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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UN Environment Director Erik Solheim endorsed the New Plastics Economy's $2 million Innovation Prize. This initiative, launched in 2016, was a collaboration with OpenIDEO and NineSigma.

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Danone CEO Emmanuel Faber supports the New Plastics Economy's $2M Innovation Prize. This initiative was launched in 2016 in collaboration with OpenIDEO and NineSigma.

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Veolia CEO Antoine Frerot endorses the New Plastics Economy's $2M Innovation Prize. This initiative, run in 2016 with OpenIDEO and NineSigma, aimed to foster innovation in plastics.

Meet the recently announced winners and follow their progress by visiting the official page: tiny.cc/innovationprize.

Cradle to Cradle pioneer William McDonough emphasizes the importance of the "five goods" concept.

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Laurent Auguste, Veolia's Senior EVP for Development Innovation & Markets, highlights the critical need for a collaborative coalition to reinvent the textiles economy.

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The Circular Fibres report reimagines the clothing and footwear system, identifying new business models, technological innovation, radical collaboration, and rapid acceleration as critical for this transformation.

Jason Kibbey, CEO of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, endorsed the findings of this recent report, titled "A new textiles economy: Redesigning fashion's future."

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Designers are crucial in shaping fashion's future and establishing a new textiles economy through their understanding and participation in a circular economy.

Burak Cakmak, Dean of Fashion at Parsons School of Design, emphasizes this need, particularly highlighting the Circular Fibres Initiative.

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