Circular Economy

Humankind’s Success Story

www.nasa.gov

Human Evolution and Civilization

Population growth

Planet: State of the World

Climate change

Source: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2011-temps.html

Energy (fossil fuels)

Consequences

Droughts Floodings Hurricanes

• Material and energy flows• Environmental,

economical and social impact • Goals: reduce, re-use

and recycle

Environmental Footprint

Resource scarcity

Is sustainable growth possible?

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them”

- Albert Einstein

Bill McDonough:

“It’s all about strategies of change”

Energy & Climate Change

Climate change

Consequences

Droughts Floodings Hurricanes

Renewable energy sources

• Wind• Solar• Geothermal• Hydro• Biomass• Tidal & wave• ...

What’s next? The Smart Grid

Resources & pollution

• Material and energy flows• Environmental,

economical and social impact • Goals: reduce, re-use

and recycle

Environmental Footprint

Resource scarcity

Linear system

Product study: plastic I

Plastic soup

Kamilo Beach, HawaiiPacific Ocean

Solution?

Circular Systems

Resource efficiency