Explaining Planned Obsolescence & How Circular Economy is the Way Forward

From businesses to governments to international institutions, many of the world's leading and largest organisations have announced targets and strategies to transition towards the circular economy. But what exactly is the circular economy? How do you do it? And what does it mean for you?

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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation was launched in 2010 to accelerate the transition to a circular economy by world record breaking sailor Ellen MacArthur. Since its creation the charity has emerged as a global thought leader, establishing the circular economy on the agenda of decision makers across business, government and academia. With the support of its Core Philanthropic Partners SUN, MAVA and People's Postcode Lottery and Knowledge Partners Arup, IDEO, McKinsey & Company and SYSTEMIQ.
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[NiMi]

Such informative topics to discuss for a full hour; please mic the speakers better next time :)

[emmakoch]

looping biological waste, reversible technical waste
enhancing natural systems instead of opposing them

i want circular systems within the home, in support of household sufficiency
it means insourcing supplies and improving the vitality of system components

regluating for the repairability of appliances stimulates community level markets for components; improving cross source compatability and durability.
this creates secure local supply within the maker movement for household manufacture.
this could be residential fabrication and assembly of household appliances;
communications and transport, as well as eco technology for natural resource management

mid level civic infrastructure that links the micro level household to macro level governance and industry can be natural and cultural; mandatory rain catchment, treatment and storage tanks for subdivision; neighbourhood solar batteries, and local sharing economies for our soil based production systems could provide household remuneration through regulatory incentivisation tiers, and mobilise volunteer and home based workforces. community centres with psychosocial support can coordinate universal basic services within walkable communties, act as an implementing partner for regulations and programs, and provide inclusion in local governance. this builds resilience as sufficiency at the community level

at the national level, onshore processing capacity can match consumption. micro level analysis of household economies can create absolute value, and generate savings by reducing risks that express as economic costs; from poor individual outcomes to expenditure on health and justice. identifying risks allows us to contemporalise future costs when risks express as accumulating limits. disputes are our primary instrument for identifying risk; through experience of harm. when we identify risk, disincentivisation can be directed to finance incentivisation, and stimulate the infinite growth of ingenuity; or successive innovation not expansive innovation; realisations and novelty. metrics can be developed to capture this rate of progress; productivity and efficiency.

removing barriers to action faciltates the drive of natural expectations; to build social connectedness and achieve competence as a maker and a leader, not a consumer.

because a limit is a risk; a risk is a cost, and a cost is a fund for investment in innovation.

[lifeofnoemidi]

good talk! can you type here me the name of those headphones please? I use so many and it upsets me