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With the example of the tree and many other examples for circular economy – there is no waste and nothing is wasted. There is no much waste in our country and across the globe. There is so many steps in the production chain and steps to produce goods; that is part of the problem. Many companies do not know what is in their materials or the quality of these materials or their worth; that many materials are thrown away. Over 2 trillion worth of materials is thrown out every year. Part of circular economy is to recycle and reuse these materials in to other goods and resources

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The idea Maayke had for Resources Passport came from having to buy a new coffee pot because the hot plate was broke. The rest of the coffee pot worked fine– so why was she throwing away the whole coffee pot because one part was defective? The other materials were usable – so came the start of resources passport. This allows companies and manufacturers to know they can design and use recycled material – and you know exactly what is in them, the quality and their worth.

In order to promote her idea she had to give a lot of presentations on it. She was nervous, because she knew here idea was “not complete, or flawless or the best ” Her audience would ask questions that she did not have the answers too – but those critical remarks made her idea stronger and had improved because of this feedback. It also gave her the connections she needed to take her idea to the next level. It put her in the room with different business people who helped get her idea of resources passport going and currently code is being written for the algorithm and is part of European and Dutch policy. If you want to change the status quo – you need to have the power of connections to help get you there.

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Doughnut economics proposes an economic mindset that’s fit for the 21st century context and challenges. Economics that has been taught in the class room for the last 60-years is based on a household and how we measure goods and services. People work to create resources, get paid to work, to then spend money for other goods and services – that cycle continues. Not all households are the same in this world: • 1 in 8 don’t have enough food • 1 in 5 do not have electricity • 1 in 5 live in poverty

Doughnut economics keeps human well being top of mind – how it ensures we have the resources to meet our human rights within the means of the planet

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Between these two sets of boundaries lies a doughnut-shaped space that is both ecologically safe and socially just: a space in which humanity can thrive.

The starting point of Doughnut Economics is to change the goal from endless GDP growth to thriving in the doughnut. At the same time, begin economic analysis by seeing the big picture and recognizing that the economy is embedded within, and dependent upon, society and the living world. Doughnut Economic also recognizes: • Human behavior can be nurtured to be cooperative and caring, just as it can be

competitive and individualistic • Economies, societies, and the rest of the living work are complex, interdependent

systems that are best understood through the lens of systems thinking

Doughnut economics “makes you think about human well being and being social responsible to our environment and planet”

https://doughnuteconomics.org/about-doughnut-economics

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• 40,000 daily deaths from starvation • 1.6 billion without power (1/4 of humanity) • 100 million homeless • 1 billion tons of waste annually • Pollution linked to 40% of global deaths Answers to some of these issues: • Hydroponics • Solar wind • Geothermal • Earth ship homes • Zero waste living • Recycling • Clean energy

Thanks to the internet partnerships, cooperative collaborative and communication has started in many progressive organizations that are combining their resources and working together for a more sustainable world

“We are called to be the architects of the future, not the victims” Buckminster Fuller

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