"We have a take-make-waste economy"

  • 2010-02-27
  • Helsinki Times

To halt the planet's declining biodiversity and loss of critical natural resources, both the economy we live in and communication about science needs to be changed profoundly, says ecologist Louise Vet.

We presently live in a linear "take, make and waste" economy in which natural resources are running out and ecosystems are being destroyed, says Louise Vet, a professor of evolutionary ecology in The Netherlands.

But this clash between economic and ecological interests could be reconciled by implementing a so-called "circular economy", she argues.

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