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  • Meet 16 Startups Leading the Circular Economy Transformation

    Meet 16 Startups Leading the Circular Economy Transformation

    The circular economy transformation is seeking to remedy unintended consequences and negative externalities like pollution, waste…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    May 21
    How do ESG and Sustainability Fit Together?

    How do ESG and Sustainability Fit Together?

    People just can’t help but adopt new acronyms, and ESG is one that we first started to hear more prominently around 8 years ago. Since…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    Apr 18
    How will new European Sustainability Legislation Apply to Businesses?

    How will new European Sustainability Legislation Apply to Businesses?

    The European Union has long been at the forefront of environmentally-focused legislation, having introduced the Waste Electronic and…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    Mar 16
    Closing the Corporate Sustainability Skills Gap

    Closing the Corporate Sustainability Skills Gap

    Do we need to close the sustainability skills gap to support a global transformation to a sustainable, circular & climate positive economy?
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    Feb 15
    Full-Systems Sustainability: The 3D Framework

    Full-Systems Sustainability: The 3D Framework

    Excerpt from Part 3 of my New Guidebook: Swivel to Sustainability: A Guidebook to Full Systems Business Transformation
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    Oct 31, 2022
    Activating Transformative Change for Sustainability to Take Hold within a Business

    Activating Transformative Change for Sustainability to Take Hold within a Business

    Excerpt from Part 2 of my New Guidebook: Swivel to Sustainability: A Guidebook to Full Systems Business Transformation
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    Sep 14, 2022
    New Guidebook: Swivel to Sustainability, all about Full Systems Business Transformation is out now

    New Guidebook: Swivel to Sustainability, all about Full Systems Business Transformation is out now

    Swivel to Sustainability: a Guidebook to Full Systems Business Transformation is now available to purchase as a digital ebook (with the…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    Sep 1, 2022
    Do We Need to Value Nature?

    Do We Need to Value Nature?

    Here’s something that we don’t talk about enough: all humans are biological beings. This fact is one that can never change, no matter how…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    May 30, 2022
    Should we ditch sustainability?

    Should we ditch sustainability?

    There is a recurring theme in the world of sustainability — every few years, stakeholders start calling for it to be left behind and for a…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    Apr 28, 2022
    The Trap of Wishcycling

    The Trap of Wishcycling

    Wishcycling is when people place non-recyclable items in the recycling and hope those items will end up being recycled. The unfortunate…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    Sep 8, 2021
    Our Right to Repair

    Our Right to Repair

    It should not come as a surprise to anyone that our current linear economy relies on continuous sales, which requires things to wear out…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    Jul 13, 2021
    World Environment Day 2021: Reimagine, Recreate and Restore

    World Environment Day 2021: Reimagine, Recreate and Restore

    This year’s theme for the United Nations World Environment Day is Reimagine, Recreate and Restore. Every year on the 5th June, the UN…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    Jun 3, 2021
    Free Tools for Sustainable and Circular Design

    Free Tools for Sustainable and Circular Design

    Over the years, my team and I have created a range of free, open-access toolkits to support changemakers in adopting the skills needed to…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    Jul 9, 2020
    Quick Guide to the Disruptive Design Method

    Quick Guide to the Disruptive Design Method

    The Disruptive Design Method (DDM) is a systems-based approach to creative problem solving for tackling complex social and environmental…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    Jun 30, 2020
    Quick Guide to Circular Economy Business Strategies

    Quick Guide to Circular Economy Business Strategies

    The Circular Economy is all about the transformation of the way we do business, create goods and services, organize society and ultimately…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    Jun 18, 2020
    Quick Guide to Sustainable Design Strategies

    Quick Guide to Sustainable Design Strategies

    Sustainable design is the approach to creating products and services that have considered the environmental, social, and economic impacts…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    May 27, 2020
    Earth Day 50: Accelerating the Anthropocene

    Earth Day 50: Accelerating the Anthropocene

    This week, on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, it was the 50th celebration of Earth Day, a single day marked in the 365/6 days in a…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    Apr 24, 2020
    Introducing the Anatomy of Action: A UNEP x UnSchool Collaboration to Activate Sustainable…

    Introducing the Anatomy of Action: A UNEP x UnSchool Collaboration to Activate Sustainable…

    Over the last year, the UnSchool team and I have been working on an exciting project in collaboration with the United Nations Environment…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    Sep 16, 2019
    Yes, Recycling is Broken

    Yes, Recycling is Broken

    This pains me to write, but we all have to come to terms with the harsh reality that recycling validates waste and is a placebo to the…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    Jul 22, 2019
    Unlocking the Power of Systems Thinking

    Unlocking the Power of Systems Thinking

    I have long been a fan of showing how problem solving desperately needs systems thinking. If you are familiar with my work, you may have…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    Jul 8, 2019
    What is Greenwashing? How to Spot It and Stop it

    What is Greenwashing? How to Spot It and Stop it

    In our hyper-consumption based societies, it’s always smart to raise a skeptical eyebrow when you hear organizations make claims of how…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    Jul 8, 2019
    The Circular Classroom: a Free Toolkit for Activating the Circular Economy through Experiential…

    The Circular Classroom: a Free Toolkit for Activating the Circular Economy through Experiential…

    Finland is, by many accounts, known as having the world’s best education system, thanks to its no-homework, student-centric…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    Oct 28, 2018
    System Failures: The Education System and the Proliferation of Reductive Thinking

    System Failures: The Education System and the Proliferation of Reductive Thinking

    Some of us loved it, some loathed it, and many people around the world still fight for the right to access it — school is a universal…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    Oct 22, 2018
    Systems Failures: Gross Domestic Product and the Hyper-Consumption Loop

    Systems Failures: Gross Domestic Product and the Hyper-Consumption Loop

    Think about the last time you purchased something that you don’t buy often, like a washing machine, a cell phone, or even a sheet set. What…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    May 25, 2018
    System Failures: Planned Obsolescence and Enforced Disposability

    System Failures: Planned Obsolescence and Enforced Disposability

    We live in a world made up of complex interconnected systems — natural, industrial, and social. Industrial systems involve all the…
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    Leyla Acaroglu
    May 7, 2018
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