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The Circular Economy Show Podcast
The Circular Economy Show Podcast
Ellen MacArthur Foundation

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation welcomes you to The Circular Economy Show, a podcast about a new way to design, make, and use... more

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Episodes

Reuse and repair: Africa’s long tradition of maximising materials

In the last episode of our series sharing some of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's most popular articles, we explore the... more

02 Apr 2024 · 20 minutes
The psychology of ownership in the circular economy

In part two of our series sharing some of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's most popular articles, we dig deep into... more

26 Mar 2024 · 21 minutes
How the circular economy helps us stay within planetary boundaries

In our new three-part series, we’re sharing three of the most popular articles written by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s editorial... more

19 Mar 2024 · 20 minutes
Designing for the customer: Fashion lessons from Zimbabwe with Rudo Nondo

In this episode, we hear from Rudo Nondo, a creative design practitioner and the acting Managing Director of Fashion Revolution.... more

05 Mar 2024 · 19 minutes
Redesigning food systems for nature to thrive

Is there a better way to produce our food? Today, we circle back to one episode of our award-nominated Redesigning... more

27 Feb 2024 · 18 minutes
Lily Cole & Ellen MacArthur: why we need optimism to shift mindsets

How can optimism and creativity help us transition to a circular economy? In this episode model, actress and activist, Lily... more

20 Feb 2024 · 26 minutes
Repairing our belongings: applying circular design

What if we could design products to elongate their useful life? In this episode, we delve into the world of... more

13 Feb 2024 · 15 minutes
The power of biomaterials: 3 regenerative design solutions

How do we shift today’s economic system to one that helps to regenerate nature? In this episode we’ll meet three... more

06 Feb 2024 · 16 minutes
Regenerative fashion: embracing a system shift for designers

In this week's episode, we circle back to understand the third principle of a circular economy: 'regenerating nature', and its... more

30 Jan 2024 · 18 minutes
Christiana Figueres and Ellen MacArthur: Closing the loop to fight climate change

In this first episode of our Circling Back season, Christiana Figueres and Ellen MacArthur bring us an inspiring conversation about... more

23 Jan 2024 · 25 minutes
New Series: Circling Back

Welcome back to the Circular Economy Show! In our first series of the year, we're circling back to some of... more

18 Jan 2024 ·
2023 in review: A year exploring the circular economy

This year on the Circular Economy Show Podcast we’ve heard from people working across many different industries, from farming to... more

19 Dec 2023 · 13 minutes
Patrick McDowell: Meet the designer taking circular fashion to the catwalk

In the final episode of our fashion series, we go to London to meet Patrick McDowell, a pioneering British high-end... more

12 Dec 2023 · 9 minutes
How Troquer became Latin America’s leading preloved fashion start-up

In the second episode of our fashion series, we head to Mexico City to meet Troquer’s co-founders, Lucia and Ytzia.... more

05 Dec 2023 · 9 minutes
Rental, Resale, Recommerce: ACS’ journey towards circular fashion solutions

Welcome to our new fashion series, where we'll meet three companies working towards a circular economy for fashion. In this... more

28 Nov 2023 · 21 minutes
Let’s collaborate: How Jaguar Land Rover is creating circular partnerships

In this episode, we hear from Reuben Chorley, Sustainable Industrial Operations Director at Jaguar Land Rover. Together we will dive... more

21 Nov 2023 · 17 minutes
Use your imagination: Julie Hjort's mission to design a circular future

Time for something a little different in this episode! Join us as we head to Copenhagen to meet Julie Hjort,... more

14 Nov 2023 · 9 minutes
How banks can help the transition to a circular economy with Intesa Sanpaolo

In this episode, we’ll join Gianmarco, Luigi and Cristina from the Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo to learn how the circular... more

07 Nov 2023 · 20 minutes
Progress, challenges and solutions: Learnings from five years of the Global Commitment with Sander Defruyt

In this week's episode, Sander Defruyt, Plastics Lead at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, reflects on the progress and learnings to... more

