GAB Report library
Circular Economy
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Ecocity World Summit 2022 is Virtual
Now in its 14th edition, the Ecocity World Summit, the longest running conference on sustainable cities, has come a long way since the first Summit held in Berkeley, California in 1990, making its way throughout the world, from Australia to China, from Turkey to the UAE. Looking back, I have had the opportunity to volunteer…
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CarbonPositive RESET! 1.5°C Global Teach-In
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Accelerate Transition to Circular Built Environment
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Plastic Pollution: Crisis and Opportunity
For years, China was importing almost half of the world’s scrap plastics and paper. Now, countries have been scrambling to figure out what to do with their recyclables ever since China banned most scrap material imports almost two years ago. Here in California, we have been wondering how this would affect our conscious recycling efforts…
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From Sustainable to Circular
The What: The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute will soon be presenting its seminar – From Sustainable to Circular: How the Right Materials Choices Can Make Green Buildings Greener in city near you in the upcoming months. Global support for the circular economy is gathering momentum — and the building industry is quickly beginning…
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Creating Circularity at Ecobuild/Futurebuild 2019
Futurebuild’s main focus this year was on Circular Cities and Circular Economies. Circular Cities/Economies is an economic theory based on the finite resources of the planet and how all things have a dollar value. According to Circle-Economy.com, “Circular Cities believe the built environment should be a ‘living’ system in which building materials and products are…