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Dear Edward,
Coining the phrase, "pollution is just molecules in the wrong place," Barry Commoner, one of the founders of the modern environmental movement, highlighted that substances that are harmless or beneficial in one context can become harmful when relocated or concentrated due to human activities.
So, the solution to man's devastating impact on the planet, including climate change, should be as simple as putting molecules in the right place. Do that equitably, and many of our social problems will also be solved.
Physically, materials management can be planned to do it. This is the essence of the circular economy concept. Adopting a circular economy fixes everything.
However, if that were easy, it would be done already, and our problems would be solved. The immense hurdle is that circularity requires transforming the global economic system and how man views their place on the planet.
Join the Security and Sustainability Forum and Routledge on January 23rd, when I have the privilege of convening the father of the circular economy, Walter Stahel, with corporate leaders Thomas Rau and Sabine Oberhuber, the authors of Material Matters. Get their expert insights and practical solutions on transforming society from a linear to a circular economy to meet our unprecedented environmental challenges and growing social inequities.
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