Converting food waste from landfills into electricity, once a sci-fi concept, is now a reality. William Brangham visited Ben & Jerry's Vermont ice cream factory and its adjacent operations to investigate how this innovative process works.

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Directed by Brad Allgood and Graham Townsley, the documentary "Landfill Harmonic" was released on August 17, 2016.

This inspiring film chronicles children from a Paraguayan slum, built on a landfill, who create "The Recycled Orchestra." Crafting instruments from discarded materials, these young musicians achieve their dream of touring the world and performing with the heavy metal band, Megadeth.

"WOMEN OF CARBON," a new video promo, explores the mass timber movement through the eyes of visionary women.

Set at T3 Timber Transit Technology in Atlanta, GA, the film highlights how these women are transforming construction with innovative engineering, sustainable building materials, and decarbonization solutions for a cleaner planet.

Coming soon. For more information, visit womenofcarbon.solareye.biz.

“Dodging Bullets—Stories from Survivors of Historical Trauma” is a new film exploring the profound impact of generational oppression and trauma on Native Americans. It examines the loss and remarkable resilience of Indigenous communities.

The film reveals how historical trauma, stemming from first contact with Europeans, contributes to disproportionately high health and social issues among Indigenous populations. It features cross-generational perspectives from Native people, researchers, and politicians, highlighting the unique challenges resilient communities continue to face.

Watch “Dodging Bullets” on AppleTV and Prime Video.

Citizens' Climate Lobby (CCL) is a nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization dedicated to addressing the climate crisis. It aims to create the political will for a livable world by empowering individuals to exercise personal and political power.

Focusing on national policies, CCL works to tackle the national and global climate crisis.

Acumen CEO and impact investing pioneer Jacqueline Novogratz spoke with Moira Forbes in October 2020. Their discussion focused on the essential mindset required for change-making.

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Marketers, traditionally shaping consumer views for the linear economy, can now harness their skills to unlock opportunities within the circular economy.

This video is brought to you by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, an international charity dedicated to developing and promoting the circular economy. This design-driven approach eliminates waste and pollution, circulates products and materials, and regenerates nature.

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Botanist, professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Robin Wall Kimmerer is the acclaimed author of *Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants*. She is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology and founder of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.

Kimmerer has been honored with the John Burroughs Medal and a MacArthur "genius" grant. Her research emphasizes the restoration of ecological communities and our relationship to land. She lives on an upstate New York farm, tending both cultivated and wild gardens.

TED head Chris Anderson introduces "Infectious Generosity," exploring how the internet can supercharge small acts of kindness, transforming lives globally. Discover how to cultivate a generous mindset, with or without money, and amplify your impact. Anderson encourages: "Be brave. Give what you can, and then be absolutely amazed at what happens next."

Learn more about Infectious Generosity at infectiousgenerosity.org and meet the AI Guru, designed to help you help others, at ai.infectiousgenerosity.org.

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The circular economy is essential for business resilience and competitiveness. This episode features Lindsay Hooper (Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership) and Joe Murphy (Ellen MacArthur Foundation), discussing how the end of ESG hype could shift corporate circular economy approaches. They explore its commercial case and what's needed for market-level shifts. Learn more at cisl.cam.ac.uk. This conversation is from episode 170: ‘What should businesses do to scale a circular economy?’

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In this episode of the Circular Economy Show, Georgie Rose (Selfridges) and Simon Davies (VISA) discuss how their behavioral lab makes circular behaviors irresistible, bridging the gap between customer intent and action. Watch the full discussion.

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The Brazilian Amazon faces widespread illegal encroachment, devastating ancient trees for export and exploiting rare resources. This critical issue impacts us all.

Indigenous forest guardians Marçal Guajajara and Puyr Tembé tirelessly defend their home from deforestation. Their struggle contrasts with an illegal logger, desperate for survival, and a landowner striving to preserve his property's ecosystem, yet ignored by authorities.

