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THE RACE TO ZERO

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Expo 2030 Riyadh

The Era of Change: Together for a Foresighted Tomorrow

Co-Creating the Greatest Expo in History:


With Riyadh's winning bid as the host city for EXPO 2030 it presents an unparalleled  opportunity for Saudi Arabia to demonstrate to the global community how circularity and sustainable urban development, and localized renewable energy installations in the built environment offers the core solutions for climate change adaptation and mitigation measure on a city scale. 



Expo 2030 Site Map

Expo 2030 Riyadh Site Map—1,969' (600m) Elevation

Burning Man Project. Black Rock City, Circular Cities 2030

Black Rock City

Burning Man Festival

First conceived in 1989 on San Francisco's Baker Beach, that first burn of the burning man effigy sparked a cultural revolution in the hearts and minds of artists & engineers whom have carried the creative torch ever since.


In the yearly co-creation, The Burning Man Project comes to life as one of the marvels of the modern age with the creation of Black Rock City—the worlds largest "leave-no-trace" city-wide event.


In response to the 2018 IPCC Report on Climate Change calling on 2020-2030 as the decade for action, in 2019 The Burning Man Project got together to devise a plan towards taking leave-no-trace to the next level—Burning Man Project: 2030 Environmental Sustainability Roadmap 


Below is an outline of Burning Man's 10-year "race-to-zero" timeline: 


  1. No Matter Out of Place—Our goal is to eliminate all non-sustainable waste streams from all Burning Man events and operations
  2. Be Regenerative—Burning Man can prototype solutions that enable our species to become a regenerative force for the planet.
  3. Be Carbon Negative—Becoming carbon negative in the next 10 years is an ambitious goal. We intend to use multiple projects and approaches to prototype solutions towards this goal.


There are no silver bullets or quick fixes when it comes to creating a more sustainable workplace / playa playground. This transition could take years.  We have outlined three phases to help guide us on this journey:


  1. Measure and Reduce Impact—Emissions inventory. Black Rock Labs will be leading the emissions inventory over the next year. Laying the groundwork. We will begin to  work with staff, artists, camps, participants, outside service  providers, and infrastructure vendors to sustainably manage our waste,  pollution, and resources.
  2. Offset Emissions by Purchasing Credits (2–3 years)—Effective offsets. An effective offset program must sequester atmospheric carbon and consider the slow carbon pool. Stimulating a market. Offsets have noble aspirations but can be confusing, though some organizations do offsets at scale.
  3. Become Regenerative (4–10 years)—Multipronged approach. In this stage we will work to end our contributions to landfills and non-regenerative systems. Timeline. Larger sustainable  infrastructure projects that involve industrial-scale facilities (e.g.,  solar, recycling, water, wind, geothermal, etc.) will take a few years  to plan, secure partnerships and capital, and get permits.


In 2019, nearly 80,000 attendees gathered on the playa at Black Rock Desert to celebrate the theme: Metamorphoses. In the closing hours of 2019 the founders chose "Multiverse" as the theme for 2020—little did they know at the time that COVID19 would become the global theme for 2020 and for the first time The Burning Man Project & Black Rock City went virtual: 

Welcome to the Multiverse


In a March press release,  "Terra Incognita" will be the theme for 2021—stay tuned!


Learn more about Burning Man 

Burning Man Project, Black Rock City, Circular Cities 2030

Cities in Transition

Circular Seattle, Circular Cascadia, Circular PNW, Circular Cities 2030, Circular Cities USA

Circular Seattle

Circular Seattle

Circular Seattle

Accelerating Seattle's

"Circular City" Transition


Circular Seattle is an art and industry initiative designed to promote resiliency in the 21st century. This initiative aims to cultivate collaboration between the art and industrial sectors to drive circularity in the greater Seattle community.  


In a Circular Seattle, artists, designers, and industrial professionals come together to explore creative solutions for building a more resilient and sustainable city for future generations. The initiative encourages the integration of circular economy principles, such as resource efficiency, waste reduction, and material reuse, into artistic and industrial practices.  


