The Ellen MacArthur Foundation welcomes you to The Circular Economy Show, a podcast about a new way to design, make, and use... more
In the last episode of our series sharing some of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's most popular articles, we explore the... more
In part two of our series sharing some of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's most popular articles, we dig deep into... more
In our new three-part series, we’re sharing three of the most popular articles written by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s editorial... more
In this episode, we hear from Rudo Nondo, a creative design practitioner and the acting Managing Director of Fashion Revolution.... more
Is there a better way to produce our food? Today, we circle back to one episode of our award-nominated Redesigning... more
How can optimism and creativity help us transition to a circular economy? In this episode model, actress and activist, Lily... more
What if we could design products to elongate their useful life? In this episode, we delve into the world of... more
How do we shift today’s economic system to one that helps to regenerate nature? In this episode we’ll meet three... more
In this week's episode, we circle back to understand the third principle of a circular economy: 'regenerating nature', and its... more
In this first episode of our Circling Back season, Christiana Figueres and Ellen MacArthur bring us an inspiring conversation about... more
Welcome back to the Circular Economy Show! In our first series of the year, we're circling back to some of... more
This year on the Circular Economy Show Podcast we’ve heard from people working across many different industries, from farming to... more
In the final episode of our fashion series, we go to London to meet Patrick McDowell, a pioneering British high-end... more
In the second episode of our fashion series, we head to Mexico City to meet Troquer’s co-founders, Lucia and Ytzia.... more
Welcome to our new fashion series, where we'll meet three companies working towards a circular economy for fashion. In this... more
In this episode, we hear from Reuben Chorley, Sustainable Industrial Operations Director at Jaguar Land Rover. Together we will dive... more
Time for something a little different in this episode! Join us as we head to Copenhagen to meet Julie Hjort,... more
In this episode, we’ll join Gianmarco, Luigi and Cristina from the Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo to learn how the circular... more
In this week's episode, Sander Defruyt, Plastics Lead at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, reflects on the progress and learnings to... more
Welcome to The Circular Economy Show Podcast. Join the team from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation as each week we explore the... more
In this week’s episode, Jess Mevel travels to Bordeaux, France, to learn how Back Market is working to make refurbished... more
To conclude this bite-sized series on regenerative design, in this week’s episode, Neil Harwood, Associate Director at Arup, elaborates on... more
In the penultimate episode of our bite-sized series on regenerative design, this week we hear from Janine Benyus, author of... more
As part of our bite-sized series on regenerative design, this week, we hear from Nicole Miller at Biomimicry 3.8's Project... more
In this week’s bite-sized episode we hear from Michael Pawlyn, known for his work in biomimetic architecture and innovation. Michael... more
What dynamics prevent us from moving from a linear to a circular economy? In this episode, Kate Raworth, author of... more
In this episode, we hear from Costa Samaras from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, to learn... more
As the brand behind products including Ben and Jerry’s, Hellmann’s and Marmite, Unilever represents an important opportunity to scale a... more
How can we use storytelling to get people to move away from the problems of a linear economy to explore... more
When we talk about the circular economy, we often think about the technical aspects of transitioning away from the linear... more
As we heard in our recent Redesigning Food series, our food system needs to be redesigned to help nature and... more
One of the biggest challenges facing London is the need to provide housing and infrastructure for the city's residents and... more
Wayne Hubbard, CEO of ReLondon, is on a mission to help Londoners revolutionise their relationship with stuff. His organisation, which... more
In this episode, we visit the London Borough of Hackney to find out about the possibilities for a circular economy... more
With the second round of negotiations for a UN treaty to end plastic pollution underway, in this episode we’ll explore... more
Over the last four episodes, we’ve heard how we need to change our food system to one that is nature-positive.... more
What if there were no bad choices in your shopping basket? What if every bite of food had been designed... more
In a circular economy, food ingredients should be diverse, low-impact, upcycled, and produced in a regenerative system. But what does... more
What is regenerative production? And how can farmers help address the damaging effects our industrialised food system has on the... more
Welcome to the first episode of our new series looking at the need to redesign our food system. In the episode,... more
Our current linear food system is failing us. It is the primary driver of biodiversity loss, accounts for a third... more
The current fashion system is broken. Every year the fashion industry misses out on hundreds of billions of dollars and... more
Earthshot prize winner Notpla is revolutionising the way we think about packaging. In this episode of The Circular Economy Show Podcast,... more
Imagine if one day we could grow our buildings! In this episode, hear how one company is already developing radical... more
With 45% of global greenhouse gas emissions coming from how we make and use things, design has huge potential to... more
The term ‘open source’ is often linked to the development of software. But what about hardware? In the final part... more
There are significant material, energy, labour and carbon savings to be made by reusing, rather than remaking, a product. How does... more
The circular economy is often wrongly characterised as a tech solution, or a solution for tech, but it’s about much... more
What do you do when something you own, say a toaster, breaks? You’ve usually got two options: fix it, or... more
Sometimes the concept of a circular economy seems so large that it's difficult to get to grips with it. It's... more
In the final part of this series, our founder Ellen MacArthur and Circular Design Lead, Joe Iles, discuss what individuals... more
How can a mobile phone be made in a circular way? What about a sandwich? In this episode, our founder Ellen... more
What is the circular economy? In this three-part series from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, we’re revisiting conversations between our founder,... more
How do large multi-national companies help the transition to a circular economy? Over the last few episodes, we’ve heard from policymakers,... more
To accelerate the transition to a circular economy, we need the materials to help us get there. In this episode, we... more
It's quite difficult to do business on a dead planet,' says Helena Braun, Member of the Cabinet of Frans Timmermans,... more
In this episode, IDEO Chair and Co-CEO, Tim Brown, speaks to Joanna Choukier, RSA Director of Design and Innovation, Michael... more
In this episode, we are joined by our very own three wise women — the Foundation's founder and chair of... more
The Circular Economy Show Podcast is back with a new series that looks at the solutions and innovations that can... more
Designers and creatives can have an important impact in the circular economy, but how do we put that into action?... more
It's quite difficult to do business on a dead planet,' says Helena Braun, Member of the Cabinet of Frans Timmermans, the Executive... more