In this episode, Rudo Nondo, a creative design practitioner and Fashion Revolution's acting Managing Director, shares how her Zimbabwean upbringing shaped her clothing philosophy. She discusses her passion for circular design in fashion.

Learn more about Rudo Nondo in the Foundation’s Fashion Book. You can also watch her Circular Economy Show episode.

To shift from a linear 'take-make-waste' economy to a circular design, we must support natural processes and allow nature to thrive. Our focus should move beyond simply doing less harm to actively improving the environment.

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Revisit our "Redesigning Food" series to explore a circular food economy. Discover how innovators are scaling solutions to feed a growing population, ensuring a better way to produce our food.

The Big Food Redesign Challenge has entered its production phase. Successful participants are now turning product designs into reality, aiming to bring them to market with supportive retail partners. Learn more about the Big Food Redesign Challenge.

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The circular economy ensures materials stay in use, eliminating waste and pollution while regenerating nature. This approach keeps finite resources within the economy and safely returns biodegradable materials to the earth.

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This episode explores how optimism and creativity can drive the transition to a circular economy. Host Ellen MacArthur and Emma Chow welcome model, actress, and activist Lily Cole, who shares her journey from fashion to environmental advocacy.

They discuss progress towards a circular economy, highlighting the crucial role of collaboration among businesses, citizens, and policymakers. Tune in to explore the possibilities and challenges of building a more circular world.

Our current economy operates on a "take-make-waste" model, extracting raw materials, producing goods, and then discarding them. A circular economy offers a sustainable alternative, redesigning systems for the benefit of people, nature, and businesses.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, an international charity, champions this circular economy. Driven by design, it aims to eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials, and regenerate nature.

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A circular business model prioritizes renting, reusing, and repairing existing items over producing new ones. Discover how ACS Clothing successfully integrates these models in our video.

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This episode explores designing products for extended life through repair, shifting focus from disposable items to those built for repairability. We delve into the potential for third-party repairs to thrive, featuring insights from Conny Bakker, Professor of Design Methodology for Sustainability and Circular Economy at TU Delft, and Sojo’s co-founder Josephine Phillips. Both advocate for repair playing a greater role in our economy.

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A circular business model prioritizes the rental, reuse, and repair of existing items over new production. Watch the full video to see how ACS Clothing integrates these principles.

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This episode explores how to transition to an economic system that regenerates nature. We feature three companies developing materials that work in harmony with our environment, examining how their innovations can be scaled.

Materiom co-founder Liz Corbin discussed this topic with fellow co-founder Alysia Garmulewicz, Julia Marsh (Sway), and Ehab Sayed (Biohm) at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Innovation Day in 2022.

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Julie Hjort envisions an irresistible circular society, emphasizing how design shapes our world. Her vision highlights using imagination to create a future where design eliminates waste and pollution.

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This week's episode explores the third principle of a circular economy: 'regenerating nature,' focusing on its application in the fashion industry. Guest Josie Warden, former Head of Regenerative Design at the RSA, discusses how circular design can create a fashion industry that thrives in harmony with nature.

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The European Commission is proposing mandatory, harmonized Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) across the textiles industry, offering significant economic and environmental benefits. Watch Valérie Boiten from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Danielle Kent from the Australian Fashion Council discuss how Australia implements EPR in fashion.

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In this episode of Circling Back, Christiana Figueres and Ellen MacArthur explore how circular thinking addresses climate change and drives decarbonization, emphasizing the need for optimism. If you find this conversation insightful, please leave a review to help spread positive change.

For more on recent climate developments, our Climate Lead, Miranda Schnitger, summarizes COP28 outcomes in her latest editorial: COP28: Key takeaways.

Welcome back to the Circular Economy Show! This year, we're revisiting our most exciting conversations with leading thinkers in technology, fashion, material design, and climate.

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As the 2024 World Economic Forum commences, we reflect on Ellen MacArthur's 2023 participation, where she presented a vision for energy to mitigate societal and planetary risks. Her international charity, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, champions a circular economy model. This design-driven approach eliminates waste and pollution, circulates products and materials, and regenerates nature.

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This year, the Circular Economy Show Podcast explored diverse industries, from farming and fashion to policy and plastics. This episode highlights our favorite moments from 2023, showcasing key insights from experts across various fields.

Thank you for joining us. We'll return in 2024 with more circular economy stories. Contact us at podcast@emf.org.

Listen to highlights from 2023, including episodes on growing buildings, seaweed packaging, food production, art for change, sustainable technology use, and preloved fashion in Latin America.

Without a significant shift to reuse, global virgin plastic use in packaging will not decrease before 2050. Dilyana Mihaylova will discuss how a reuse revolution can tackle plastic pollution, reduce pressure on natural resources, and advance net-zero goals.

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In the final episode of our fashion series, we meet Patrick McDowell, a pioneering British high-end designer based in London. He discusses his journey and vision for the fashion industry, emphasizing his commitment to circular design since the start of his career.

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View Patrick's collection for Rambert Dance Company: A Tragedy of Fashion

The Global Commitment has demonstrated significant progress in tackling plastic waste and pollution, yet challenges remain. Plastics Initiative Lead Sander Defruyt reflects on five years of the Global Commitment, a collaboration between the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the UN Environment Programme. Watch to discover key lessons and pivotal hurdles.

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