Circular Economy Principles & Applications Part 2 | Ep. #54

<p>This episode is Part 2 of the three part series.</p> <p>Our guest for today is <a href="https://www.jannis.world/">Jannis Kempkens</a> is one of the coolest instructors of the course <a href="https://www.terra.do/building-a-circular-economy/">Circular Economy: Principals &amp; Applications</a> by the popular online climate school <a href="https://www.terra.do/building-a-circular-economy/">Terra.do</a>.</p> <p>He is a designer, material researcher &amp; furniture carpenter who has soiled his hands with countless experiments on materials such as plastics, organic wastes etc. and him &amp; his team have shared those learning on their open source platform, which empowers global audience to carryout their own DIY circular project which even includes blueprints for developing small machines that aid those experiments. In fact if any of you are in final year of engineering and you are hunting for project ideas, then make sure to check out the links for Jannis’s profile -&gt; <a href="https://www.jannis.world/">https://www.jannis.world/</a>.</p> <p>Show Notes:</p> <ul> <li>Shorter the cycle, better the efficiency;</li> <li>Ideal circular economy can do without recycling;</li> <li>Did you know that bio plastics are not compostable?</li> <li>Bio plastics have the same properties as PPE / PLA etc. not many people are aware about it;</li> <li>It is important to be aware of where materials are coming from and where will it end up once we finish our use;</li> <li>How to initiate systems thinking and create impact?</li> </ul> <p>About the course:</p> <p><a href="https://www.terra.do/building-a-circular-economy-business?utm_source=cecourse_pod_circbusiness&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_campaign=Webinar">Circular Economy: Principles and Applications</a> is focused on the actionable, real-life examples, practitioner guest speakers, building your circularity toolbox, and working on a capstone project relevant to your work. If you're curious, here's a copy of the&nbsp;<a href="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5e233620b966