In the Thinking Circular® Academy you will find various offers on the topic of Circular Economy. You can complete three modules that build on each other. However, these can also be completed independently of each other. This depends entirely on your current level of knowledge on the topic of Circular Economy and what you would like to learn....
In the Thinking Circular Podcast episode 122 „Normen für die Circular Economy“ we talked about the fact that the EU Commission has given over 100 standards back to the industry and with that comes a threat that could also affect you and your business model....
Circular economy and resource conservation are central fields of action in climate protection and security policy....
Circular economy and resource conservation are central fields of action in climate protection policy and, against the backdrop of geopolitical tensions and interrupted raw material supply chains, increasingly also in security policy. A paradigm shift is urgently needed with regard to closing material cycles. Circular production, transport, consumption and investment also consume energy and are not free of environmental pollution. That is why the reduction of total raw material input and resource consumption must be included in strategic considerations. The environmental technology network Ecoliance Rheinland-Pfalz e.V. and ZukunftsRegion Westpfalz...
At this year's Bodensee Talks, we want to take an in-depth look at the form of economy in which economy and ecology are in harmony. The concept of the Circular Economy aims to decouple human well-being and economic activities from environmental damage. If this goal is to be achieved, the way we produce and consume as a society must change fundamentally: Away from the "throwaway society" or "throwaway economy." The goal: a regenerative system in which we use fewer resources, produce less waste and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We are...
The time of worldwide simultaneous crises has begun. Has the time of an ecological emergency regime also begun with it? Ulrike Herrmann, author of the book “Das Ende des Kapitalismus” (The End of Capitalism), published by Kiepenheuer&Witsch Verlag, addresses the question of what economic policies can help to prevent our economic systems from collapsing. I was interested in how Herrmann categorizes the Circular Economy in this book. Can the theory of the Circular Economy help solve the crises? Will we survive on this planet if it is applied?...
The first industrial plant for recycling EPS insulation materials from demolition and renovation work is restarting exactly one year after its initial commissioning. A group of German EPS producers - members of the Industrieverband Hartschaum e.V. - has rescued the Dutch PolyStyreneLoop plant from insolvency....
Zero-waste city - the concept has long since arrived in the Global South. This is also the case in the city of Cordoba, the capital of the Cordoba region in Argentina. It has set out to implement the circular economy. For the second time, an international congress called Cumbre Mundial de Economia Circular has been held there to show the public what is behind the term Circular Economy. This is a great approach, it has also received the necessary public response, because the awakening is moving forward: in...
Closing a loop in our digital age usually requires a digital solution. Startups or SMEs that are in the process of transforming to circularity, or aiming to do so, are quickly faced with this task. The competencies for digital solutions are often available. But how do we make this solution circular? And how do we convey the circularity of our solution in a potential grant application or pitch to an investor? The answers to these questions are digital. The software solutions to them must be circular....
At the official founding meeting of the energy efficiency and climate protection network ETA-Plus Südhessen at the Darmstadt Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the members set themselves a common savings target. In the next two years, they want to avoid 1,000 tons of CO2 emissions. For the more than 20 companies, this is an ambitious goal. However, Dr. Nico Wenz from the Darmstadt Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who is overseeing the initiative, is confident that the goal can be achieved together. The experience of the last 5 years...