A drop in the bucket or a tidal wave?

Hello ,

It seems that your spring of 2023 is a bit rainy in France. At the same time, a very intense drought is taking place in Spain. So much so that tourists are beginning to be seriously singled out, wheat harvests are reduced to nothing and the government has to provide massive support to the agriculture sector.

Awareness is not yet as high as it needs to be to change the system. But as the saying goes, you can always hear the big tree falling but not the forest growing. Indeed, here and there, more and more groups are emerging and taking up the territorial resilience subject, following the example of the Waves of Change coalition in the Basque Country.

The issue of water is not just a question of rainfall, it requires a rethinking of the whole water management system. From agricultural practices to food habits and economic activities. The question is no longer why we need to do it, but how do these communities change their model?

This is what the participants in Reaction Commune, a game recently co-created by my dad and his friends, are doing. The first facilitators will be trained at the beginning of July, so it's up to you to join them. You will see that this game has been very useful to improve the resilience of your territory.

Enjoy your reading,
Josephine from 2033

🌊 Circulab community at Waves of Change
Are you going to Biarritz in June? Meet our team and members of the Circulab community on the ground. We look forward to discover and support the Forum's third edition which will gather 200 participants from startups, investors, corporations, NGOs, universities and public sector involved in the environmental transition. Find out more.

🎤 ASCEND conference on circular economy
Justine Laurent, CEO of Circulab, spoke at the ASCEND conference hosted at InterContinental hotel in partnership with Sorbonne's Masters in international management. The conference gathered 90 circular economy leading investors and companies.

🎙Creating regenerative business models (podcast)
HappyPorch Radio interviewed Fabrice Sorin, Head of Education at Circulab, who talked about how Circulab's methodology, inspired by biomimicry and design thinking, helps businesses transform their operations while also benefiting the natural systems they depend on. Listen to the podcast

🧑‍🏫 Training executives to transform business models at EDHEC
In its Executive MBA, EDHEC Business School offers each cohort 2 days dedicated to sustainability and complexity. In this program, Circulab delivers every quarter a 3-hour playful and collaborative workshop with Circular Canvas. In May, 28 executives will experiment a business model transformation session with this tool.

What are the community members up to?

🇹🇼 Circular Economy at Design for Taiwan, by Andrew Thomson
Circulab community member from Perth, Australia, Andrew Thomson hosted a series of workshops combining Systems Thinking and Design Thinking for Taiwanese students, hosted by the Design for Taiwan foundation. Challenges to drive energy, resource effectiveness and efficiencies spanned elderly care, collaboration, food waste and municipal circular economy projects.

📰 An interview on bio-sourced solutions, by Eric Perrot
In this interview, Eric talks about his work with the glass and hemp industry ecosystems in Auvergne, the obstacles to change in companies, the role of CSR and of new economic models. Read the full interview on Tikographie (in French)

👋 Entrepreneur meet-ups in Toulouse, by Chloé Cohen
Les Halles de la Transition in Toulouse launched a series of entrepreneur meet-ups dedicated to impact and circular economy. Every meetup will include a round table with inspiring experts from the field, a Q&R session and a networking time. The first meetup invited the regional representative of the investor and impact-driven startup incubator INCO as well as the CEO of Illek, local renewable agency company in Toulouse and board member of the French Tech.