循环经济知识港 Vol. 1: What is the Circular Economy?

• 循环经济主题日论坛今年10月在上海杨浦滨江举行 (图源: 图凌）

10月16日| 随着“2019环同济设计周·循环经济日主题论坛”举办，中欧循环设计挑战赛正式启动、大赛网址同步上线。大赛由全球思想领袖艾伦·麦克阿瑟基金会主办，中国循环经济协会指导，旨在激励与启发未来的商业领袖、设计精英、行业专家共同探索解决方案。
Following the successful completion of "Circular Economy Day Forum" on Oct. 16, we are pleased to announce the launch of "EU-China Circular Design Challenge" and its website. Co-organised by Ellen MacArthur Foundation, China Association of Circular Economy, along with other supporting organisations, this competition aims to bring together corporate leaders, design talents and industry experts to come up with solutions for a more sustainable economy.

• 大赛网址: http://impacthubshanghai.net/circulardesign/ 

通过| 与国内外卖、快递行业内的大型企业、国内外顶尖高校的合作，打造出产学研一体的挑战赛，让重“塑”未来不只是一句口号，更成为打开绿色、可持续未来的钥匙。大赛流程涉及以下环节：

Various delivery companies, as well as top local and foreign universities will be collaborating on this design challenge. With "reshaping the future" as its slogan, the competition hopes to create real impact in different industries. The timeline is as follows:

2019年10月16日 | 16 Oct, 2019

大赛启动 Challenge Launch

2019年11月13日-12月31日 | 13 Nov to 31 Dec, 2019

区域海选：学以致用 Learn & Gear Up

邀请6-8位业内国际顶尖专家分享探讨循环设计新模式，以及国际领先的塑料设计方案与治理办法。6期免费线上课程将自11月13日起每周三准时上线。

Exploring latest trends and circular economy thinking with a focus on plastic, the webinar sessions provide a wealth of learning opportunities.

Session 1 

什么是循环经济？

What is the circular economy?

Session 2  

深入解读循环经济

The circular economy in detail

Session 3  

循环设计

Circular Design

Session 4  

人工智能与循环经济

AI and circular economy

Session 5 

新塑料经济

New Plastic Economy

Session 6

循环商机在哪？

What can I do within my business?

2020年二月中旬 | Mid Feb, 2020

半决赛：小试牛刀（上海） Develop & Ideate (Shanghai)

60 名优秀学员参与为期两天的黑客马拉松，学生自行组队，选择挑战赛议题，并在企业合作伙伴现场指导下，提交解决方案。解决方案需要有符合循环设计原则，并具有创新性，商业价值，美学价值等。选拔6-7组队伍入围总决赛。

60 selected participants will join in a 2-day Hackathon and start to choose your own path (food delivery/e-commerce/single-use food and beverage packaging), and define your path as a circular economy practitioner. By utilising evolving knowledge, and with the support from our business mentors, participants will be able to ideate and shape their own circular solutions.

2020年三月底 | End March, 2020

总决赛：重“塑”未来（上海） Prototype & Implement (Shanghai)

入围总决赛的选手参与设计夏令营，完善与深化塑料相关解决方案，通过作品展示，选拔最终获胜者。

Participants selected from the Hackathon would join a summer camp-like design sprint. Outstanding winners would be awarded an immersive workshop in London.

2020年6月 | June, 2020

伦敦游学  Finals & Award (London)

获胜者由MAVA基金会全资赞助，艾伦麦克阿瑟基金会及英国教育文化协会组织的伦敦游学活动。

Delegates will be brought together for a circular design learning experience aimed at making circular economy a reality. A series of exploratory hands-on workshops around material research, circular solutions and design strategies would be offered by EMF and British Council together.

在第一期的课程中| 大家会接触到循环经济的起源与背景、概念和三个最基本的原则，以及从线性经济向循环经济的转型中能为社会带来怎样的收益。你可以在 Impact Hub Shanghai 微信公众号和循环设计挑战赛官网上 (http://impacthubshanghai.net/circulardesign/)看到线上课程的推送及内容。

In this first online course, learn about the backdrop to the circular economy, the three principles that are the foundation of the circular economy concept and some of the benefits of shifting away from the current linear economy.

