online on these channels: Instagram: www.instagram.com/ellenmacarthurfoundation/Facebook: www.facebook.com/EllenMacArthurFoundation/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ellen-macarthur-foundation/YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/made2bemadeagainFundación Ellen MacArthur (Spanish): https://www.facebook.com/FundacionEll...Fundação Ellen MacArthur (Portuguese): https://www.facebook.com/FundacaoElle...

Walter Stahel is globally recognised as one of the key people who first formulated the concept of a circular economy. Amanda Ravenhill is the executive director of the Buckminster Fuller Institute and was the co-founder of Project Drawdown, both focused on solutions that regenerative the earth’s ecosystems and combat climate change. We’ll be asking them about systems change, recent successes and what needs to change.Thank you for listening to this podcast. This show was recorded and streamed live on our YouTube channel and social networks on the 6th October 2020. We are pleased to offer the episode repackaged as a podcast for you to enjoy. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a UK charity working on business, learning, insights & analysis, and communications to accelerate the transition towards the circular economy. Find out more about our work here: www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org-Follow us online on these channels: Instagram: www.instagram.com/ellenmacarthurfoundation/Facebook: www.facebook.com/EllenMacArthurFoundation/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ellen-macarthur-foundation/YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/made2bemadeagainFundación Ellen MacArthur (Spanish): https://www.facebook.com/FundacionEll...Fundação Ellen MacArthur (Portuguese): https://www.facebook.com/FundacaoElle...

In this episode, we will discuss how the circular economy can tackle large scale global challenges. We’ll hear from Nigel Topping, the UK Government’s COP26 High-Level Climate Action Champion, and share examples of circular economy investment opportunities across transport, buildings and much more.Thank you for listening to this podcast. This show was recorded and streamed live on our YouTube channel and social networks on the 29th of September 2020. We are pleased to offer the episode repackaged as a podcast for you to enjoy. To read more about our work on Covid-19 and economic recovery, visit: https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/our-work/activities/covid-19The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a UK charity working on business, learning, insights & analysis, and communications to accelerate the transition towards the circular economy. Find out more about our work here: www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org-Follow us online on these channels: Instagram: www.instagram.com/ellenmacarthurfoundation/Facebook: www.facebook.com/EllenMacArthurFoundation/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ellen-macarthur-foundation/YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/made2bemadeagainWebsite: www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.orgFundación Ellen MacArthur (ES): https://www.facebook.com/FundacionEll...Fundação Ellen MacArthur (PT): https://www.facebook.com/FundacaoElle... 

Global demand for water is exceeding that which is easily accessible. Yet water remains one of the keys to life. Join this session to hear from inspiring innovators from around the world changing the ways that we interact with the world’s most valuable resource, making water more accessible to all. Thank you for listening to this podcast. This show was recorded and streamed live on our YouTube channel and social networks on the 22nd of September 2020. We are pleased to offer the episode repackaged as a podcast for you to enjoy. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a UK charity working on business, learning, insights & analysis, and communications to accelerate the transition towards the circular economy. Find out more about our work here:www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org-Follow us online on these channels: Instagram: www.instagram.com/ellenmacarthurfoundation/Facebook: www.facebook.com/EllenMacArthurFoundation/Fundación Ellen MacArthur (Spanish): https://www.facebook.com/FundacionEll...Fundação Ellen MacArthur (Portuguese): https://www.facebook.com/FundacaoElle...LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ellen-macarthur-foundation/YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/made2bemadeagainWebsite: www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org