

The Circular Economy Show Podcast
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation welcomes you to The Circular Economy Show, a podcast about a new way to design, make, and use things, and how we can build an economy that's fit for the 21st century.
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Oct 10, 2023 • 5min
Building landscapes for nature with Arup’s Neil Harwood
To conclude this bite-sized series on regenerative design, in this week’s episode, Neil Harwood, Associate Director at Arup, elaborates on his company’s efforts to deliver nature-positive projects in different parts of the world. We’ll have an insight into their results with A30 in Cornwall and the Sea Wall project in Shenzhen, South China.Arup is a global collective of designers, engineering and sustainability consultants, advisors and experts dedicated to sustainable development, and to using imagination, technology and rigour to shape a better world.Have a look at the projects Neil describes in this podcast episodeLearn more about the work of Arup in developing a circular economy for buildings

Oct 3, 2023 • 4min
Making the case for Biomimicry with Janine Benyus
Janine Benyus, author of Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, discusses the potential of biomimicry in design and construction, including benchmarking biological systems, creating habitats, and promoting sustainability through building and material innovation.

Sep 26, 2023 • 4min
Scaling regenerative design for a circular economy with Nicole Miller
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.

Sep 19, 2023 • 5min
Inspired by nature: Creating a regenerative built environment with Michael Pawlyn
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

Sep 13, 2023 • 6min
Moving towards a regenerative future with Kate Raworth
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.

Sep 5, 2023 • 10min
How is the circular economy gaining momentum in US policy?
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.

Aug 29, 2023 • 11min
Growing ambition in the food system with Unilever and The Sustainable Food Trust
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

Aug 22, 2023 • 16min
Changing the story with Waterbear and WPP
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

Aug 15, 2023 • 16min
Es Devlin on the power of art to inspire change
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

Jun 27, 2023 • 21min
London’s approach to a circular economy for food
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