1

循环经济的起源与背景

Backdrop

• 背景1：工业革命 | Backdrop 1: Walter Stahel - The Industrial Revolution

缘起| 如何生产制造的革新彻底改变了社会。1684年，Thomas Savery 的蒸汽机发明是我们经历的一大转折点——它改变了一切。这项发明开启了工业革命，从而彻底转变了我们生产制造的方式。原材料和能源似乎是无穷无尽的，劳动力资源也是触手可得。这导致了在历史上第一次，我们开始大规模化生产。

WHERE WE HAVE COME FROM. A transformation in our ability to make things changed society. We’ve been at a turning point before. In 1684 Thomas Savery invented the steam engine and it changed everything. This invention kick-started the industrial revolution, which transformed our ability to make things. Raw materials and energy were seemingly infinite, and labour was readily available. For the first time in history, goods were mass produced.

• 背景2：现状 | Backdrop 2: Martin Stuchtey - How Things Look Today

现状| 我们将资源转化成了大量丰富的产品。自从工业革命伊始，科技持续飞速发展。科技创新意味着人人都可以担负的起来自世界各地的物美价廉的商品，同时人们的生活质量也到达了一个前所未有的高度。

HOW IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY. We turn resources into an extraordinary number of products. Since the industrial revolution, the rapid pace of technological progress has continued. The resulting innovations mean that many now have access to products from all over the world at affordable prices. These products have brought many of us levels of material comfort unimaginable to previous generations. 

• 背景3：人类每天都在产生巨大数量的塑料垃圾。我们生产制造的方式已经受到各种制约 | Backdrop 3: Great amount of plastic waste is created everyday.  Our  way of doing things is reaching its limits

我们生产制造的方式已经受到各种制约| 基于预测的消费水平增长，在一如既往的情景下，到2050年海洋中的塑料垃圾会总重会超过鱼类。

OUR WAY OF DOING THINGS IS REACHING ITS LIMITS. Given projected growth in consumption, in a business-as-usual scenario, oceans are expected to contain more plastics than fish by 2050.

• 每一秒钟，一箱卡车的废旧衣服都被填满或者焚烧 | Every second, the equivalent of one garbage truck of textiles is landfilled or burned

我们正在摧毁赖以生存的家园| 现在的经济系统已经不能再实现商业，人类以及环境的和谐。我们从自然界中开采原材料，制造产品，使用一段时间。当我们不在需要这些产品的时候，就弃之而去。“获取—制造—废弃”——这是我们当下所处在的线性经济模式。

WE ARE DISRUPTING THE SYSTEM. The current system is no longer working for businesses, people or the environment. We take resources from the ground to make products, which we use, and, when we no longer want them, throw them away. Take-make-waste. We call this a linear economy.

2

循环经济的概念与三个基本原则

The Circular Economy Concept And Its Three Basic Principles 

• 循环经济的概念 | The concept of circular economy

是时候改变传统线性经济了| 我们必须要转变“获取—制造—废弃”线性系统中的每个元素，从如何管理资源，到如何生产制造，以及在产品被丢弃后，如何修复其中的原材料等等。只有这样我们才能在有限自然资源边界内建立一个欣欣向荣的经济。

THE LINEAR ECONOMY HAS TO CHANGE. We must transform all the elements of the take-make-waste system: how we manage resources, how we make and use products, and what we do with the materials afterwards. Only then can we create a thriving economy that can benefit everyone within the limits of our planet.

• 新系统的三个基本原则，也是三大基石 | The foundations of a new system 

循环经济系统中| 三个原则分别是：修复自然系统，从设计之初避免浪费和污染，延长材料和商品的使用。

THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY'S THREE BASIC PRINCIPLES. They are: design out waste and pollution, keep products and materials in use, and regenerate natural systems.

3

循环经济的收益

Benefits of the Circular Economy

←

在快消品行业

每年可以节省7亿美元

到2030年

减少48%的碳排放

→

←

减少

5500亿美元的健康支出

在中国

降低47%的交通堵塞

 →

• 循环经济转型带来了各种形式、不同方面的收益 | Shifting towards the circular economy brings various benefits.

循环经济系统的收益是巨大的| 除了以上的数据，到2040年，循环经济能为中国的企业和家庭省下70万亿人民币。 

THE BENEFITS OF A NEW SYSTEM ARE HUGE. In addition to the above, there will be CNY70 trillion savings for Chinese businesses and households by 2040.

 下期课程预告 

 NEXT SESSION  

• 循环经济 | The circular economy 
  

11月20日周三| 网络课程2：深入解读循环经济。在第一期网课的基础上，我们将在这一期中深入的了解循环经济发展的历史，以及对商业，社会和环境的益处。

Session 2: The circular economy in detail (Nov. 20, Wed). Dive into the details of the concept of the circular economy to understand its history, its nuances and the benefits it offers to business, society, and the environment.

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