By bridging the gap between art and industry, Circular Seattle seeks to inspire new ways of thinking and working that prioritize environmental stewardship, social equity, and economic prosperity.   Circular Seattle recognizes that achieving resiliency in the 21st century requires a collective effort and cross-sector partnerships. 


By bringing together the creative vision of artists and the technical expertise of the industrial sector, the initiative promotes transformative change on an industrial level.


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Circular Seattle will set the stage for the global world fair event  “Circular Cities 2030” that will happen simultaneously in every city,  town, and community around the world.


Our inspiration, our motivation,  is the  adaptation of our built environment to better care for our  living world.  


Are you ready to take a vision quest in circular design revolution?  


~stay tuned 

Opening Day—Earth Day April 22 2030


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Circular Economy Hawaii, Circular Aloha, Circular Cities 2030, Circular Cities USA

Circular Aloha

Circular Seattle

Circular Seattle

Earth Islands are Living Labs: 

Microcosms of the Macrocosm.


This project addresses the challenges facing our island communities—climate change, pollution, ecosystem entanglement, and  growing "social" inequalities.

www.circularaloha.com

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Circular City Week NYC, Circular NY, Circular Cities 2030, Circular Cities USA

Circular NYC

Circular Seattle

Circular Europe NETWORK

Circular City Week is an open collaborative festival for circular economy related events. 


For the third time, Circular City Week takes place in New York, and will be back 22-28 March 2021. Activities  during Circular City Week will emphasize how circular practices such as  reuse, recycling, and upcycling are transforming urban industries and  the city as a whole. 


The New York Circular City Initiative

www.circularnyc.org




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Circular Europe, Circular Cities 2030

Circular Europe NETWORK

Circular Cities Declaration

Circular Europe NETWORK

EU product policies contributing to  Circular Economy

The  analysis served to, assess  what extent EU policy tools addressing  products are supporting  circular,  sustainable products. There are many policy tools covering  all the different  products on the EU market, and these tools together  provide a great  contribution to sustainability.

They protect the  environment and human health,  make products more energy and resource  efficient and empower consumers to  choose better products. The analysis  found there is potential for further  strengthening the policies,  especially as concerns the circular design of  products such as textiles  and furniture.  Also, more could be done to support consumers and  circular sectors such as  reuse and repair.


To be continued:

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Circular Cities Declaration, Circular Cities 2030

Circular Cities Declaration

Circular Cities Declaration

Circular Cities Declaration

European Circular Cities Declaration 


Designed to help accelerate the transition from a linear to a circular economy in Europe,


FOUNDING SIGNATORIES

 

Tirana (Albania); Ghent, Leuven and Mechelen (Belgium); Prague (Czechia); Copenhagen, Høje-Taastrup and Roskilde (Denmark); Helsinki, Lappeenranta, Oulu, Tampere and Turku (Finland); Grenoble (France); Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany); Budapest (Hungary); Florence and Prato (Italy); Wiltz (Luxembourg);  Guimarães (Portugal); Bergen and Oslo (Norway); Ljubljana and Maribor (Slovenia); Seville (Spain), and Eskilstuna, Malmö and Umeå (Sweden).

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Circular Amsterdam, Circular Cities 2030, Circular Economy

Circular Amsterdam

Circular Cities Declaration

Circular Cities Declaration

Amsterdam Circular Strategy 2020-2025
 

The strategy aims to significantly reduce the use of new raw materials,  thus contributing to a sustainable city. ... The aim is to halve the  use of new raw materials by 2030 and to achieve a fully circular city by 2050.


DEVELOPING A ROADMAP FOR THE FIRST CIRCULAR CITY: AMSTERDAM

Circle Economy


C40 Cities

Amsterdam's Circular Economy Roadmap:

Lessons Learned and Tools for Upscaling

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www.circularcities.us

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