Circular Perspectives for Linear Mindsets: Four Innovative Thinkers Around the Globe

How did linear thinking succeed in dominating our mental infrastructure? What can be done to change the linear mind-set of corporate and political leaders, and what should consumers do if they want to move away from linear products, culture and lifestyles? REVOLVE Circular spoke with four innovative thinkers to find out.

Ashish Kothari is the creator and main proponent of the concept of Ecological Swaraj in India, also called Radical Ecological Democracy. In our interview, Ashish Kothari particularly points out the pluriverse of alternatives to ‘development’ that are either part of ancient systems of living in harmony with the earth, or new innovations including from within industrialized, Western societies.
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Doryn Negesa is a Ugandan Doctoral Researcher at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Her focus is on the sustainable development of eco-industrial parks in Africa. She believes that sustainability and a circular economy are the key to redefining Africa’s economic development.
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Kyle Ritchie is the Founder of the Circular Economy Studio and the Education Sustainable Design Lead for Cannon Design in Chicago; he is best known for his new book Circular Economy for Dummies to be published in April 2021.
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Walter R. Stahel is a Swiss architect and author of The Performance Economy; he has been influential in developing the field of sustainability, by advocating ‘service-life extension of goods – reuse, repair, remanufacture, upgrade technologically’ philosophies as they apply to industrialized economies.