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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…
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…
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…
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?
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
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Leyla Acaroglu
May 7, 2018
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