Zaid Hassan's talk challenges traditional economic change, advocating for societal experiments over rigid plans. This perspective aligns with discussions at the 2018 Summit in London, which explored big ideas, digital technologies, and disruptive realities reshaping our economy.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a UK charity launched in 2010 by Ellen MacArthur, accelerates the transition to a circular economy. A global thought leader, it places this agenda before decision-makers across business, government, and academia.

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The DIF team streamed the Foundation's 2018 Circular Economy Summit on June 21st. This flagship event explored how the digital revolution can make the circular economy a reality, addressing the question: "How do we reinvent today's systems for tomorrow?" The Summit featured a mix of storytelling, conversation, and exhibition.

Watch quick highlights from the stage and studio. Full recordings will be distributed on our YouTube and social media channels, offering further insights into designing future-fit systems.

Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone advocates for capitalism, asserting it as the optimal economic model. He champions the "rising tide lifts all boats" principle, acknowledging capitalism's downsides but highlighting its capacity to elevate individuals. Langone points to 3,000 Home Depot employees who started in entry-level positions and became millionaires.

Langone co-founded The Home Depot in 1978 with Arthur Blank, Bernard Marcus, Pat Farrah, and Ron Brill. The company has since grown into a multibillion-dollar enterprise. For further details, visit BigThink.com.

Anna Rosling Rönnlund's project explores daily life globally, from brushing teeth in Sweden to making beds in Rwanda. She sent photographers to 264 homes in 50 countries, documenting items like stoves, beds, and toys across all income levels.

This initiative uses data visualization to reveal diverse living conditions worldwide. Rosling Rönnlund demonstrates how families live, from Latvia to Peru, fostering a better understanding of our interconnected world.

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Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett's *The Spirit Level* demonstrated how less equal societies perform worse across various social measures, including health, education, and wellbeing. This work significantly heightened public awareness of inequality's impacts.

Their subsequent book, *The Inner Level*, argues that societies built on fundamental equality, sharing, and reciprocity foster greater wellbeing. It contrasts these with societies driven by excessive individualism and aggression, offering new perspectives on how we should organize our collective lives.

Ellen Franconi from the Rocky Mountain Institute explores integrated energy, mobility, and built environment systems. Her detailed insights are featured in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's latest publication, "A New Dynamic 2: Effective systems in a circular economy."

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Dirk Helbing discusses system design, a theme he explores in a chapter of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's new publication, "A New Dynamic 2: Effective systems in a circular economy." This book offers insights into effective systems for a circular economy.

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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a UK charity dedicated to accelerating the transition towards a circular economy. They achieve this through work in business, learning, insights & analysis, and communications. Discover more about their initiatives at ellenmacarthurfoundation.org.

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This short animated film, created by Christiane Dorion for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, introduces children to the circular economy. It explains how products can be designed for endless reuse, mimicking natural cycles and eliminating waste.

The animation is based on Dorion's book, 'How we Make Stuff'.

Download accompanying teaching resources here.

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An exciting opportunity awaits to join the 2016 program. Learn more and apply at: ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/programmes/education/schmidt-macarthur-fellowship

Applications are now open for the 2017 Schmidt MacArthur Fellowship.

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Michael Pawlyn contributes a detailed chapter to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's latest publication, "A New Dynamic 2: Effective systems in a circular economy."

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Discover UCL Professor Michael Batty's fascinating data visualization and his vision for future cities. His insights are featured in a chapter of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's latest publication, "A New Dynamic 2: Effective systems in a circular economy."

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Ken Webster highlights the significant challenge of establishing the right enabling conditions for a circular economy. He explores this topic, particularly concerning the performance economy, in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's latest publication: "A New Dynamic 2: Effective systems in a circular economy."

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Amcor CEO Ron Delia supported the New Plastics Economy's $2M Innovation Prize, a 2017 initiative in collaboration with OpenIDEO and NineSigma.

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In her TEDxSantaCruz speech, Dr. Riane Eisler proposes four actions to transform economics. A distinguished social scientist, attorney, and author, Dr. Eisler's work on cultural transformation has influenced fields from history to education.

As President of the Center for Partnership Studies, she champions peace, sustainability, and economic equity. Her pioneering human rights work expanded international focus to include women and children. Dr. Eisler's book, *The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics*, advocates for an economic model that values caring for people and nature.

The $2M New Plastics Economy Innovation Prize challenged designers, entrepreneurs, academics, and scientists to rethink the plastics system and eliminate packaging waste.

Meet the winners and follow their progress throughout 2018 here: tiny.cc/innovationprize.

EU Commissioner for Environment, Karmenu Vella, has endorsed the New Plastics Economy's $2M Innovation Prize. This initiative, run in 2016 with OpenIDEO and NineSigma, aims to foster solutions for plastic waste.

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Former US Secretary of State John Kerry endorses the New Plastics Economy's $2M Innovation Prize. This initiative, launched in 2016, was a collaboration with OpenIDEO and NineSigma.

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