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Wednesday, 03 April 2024 – The building and construction industry just received a huge boost towards their efforts to decarbonise their sector. On 08 March 2024, in France, 1,400 participants from 70 countries agreed to the adoption of the Declaration de Chaillot, a foundational document for international cooperation that will enable progress towards a rapid, fair, and effective transition of the sector.
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Sunday, 07 April 2024 – Honing in on Ikea’s business model does not answer the question regarding the application of circular design principles to mass-produced furniture. In fact, are we asking the wrong question? We have been led to believe that decisions made at the design stage influence 80% of a product’s environmental impact. Although that may be true, the fact is that the manufacturing process constrains most designers. By designing for manufacturing, furniture designers can ensure that their creations are not only aesthetically pleasing but also functional, durable, sustainable and cost-effective to produce.
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Circular Economy Asia Inc. has launched a Discord server to encourage broader and more collaborative avenues for circular economy and sustainability professionals, NGOs, SMEs and companies. Currently, there are 30 text channels listed with video and voice channels available. Everyone is welcome to join the Discord server; you do not need to be located in Asia.
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Circular World™ Media
On the 15th of every month, we publish commentary on the circular world around us. Click on the Circular World™ Media link to access or read our publications.
Please note: our Circular World™ Media publications are hosted on Medium
15 February 2024: The New Normal – The End of Green Premiums: In the 2021 book How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, Bill Gates makes the green premium central to his book. Gates defines the green premium as the…Read More…
The Circular Rs & Resource Management
Check out our latest infographic – how our natural resources are the source of everything we buy and use.
Learn about the Circular Rs – download the infographic or visit the Circular Rs page.
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Circular Resources
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Circular Skills
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Circular Supply Chains
Supply chains are the arteries of the Circular Rs.
Skills for the Future
We offer a range of skills training courses to equip people to be part of a circular and sustainable world.
We Are Full of Ideas
Confused about the circular economy? It’s simple. It’s about resource efficiency and resource management because we live in a finite world.
It starts with how we take or extract the natural resources, then design, manufacture and dispose of the products we buy and the services we use. We have the technology, the knowledge and capability to recover the resources we consume. Once recovered several options are available – any one of the Circular Rs or reprocessing. This is beyond recycling! This is the circular economy.