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 examines how circular economy principles and wellbeing economics can reinforce each other — and what this means for the way we design systems, measure progress and shift consumption patterns. It brings an important message 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 dialogue
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.
The discussion opened a constructive space for connecting real examples, local practices and systemic perspectives. It showed that the circular wellbeing economy is not a distant concept, but an emerging movement already taking shape through initiatives that link circularity with social value, local resilience and better everyday lives.
Ladeja Godina Košir, Founder and Executive Director of Circular Change and Chair of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform, contributed to the webinar by facilitating a breakout room focused on experimentation and scaling.
In only a few minutes, participants brought together a rich set of concrete examples already connecting circularity with wellbeing, community resilience and inclusion. For Ladeja and Circular Change, this confirmed an important insight: the 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.
