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Rethinking progress: The Circular economy (video)
A short animation by Ellen MacArthur Foundation explaining what the circular economy is. It explores how by changing our perspective we can redesign how our economy works. It raises the question of how creativity and innovation can be used to build a restorative economy.
Time: 3:48 minutes
Rethinking progress: The Circular economy. Ellen MacArthur Foundation. 2011. Also available from: https://www.youtube.com/.
The Performance Economy (video)
Walter Stahel explains the concept of circularity that is present in the natural world and applies it to the world created by humans through the concept of the performance economy (goods as services).
Circularity is intended to be a more intelligent use of resources that aims to create more from less and replace the current linear economy.
Time: 7:34 minutes
The Performance Economy. Walter Stahel Disruptive Innovation Festival - DIF. 2017. Also available from: https://www.youtube.com/.
Tim Jackson–Economics of a circular economy (video)
An excellent video by Ellen MacArthur Foundation exploring what an economy is for, the issues surrounding a growth-based economy, and the potential advantages of a circular economic model.
Time: 12:39 minutes
Tim Jackson-–Economics of a circular economy. Ellen MacArthur Foundation. 2012. Also available from: https://www.youtube.com/.
Prosperity Without Growth: Foundations for the Economy of Tomorrow (book)
This book openly challenges conventional economics, particularly the pursuit of exponential economic growth. It shows how the economy of tomorrow can be sustainable and still deliver ecological and financial stability.
Jackson, T. 2017. Prosperity without growth: Foundations for the economy of tomorrow. New York, USA. Routledge.
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