This events looked at the positive benefits of transitioning to a circular economy. As well as cutting harmful waste and emissions, a circular economy can save us money, conserve natural resources, protect the environment, increase food security, and help improve public health. It can also help us adapt to the growing impacts of climate change, by increasing our local resilience and resource efficiency.
Contributors included:
Peter Lefort who runs the Green Futures Network at the University of Exeter, within the Innovation, Impact and Business team. The Green Futures Network seeks to develop collective approaches to the climate and ecological emergencies and the changes they're bringing.
Daniel Holder of The Quiet Site, who has spent the last two decades making both business and investment choices based on a commitment to be fully sustainable, recognising that the world will have to move to a circular economy if it is to survive.
Circular Vermiculture Economy is a new project in Cumbria to demonstrate how worm farming (vermiculture) can support a reduced waste field-to-fork loop for the benefit of all engaged in the food journey.
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