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Bangkok Post - Price tag on the planet? Helping business value nature

PARIS - From agriculture to housing to transportation, economic growth has historically depended on burning through finite natural resources and rearranging natural landscapes.

As the IUCN World Conservation Congress kicks off in France on Friday, an urgent question will be how to reduce the devastation wrought by humanity on the environment.

One idea gaining currency is to assign nature an economic value.

"It's the only way to speak the same language as political decision-makers," Nathalie Girouard, an expert on environmental policy at intergovernmental think tank OECD, told AFP.

"We have increased economic growth at the expense of nature."

Forbes - The Circular Economy And Why It’s Good For Business

While job and business losses occurred during the pandemic, something fascinating happened concerning climate change — fewer contributions. As a result, the world's experience propelled business leaders to reposition their companies toward the circular economy. Before getting into that, let's look at what happened environmentally because of the pandemic and decreased movement by people.

Forbes - How Companies Can Support A Circular Economy

In our increasingly industrialized and populated world, the current model of production and consumption of goods and materials cannot meet consumer demands sustainably. The global supply chain is dominated by the linear economy, an economic model in which raw materials are processed, used and then discarded as waste. In 2010, the volume of raw materials entering the system amounted to about 65 billion tons.

Why the world needs recycled plastic bricks (and how to make one yourself!)

Plastic waste is a huge problem that needs big solutions!

We think we have an idea of how we can address this plastic waste issue and our founder has just spent the last 6 months at the Precious plastic HQ designing a recycled plastic brick, with the team there, made from 100% plastic waste.

Find out why we made it, how we designed it and how you can get involved.

Takeout creates a lot of trash. It doesn't have to.

Our single-use items aren't helping the fight against climate change but there are easy hacks to reduce and reuse.

Climate Lab is produced by the University of California in partnership with Vox. Hosted by conservation scientist Dr. M. Sanjayan, the videos explore the surprising elements of our lives that contribute to climate change and the groundbreaking work being done to fight back.