Podcasts about Circular

For this episode, Ashley sits down with Ilaria Resta, CEO of Audemars Piguet, to discuss heritage, innovation, circular leadership, sustainability, and one of the most talked-about watch collaborations of the year.The mission is bigger than any one CEO. Ilaria sees herself as part of a 151-year story, with a responsibility to protect the manufacturer's founding values while adapting to a changing world.Circular leadership is not a metaphor. It is a way of keeping decision-making close to the people who know: watchmakers, clients, artisans, suppliers and markets.Royal Pop was not a marketing stunt. It was an education strategy, a cultural opening and a call to protect the future of mechanical watchmaking.The biggest threat to watchmaking is not technology. It is irrelevance.

La utilización de recursos naturales finitos y el aumento de los residuos a nivel mundial nos indican la necesidad de replantearnos seriamente el modelo de producción y consumo que tenemos. En la mayor parte de los países del mundo la llamada economía circular apuesta por un modelo económico y social más responsable con el medio ambiente y más justo con las personas. Reparar, reciclar, reducir y reutilizar son conceptos claves para hacer frente a los retos que tenemos planteados.Esta semana hablamos de la economía circular con Manuel Guerrero, director de la Fundación Economía Circular. Áureo Díaz Carrasco, director ejecutivo de FEDIT, Federación Española de Centros Tecnológicos. Pablo García Fernández, Senior Manager del Departamento de Transformación Sostenible, responsable del Grupo de Acción Economía Circular de Forética. Y Félix Antonio López, investigador del CSIC en el Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Metalúrgicas, miembro de la Plataforma Temática Interdisciplinar de Sostenibilidad y Economía Circular, Coautor del libro 'Economía circular'.Escuchar audio

Resale is forcing brands to rethink product design, pricing, and customer acquisition from the ground up. Ryan Rowe (Archive) and Alison Buchanan (Lululemon) join Brian and Alicia to unpack how lululemon's Like New evolved from a sustainability pilot into a meaningful commercial channel. We unpack messy reverse logistics, the AI agents now quietly running warehouse decisions, and the organizational vision required to make circular commerce work across a vertically structured enterprise. When the Future of Commerce Is Circular, Every Brand Is A Secondhand Brand Key takeaways: Resale has shifted from a sustainability gesture to a commercial channel with P&L accountability. Branded resale wins where third-party marketplaces can't: data integrity, trust, and brand language. Like New must operate to tackle a fundamentally different eCommerce problem — one-of-one inventory breaks mainline systems. AI is moving from assisting warehouse operators to serving as autonomous agents that optimize pricing and routing. Circular commerce is an acquisition engine; roughly half of resale shoppers are new to the lululemon brand. Key quotes: [02:41] "It's a very technical problem. It's a large-scale platform problem that touches virtually every piece of a brand's business." — Ryan Rowe [06:12] "Commerce is, is obviously just a space that we are starting to realize is a strong commercial lever… Like New for our business is really sitting at this intersection of business and impact." — Alison Buchanan [08:40] "Resale of lululemon was happening at scale already all around us. And it was either let it happen without us… or uphold our brand standards." — Alison Buchanan [26:26] "A lot of customers are actually trying brands for the first time with a used item… because it's a way for them to test things like fit and material and quality at a much lower barrier to entry." — Ryan Rowe In-Show Mentions: Archive Like New by Lululemon Associated Links: Check out Future Commerce on YouTube Check out Future Commerce Plus for exclusive content and save on merch and print Subscribe to Insiders and The Senses to read more about what we are witnessing in the commerce world Listen to our other episodes of Future Commerce Have any questions or comments about the show? Let us know on futurecommerce.com, or reach out to us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn. We love hearing from our listeners! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Lucy Mortimer of Archipelago Ventures joins David Bank. Archipelago is a UK-based early-stage climate fund investing in materials innovations that enable a truly circular economy. They speak about Lucy about why materials are a sleeper cell in the climate crisis and how Archipelago is innovating in the fund raising process itself, with “collective diligence” - in which Archipelago's prospective partners work together to ask the hard questions. 

