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We reflect on the last nine episodes, drawing out some themes we can learn from. Plus, there is a further conversation with Geoff van Sonsbeeck of womenswear brand Baukjen, in which we discuss packaging.
The wonders of online communication mean we’ve been to the United States, Jordan, Uganda, Canada and Ghana in the last nine episodes. We’ve talked to a start-up looking for funding, two social enterprises, two charities, a community cooperative, and several businesses that have been growing for 15-20 years.
If we look at the circular economy strategies of these organisations: five are helping to ‘Close the Loop and Regenerate’, two are ‘Slowing the Flow’ of materials through more durable, circular designs, and two are ‘Intensifying the Flow’ through sharing services.
To read a summary of those circular economy strategies with a simple diagram, go to the Resources section of the Rethink Global website and read our article: What is the circular economy
We’ll also look at how these different organisations are creating value for different groups – for their customers, suppliers, employees, communities – and for our planet.
Podcast host Catherine Weetman helps businesses use circular, regenerative and fair solutions to do better, with less.
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Read on for more on our guest and links to the people, organisations and other resources we mention.
Links we mention in the episode:
- Book: https://www.rethinkglobal.info/circular-economy-handbook/
- Article: What is the circular economy https://www.rethinkglobal.info/what-is-the-circular-economy/
- Catherine’s blog: Why ‘semi-circular’ strategies are a sustainable step forward https://www.rethinkglobal.info/semi-circular-strategies/
- Catherine’s blog: Fashion: from fast and forgettable to slow and sustainable – why purpose-driven brands like Baukjen and Isabella Oliver are choosing circular strategies https://www.rethinkglobal.info/fast-forgettable-to-slow-sustainable-circular-fashion/
- Catherine’s blog on social entrepreneurs in Africa – Transforming plastic waste into social value https://www.rethinkglobal.info/plastic-waste-social-value-africa/
- Close the Loop closetheloopusa.com
- Bassam Huneidi – website https://www.bassamhuneidi.com/ and The Argeileh Project https://www.bassamhuneidi.com/tap-1
- Bassam Huneidi on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/bassamhuneidi/
- EcoBrixs https://www.ecobrixs.org/
- Circular Computing https://circularcomputing.com
- Circular Computing on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/circular-computing/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CircularIT/ Twitter https://twitter.com/CircularIT YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTMeej5BHhcgxeyPXar_Vww
- Steve Haskew on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-haskew-4732731a/
- Geoff van Sonsbeeck on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffvansonsbeeck/
- Baukjen https://www.baukjen.com/
- Isabella Oliver https://www.isabellaoliver.com/
- Social media https://www.facebook.com/Baukjen/ https://www.facebook.com/IsabellaOliverMaternity/
- Lil Packaging Lilpackaging.com
- B Corporation https://bcorporation.net/
- Katie Briggs on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-briggs-83aaa77a/
- The Textile Review https://www.thetextilereview.com/
- The Textile Review on Instagram @textile.review
- Chris Hellawell on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-hellawell-7284475a/
- Edinburgh Tool Library website https://edinburghtoollibrary.org.uk/
- Chris Diplock: Info@thethingery.com
- The Thingery http://thethingery.com/
- Mabel Suglo on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn with Mabel Suglo.
- Also on twitter @SugloMabel1
- Dignified Wear on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dignifiedwear/
- Dignified Wear on Facebook https://web.facebook.com/DignifiedWear/
- ING International Survey – consumer attitudes towards the circular economy (November 2019)
If you’re new to the circular economy, you might like the ‘getting started’ playlist. There’s also an interactive podcast index, making it easy to find episodes on each of the key circular economy strategies or for a specific market sector. And to dig deeper, please check out Catherine’s award-winning A Circular Economy Handbook, published by Kogan Page.
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