The Circular Economy Show Podcast

As part of our bite-sized series on regenerative design, this week, we hear from Nicole Miller at Biomimicry 3.8's Project Positive about key ways it can be scaled within companies and communities.Project Positive is a group of change agents dedicated to raising the bar on what acting sustainably means—driven by a sense of urgency to move beyond arbitrary reduction goals to science-based targets and actions that are generous to the ecosystems, employees, and communities we operate. Learn more about how biomimicry can help us develop regenerative built environments.

In this week’s bite-sized episode we hear from Michael Pawlyn, known for his work in biomimetic architecture and innovation. Michael uses nature-inspired design to create fundamentally different results for business, people and the environment in spaces and buildings. Ep 92: Redesigning the future

Kate Raworth, author of the book Doughnut Economics, discusses the urgent need for transformative action in reimagining economics for a sustainable future that provides life's essentials without overshooting environmental boundaries.

In this episode, we hear from Costa Samaras from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, to learn how policy is helping the circular economy to take hold in the USA. Find out more about the role of policy in the circular economy. 

As the brand behind products including Ben and Jerry’s, Hellmann’s and Marmite, Unilever represents an important opportunity to scale a circular economy for food. In this episode, we’ll hear from the company’s Vice President & Managing Director, Eric Soubeiran, about how the business is shifting towards a regenerative and nature-positive approach in the creation of its products. We’ll also hear from The Sustainable Food Trust’s Patrick Holden, who partnered with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to launch the Big Food Redesign Challenge earlier this year. Join the Big Food Redesign ChallengeListen to the Redesigning Food series

How can we use storytelling to get people to move away from the problems of a linear economy to explore the solutions offered by a circular one? In this episode, we’ll hear from Sam Sutaria, chief executive of streaming platform Waterbear, and Hannah Harrison, Chief Sustainability Officer at WPP, about the opportunities around sharing experiences from the circular economy.Visit the Circular Economy Show Podcast back catalogueExplore the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s channel, Full Circle, on Waterbear

When we talk about the circular economy, we often think about the technical aspects of transitioning away from the linear economy. In this episode, the artist Es Devlin talks to curator and author Francesca Gavin about the power of art to inspire change. Find out more about the power of art in driving systems changeLearn more about how art can change the economy for the better

As we heard in our recent Redesigning Food series, our food system needs to be redesigned to help nature and people thrive.In our final episode from London, we meet Julie Brown, Director of Growing Communities, and Danny Fisher from Better Food Shed, about how they’re working to supply Londoners with healthy, regeneratively-produced fruit and vegetables.Find out more about circular economy in cities

One of the biggest challenges facing London is the need to provide housing and infrastructure for the city's residents and workers. To deal with increasing demand, we need our buildings to be designed with the circular economy at their heart.In this episode we’ll hear from Andrea Charlson, ReLondon's former Commercial Manager and Built Environment Lead, and Meanwhile Space’s Executive Director, Eddie Bridgeman, about how they are putting a circular economy approach into action.-Useful linksLearn more about Meanwhile SpaceVisit ReLondon’s websiteFind out more about  the Circular Buildings Coalition and apply for the Blueprint Projects funding programme by 20th July 2023 

Wayne Hubbard, CEO of ReLondon, is on a mission to help Londoners revolutionise their relationship with stuff. His organisation, which is a partnership of the Mayor of London and the London boroughs, is designed to transform the city into a leading low carbon circular economy, and to improve its waste and resource management.In this episode we’ll hear from Wayne and his colleague Ali Moore, ReLondon’s Head of Communications and Behaviour Change, about some of the initiatives they’ve taken to help Londoners engage in a circular economy.Find out more about the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's work with citiesLearn more about ReLondon