Circular Economy for Dummies, Paperback

Re-imagine the future of economics and society

Are you excited about a regenerative, efficient, and waste-free future? You should be! The circular economy is making short work of old-school (and wasteful) ways of thinking. Players in the circular economy are re-imagining business processes and material lifecycles to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and make their families' futures brighter and more prosperous. You'll learn to transform the way you live and work and feel great about being part of the solution to many of the world's energy and environmental problems.

Inside...

• Why Take-Make-Waste is outdated
• Finding opportunity in ecology
• The 6 R's of circular economies
• Rethinking material lifecycles
• Turn trash into treasure
• Creating careers in circularity
• Why circular ideas are healthier
• Make, use, reuse, repair and recycle

About author(s):

Kyle J. Ritchie is the Education Sustainable Design Lead at Cannon Design in Chicago and an Adjunct Professor at the Boston Architectural College.

Eric Corey Freed is an award-winning architect, 12-time author, and global speaker. He is a sought-after lecturer who has educated over 250,000 people on sustainability and high-performance building.