Ellen MacArthur - Learning & The Circular Economy

Sailor and founder of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation presents this talk about population, depleting natural resources and the role of education in establishing a new approach based around the Circular Economy.

Presented at the Learning Without Frontiers Conference, January 25th 2012, London

http://www.learningwithoutfrontiers.com

http://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org

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  Education

[Andrew Cashmore]

Given the way that she never takes a breath, I can totally believe that she hardly slept on that journey.

[bighands69]

If her foundation can educate people then it is an experience that is well worth it.

I my self have learned this over a 30 year period. I went to med school and served in the UK armed services and then done post grads in statistic and mathematics. This could have all been considered a waste of resources and it would have costed allot more than sailing around the world.

To be honest the random open approach that our society has is better than a structured approach that is efficient.

[1PRUNIER]

Fantastique Ellen. L'anglaise préférée des français.

[bighands69]

At least she learned that our current approach is based upon finite systems approach.

There are masses of people walking around that know nothing beyond football, soaps and reality TV.

If here awareness of this can make a few hundred aware of this then it would not be inefficient compared to the amount of energy that goes into reality tv.

[bighands69]

The venus project will not happen.

The venus project was a solution to problems in the 60s but it would require everybody on planet earth to desire and enact a resource based economy.

Information based economies will happen before a resource based economy.

To be honest they will acheive the same thing and that is abundance. But the main difference with the information approach is that it will expand human intelligence.

[Saad Taame]

And find an efficient solution to the problem!

[amdramatic]

THE VENUS PROJECT MAKE IT HAPPEN!

[huuwaihawai]

o brave new world

[schumiisking]

it took her an expensive boat and sailing around to realise that we live on a world with finite resources. ironically, what an inefficient and expensive way to realise things.

[CorporalFunishment]

What a fantastic speaker!