As we continue to trash our oceans and terrestrial environments, many are pitching the model of the circular economy as an answer to our problem with waste. Building on the reduce, reuse, recycle model, the circular economy promises an end to overflowing dumps where products are continually repurposed to serve a new function. While the promise of circularity sounds so good, this episode we unpack how a circular economy universe might actually see us produce even more waste and potentially cause greater social inequity.
Featuring:
Trevor Zink - Assistant Professor of Management from Loyola Marymount University.
Melissa Edwards - Senior Lecturer in the University of Technology Sydney Business School.
The big carbon rethink
How to die sustainably
How rich is too rich?
A critique of the circular economy
The green infrastructure revolution
What does free parking really cost?
Eco homes aren’t the only answer to sustainable housing
Why we let the rich pay less tax
Genocide in the suburbs
The inner lives of wild animals: Conservation’s new frontier
Rewilding the city
Why we let corporations act like monsters
How to make a new carbon tax that sticks
Dark cloud: The true cost of data
We make a pro-climate ad campaign
The best (and worst) ads of the decade
The race to impregnate male seahorses
Forever chemicals: The poison in everyday items
Eco-anxiety: My two years in Sydney off the grid
Emotions let us make better decisions
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