Vol.7— The Real Story Behind Resource Extraction — Every day we put on clothes, buy a drink, use a smartphone, or get into a car. It feels so natural we hardly ever stop to think. But what does the Earth lose in the process of making just one of these
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｜ Vol.6— From a “Make It Invisible” Economy to “Design for Circulation” — The Earth accepts everything we put into it. But that doesn’t mean it offers us infinite silence. Hello, and welcome back to our series on learning about the circular economy together. In this sixth installment, we look
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Vol.5 — The Hidden Costs of Waste for Society and the Environment When a new incineration plant or landfill is planned nearby, most of us feel uneasy. The smell, the impact on the landscape, the risk of harmful substances—few would welcome it if they could avoid it. Yet in
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Vol.4— Do We Have Enough Resources? Can the Environment Withstand It? — “What burden does the Earth bear for a single product—just to be made, used, and then thrown away?” We live surrounded by countless products and services. Yet behind that convenience, the planet’s ecosystems and future resources
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Vol.3— What have we lost in the pursuit of economic growth? — We’ve grown used to a world where “buy and throw away” is the norm. But the hidden costs of this system are deeper—and more quietly devastating—than we may realize. ■ Introduction: Confronting the “Other Side” of
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Vol.2―Introduction: The Question Before the Circular Economy In recent years—especially in discussions about the circular economy and moving beyond mass consumption—a certain reflective question has begun to emerge: Why have we built a society so deeply predicated on “throwing things away”? To face this question, we
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Vol.1 — What Is the Circular Economy? The Key Difference from the Linear Model From “throw away” to “create value.” Why question the very idea of “throwing away”? “It’s normal to discard things once we’re done using them.” This mindset is deeply embedded in our everyday lives. Buy
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0:00 /0:52 1× A boy holding a broken “Made in Japan” toy— that was where our journey began. In 1995, as a young backpacker wandering through Calcutta, I found myself among children living on towering garbage mountains. One boy clutched a broken Japanese toy as if it were
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