31 Oct 2023 · 29 minutes
Welcome to the Circular Economy Show Podcast

Welcome to The Circular Economy Show Podcast. Join the team from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation as each week we explore the... more

24 Oct 2023 ·
Changing the way we buy and use technology with Back Market

In this week’s episode, Jess Mevel travels to Bordeaux, France, to learn how Back Market is working to make refurbished... more

17 Oct 2023 · 19 minutes
Building landscapes for nature with Arup’s Neil Harwood

To conclude this bite-sized series on regenerative design, in this week’s episode, Neil Harwood, Associate Director at Arup, elaborates on... more

10 Oct 2023 · 5 minutes
Making the case for Biomimicry with Janine Benyus

In the penultimate episode of our bite-sized series on regenerative design, this week we hear from Janine Benyus, author of... more

03 Oct 2023 · 4 minutes
Scaling regenerative design for a circular economy with Nicole Miller

As part of our bite-sized series on regenerative design, this week, we hear from Nicole Miller at Biomimicry 3.8's Project... more

26 Sep 2023 · 3 minutes
Inspired by nature: Creating a regenerative built environment with Michael Pawlyn

In this week’s bite-sized episode we hear from Michael Pawlyn, known for his work in biomimetic architecture and innovation. Michael... more

19 Sep 2023 · 4 minutes
Moving towards a regenerative future with Kate Raworth

What dynamics prevent us from moving from a linear to a circular economy? In this episode, Kate Raworth, author of... more

13 Sep 2023 · 6 minutes
How is the circular economy gaining momentum in US policy?

In this episode, we hear from Costa Samaras from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, to learn... more

05 Sep 2023 · 10 minutes
Growing ambition in the food system with Unilever and The Sustainable Food Trust

As the brand behind products including Ben and Jerry’s, Hellmann’s and Marmite, Unilever represents an important opportunity to scale a... more

29 Aug 2023 · 11 minutes
Changing the story with Waterbear and WPP

How can we use storytelling to get people to move away from the problems of a linear economy to explore... more

22 Aug 2023 · 16 minutes
Es Devlin on the power of art to inspire change

When we talk about the circular economy, we often think about the technical aspects of transitioning away from the linear... more

15 Aug 2023 · 16 minutes
London’s approach to a circular economy for food

As we heard in our recent Redesigning Food series, our food system needs to be redesigned to help nature and... more

27 Jun 2023 · 21 minutes
How is London developing a circular economy for buildings?

One of the biggest challenges facing London is the need to provide housing and infrastructure for the city's residents and... more

20 Jun 2023 · 15 minutes
How does ReLondon engage Londoners with the circular economy?

Wayne Hubbard, CEO of ReLondon, is on a mission to help Londoners revolutionise their relationship with stuff. His organisation, which... more

13 Jun 2023 · 22 minutes
How has Hackney prioritised the circular economy?

In this episode, we visit the London Borough of Hackney to find out about the possibilities for a circular economy... more

06 Jun 2023 · 21 minutes
Ending plastic pollution: setting the agenda for a UN treaty

With the second round of negotiations for a UN treaty to end plastic pollution underway, in this episode we’ll explore... more

01 Jun 2023 · 22 minutes
How can we feed 10 billion people? | Redesigning Food series

Over the last four episodes, we’ve heard how we need to change our food system to one that is nature-positive.... more

23 May 2023 · 18 minutes
Add to basket: How retailers are working towards a circular economy for food | Redesigning Food series

What if there were no bad choices in your shopping basket? What if every bite of food had been designed... more

16 May 2023 · 20 minutes
Teas, Peas, and Chutneys — what do nature-friendly products look like? | Redesigning Food series

In a circular economy, food ingredients should be diverse, low-impact, upcycled, and produced in a regenerative system. But what does... more

09 May 2023 · 17 minutes
How can farmers help to regenerate nature? | Redesigning Food series

What is regenerative production? And how can farmers help address the damaging effects our industrialised food system has on the... more

