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Food is part of nature, and nature is inherently regenerative – it can renew itself. For billions of years, organisms in living systems have grown, thrived, and died, becoming food for a new cycle to begin. We can redesign our food system to reflect this natural cycle more closely and …

One-acre farm is a highly profitable, mixed-farm near Lake Victoria in Uganda, East Africa. The small farm was designed by farmer and veterinarian Dr. Emma Naluyima.   By emulating nature’s cyclical and regenerative processes, Emma’s farm generates multiple revenue streams and significantly reduces running costs and waste. This leads to much …

Today more than 70 leading businesses and financial institutions have called for a legally binding UN treaty on plastic pollution in a pre-UNEA statement.  The statement is an indictment on the severity of our current plastic crisis, which merits immediate and concerted global efforts that tackle the problem at its root …

New production and business models that emphasize innovation and sustainability were discussed at the “Circular Economy: Don’t Waste the Future” session on the second day of the Uludağ Economy Summit. Emrah Bilge, the general director of Çöpüne Sahip Çık Foundation, former CEO of Ellen MacArtur Foundation Jamie Butterworth, Director of U.N. Food Program Turkey Nils Grede, …