These diverse perspectives highlight the global economic links connecting Amazonian goods to consumers worldwide.

Joanna Macy, a scholar, activist, and Buddhist thinker, profoundly shaped global movements. A documentary highlights her impact on activism, nuclear guardianship, and personal transformation. Naropa University's Joanna Macy Center advances her vision, inspiring hope and responsibility for future generations.

The Center empowers individuals to build a resilient world by fostering deep connections with self, others, and nature, inspiring collaborative action. As Dr. Macy taught, this interconnectedness is key to healing.

Naropa University hosts "Reconnecting for a Just and Regenerative Future," a three-day conference celebrating 50 years of Macy's "The Work that Reconnects." It unites leaders from diverse fields to address social and ecological crises, reimagining possibilities.

This speech, "The Hidden Promise of Our Dark Age," was delivered by Joanna Macy at the 2009 National Bioneers Conference and posted August 22, 2018. Introduced by Bioneers Co-Founder Nina Simons, Macy, a respected activist and spiritual teacher, offers a hopeful message. She posits that by freeing ourselves from the "industrial growth society's" delusions, we can discover our inherent wisdom, strength, and beauty, unlocking creativity and solidarity during times of crisis.

Since 1990, Bioneers has been a fertile hub for social and scientific innovators, providing practical and visionary solutions for the world's most pressing environmental and social challenges. Support their vital work: www.bioneers.org/donate.

This speech, titled "The Hidden Promise of Our Dark Age," was delivered by Joanna Macy at the 2009 National Bioneers Conference and posted on August 22, 2018. Macy, a renowned activist and spiritual teacher (1929-2025), offers a hopeful message: by freeing ourselves from the "industrial growth society's" delusions, we can discover our inherent creativity and solidarity amidst crisis, avoiding panic.

Introduced by Bioneers Co-Founder Nina Simons, the organization has served as a vital hub for social and scientific innovators since 1990, providing practical solutions for pressing environmental and social challenges. Support Bioneers today: www.bioneers.org/donate

Explore the power of storytelling to inspire action towards a circular economy. This episode features Poppy Mason-Watts (WaterBear) and Alex Cramwinckel (Heineken) discussing how to shift mindsets and promote positive change.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, an international charity, champions the circular economy – a design-driven approach that eliminates waste and pollution, circulates products and materials, and regenerates nature.

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This episode from The Well, a publication by the John Templeton Foundation, features astrobiologist Betül Kaçar. She challenges the idea of evolution as solely about competition, arguing that life thrives through cooperation. Kaçar, a UW-Madison professor and NASA-funded researcher, highlights how Black Sea microbes share energy, demonstrating that true evolution involves connection, collaboration, and living together.

The Well delves into life's biggest questions—from free will to love—encouraging learning from leading minds. Explore more: Subscribe to The Well on YouTube, watch other Kaçar interviews here, or read the transcript. Connect with The Well on Facebook and Instagram.

This episode explores the critical minerals challenge and how circular economy strategies can secure their supply. Essential for renewable energy products like EV batteries and wind turbines, these minerals face increasing demand. As e-waste grows and early renewable tech reaches end-of-life, a circular approach offers a vital opportunity to build a sustainable system. Find out more about critical minerals.

Join us in Episode 189 of our "Circling Back" series. We revisit insights from Ke Wang (World Resources Institute) on the circular economy's role in the energy transition, driven by economics and competitiveness. This conversation originally featured in Episode 174: Material security in a circular economy.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, an international charity, champions the circular economy model, which eliminates waste, circulates materials, and regenerates nature. Learn more about our work.

The circular economy is a powerful tool against the climate crisis, though its benefits are often unrecognized by current carbon accounting frameworks like the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. In this episode, João Murilo Silva Merico from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation explains how circular practices—such as reuse, remanufacturing, and sharing models—are not adequately rewarded for their emissions reductions.

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