02 May 2023 · 19 minutes
Is there a better way to produce our food? | Redesigning Food series

Welcome to the first episode of our new series looking at the need to redesign our food system. In the episode,... more

25 Apr 2023 · 18 minutes
Trailer: Our Redesigning Food series launches next week

Our current linear food system is failing us. It is the primary driver of biodiversity loss, accounts for a third... more

21 Apr 2023 ·
Busting the myths of circular design for fashion

The current fashion system is broken. Every year the fashion industry misses out on hundreds of billions of dollars and... more

11 Apr 2023 · 20 minutes
Creating better packaging from seaweed with Notpla

Earthshot prize winner Notpla is revolutionising the way we think about packaging. In this episode of The Circular Economy Show Podcast,... more

04 Apr 2023 · 14 minutes
Could we grow a building? How Biohm is using biotechnologies to advance the circular economy

Imagine if one day we could grow our buildings! In this episode, hear how one company is already developing radical... more

28 Mar 2023 · 12 minutes
The role of design in the circular economy

With 45% of global greenhouse gas emissions coming from how we make and use things, design has huge potential to... more

21 Mar 2023 · 13 minutes
The Circular Economy and Open Source

The term ‘open source’ is often linked to the development of software. But what about hardware? In the final part... more

29 Nov 2022 · 29 minutes
The Circular Economy and Reuse

There are significant material, energy, labour and carbon savings to be made by reusing, rather than remaking, a product. How does... more

22 Nov 2022 · 20 minutes
The Circular Economy and Agriculture

The circular economy is often wrongly characterised as a tech solution, or a solution for tech, but it’s about much... more

15 Nov 2022 · 31 minutes
The Circular Economy and Repair

What do you do when something you own, say a toaster, breaks? You’ve usually got two options: fix it, or... more

08 Nov 2022 · 16 minutes
Find out about our new series

Sometimes the concept of a circular economy seems so large that it's difficult to get to grips with it. It's... more

02 Nov 2022 ·
What is the circular economy? The role of people and design

In the final part of this series, our founder Ellen MacArthur and Circular Design Lead, Joe Iles, discuss what individuals... more

11 Oct 2022 · 18 minutes
What is the circular economy? The biological vs technical cycles

How can a mobile phone be made in a circular way? What about a sandwich? In this episode, our founder Ellen... more

04 Oct 2022 · 18 minutes
What is the circular economy? Back to basics

What is the circular economy? In this three-part series from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, we’re revisiting conversations between our founder,... more

27 Sep 2022 · 22 minutes
Scaling the circular economy with Timberland and the Coca-Cola Company

How do large multi-national companies help the transition to a circular economy? Over the last few episodes, we’ve heard from policymakers,... more

06 Sep 2022 · 15 minutes
New materials for a circular economy

To accelerate the transition to a circular economy, we need the materials to help us get there. In this episode, we... more

30 Aug 2022 · 17 minutes
The power of policy

It's quite difficult to do business on a dead planet,' says Helena Braun, Member of the Cabinet of Frans Timmermans,... more

23 Aug 2022 · 26 minutes
Redesigning the future

In this episode, IDEO Chair and Co-CEO, Tim Brown, speaks to Joanna Choukier, RSA Director of Design and Innovation, Michael... more

16 Aug 2022 · 21 minutes
Profound connections: the circular economy, biomimicry, and doughnut economics

In this episode, we are joined by our very own three wise women — the Foundation's founder and chair of... more

09 Aug 2022 · 20 minutes
NEW SERIES! Conversations from Summit 22

The Circular Economy Show Podcast is back with a new series that looks at the solutions and innovations that can... more

05 Aug 2022 ·
How to use creativity to find solutions

Designers and creatives can have an important impact in the circular economy, but how do we put that into action?... more

21 Jun 2022 · 29 minutes
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What is the circular economy? Back to basics
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What is the circular economy? In this three-part series from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, we’re revisiting conversations between our founder, Ellen MacArthur,... more