Towards a Circular Wellbeing Economy
The Hot or Cool Institute has launched a new report, Towards a Circular Wellbeing Economy: An Integrative Framework for Europe, prepared in collaboration with the Systems Transformation Hub, Earth4All, the Club of Rome, the Wellbeing Economy Alliance – WEAll and the European Environment Agency.
The report brings an important perspective into the European circular economy debate: circularity is not only about materials, resource efficiency and waste reduction, but also about quality of life, trust, inclusion, resilience and the conditions that enable people and communities to thrive.
From report to shared learning
To mark the launch, the Hot or Cool Institute organised the webinar Towards a Circular Wellbeing Economy, bringing together partners, experts and practitioners to discuss how this emerging agenda can be translated into practice.
Ladeja Godina Košir, Founder and Executive Director of Circular Change and Chair of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform, contributed to the webinar as a panellist and facilitated the breakout room on experimentation and scaling. The discussion focused on one of the central challenges of circular transition: how to move from promising pilots and isolated initiatives towards more systemic implementation.
The breakout confirmed an important insight for Circular Change: many seeds of a circular wellbeing economy are already present across Europe. The next challenge is to connect them better, make them more visible and create the conditions for them to grow.