Can Europe secure the critical raw materials it needs without stepping back from global trade? Recorded at the Circular Sovereignty Forum at IFAT Munich, with Susanne Kadner of Circular Republic, João Merico of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and Roland Gauß of EIT Raw Materials, on the link between circularity, geopolitics, and supply security. What you'll hear in this episode: • What companies actually want from EU regulation: predictability above all. First movers need to know the rules they invested in will not be reversed by the next reform. • Why recycling alone will not close the gap. Reuse, leasing, and product as a service have to scale alongside it, even when fast innovation cycles make reusing yesterday's components harder. • Why venture money is shifting toward Europe as US green subsidies are rolled back, and where Europe still loses ground on a level playing field. The episode also covers Europe's urban mines and the secondary raw materials in them, and the case for diversifying supply rather than concentrating it on single suppliers. This is the first episode in the Circularity.fm IFAT special, recorded at IFAT.

Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman cover Tim Cook's final WWDC as CEO and Apple's Gemini-powered Siri strategy, the $35 billion Apollo and Blackstone deal backing Anthropic's capacity expansion, Intel's packaging wins with Google and NVIDIA, SpaceX's IPO at a $1.77 trillion valuation, Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 launch across every major cloud, and earnings reactions from Oracle, Micron, and Adobe. The handpicked topics for this week are: Apple's Siri AI Will Run on Gemini, Closing Out Tim Cook's Final WWDC as CEO: At WWDC, Apple confirmed Siri AI will run on Gemini through a new billion-dollar per year, multi-year deal, while Apple's Foundation Model Cloud Pro runs on NVIDIA GPUs inside Google Cloud. The announcement marks Tim Cook's last WWDC as CEO before John Ternus takes over on September 1. Apple isn't building its own AI cluster or competing on CapEx. They're betting that by owning the consumption layer, backed by access to health data and private messaging through iMessage, Apple will have a moat that compute spending can't replicate. (The Decode) Apollo and Blackstone Close the Largest Private Credit Deal Ever Backing Anthropic's Capacity Expansion: A $35 billion deal, the largest private credit transaction on record, will fund Google TPU capacity tied to Anthropic's compute needs, with Broadcom backstopping senior debt tranches and Google backstopping lease payments. The structure treats compute as a lendable asset class and signals more than 20 gigawatts of demand still being built out through 2028. Circular financing between chipmakers, cloud providers, and AI labs has moved from controversial to standard practice. (The Decode) Intel's Foundry Wins Packaging Work on Google's TPUs, Not a Full Fab Deal: Reports that Intel landed a deal tied to Google and NVIDIA reframe what's actually being handed off. Intel gets the packaging work on over 3 million TPUs, the compute die stays with TSMC, and the I/O die is being negotiated with Samsung at 2nm. INTC rose 12% Monday. The deal represents a low-risk path for Intel to augment, not replace, TSMC, while raising questions about anti-competitive dynamics in the foundry market. (The Decode) SpaceX Becomes an AI Infrastructure Company With a $1.77 Trillion IPO: SpaceX's IPO priced amid oversubscribed demand, with its valuation now reflecting not just Starlink connectivity and launch dominance but a newly material AI business, including AI1 orbital data center tests planned for late 2027 and a $920 million per month Google compute contract running through 2029. A sum-of-the-parts breakdown of the connectivity, launch, and AI segments lands well short of the trading price, with the gap largely explained by confidence in Elon Musk's track record of execution. (The Decode) Anthropic Launches Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Across Every Major Cloud: Anthropic shipped Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 with same-day availability across Snowflake, AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI, and Microsoft Foundry, pricing at $10 and $50 per million tokens. The hyperscaler-neutral distribution strategy lands ahead of Anthropic's anticipated IPO. The models represent a real step up in research capability over Opus 4.8, but they come with a significant change. Users no longer have the option to opt out of data sharing with Anthropic, a shift some enterprises, including Microsoft, are already responding to. (The Decode) Is SpaceX a Once-in-a-Generation Entry or the Top of the Market? One side argues SpaceX represents a generational opportunity on par with early Amazon or Netflix, with interplanetary travel and off-world resource extraction as the long-term payoff that justifies looking past current valuation math. The other side argues this is peak euphoria: a company trading at roughly 95 times sales, propped up in part by circular investment from Google into both SpaceX and its AI segment, with a steep drawdown likely before any sustained climb. (The Flip) The Chip and Security Trade Reverses From Broken to Bifurcated: The semiconductor sector posted its biggest single-day gain since 2020, with the SOX up 5% on Monday, June 8, as a prior selloff in names like Broadcom, CrowdStrike, and Palo Alto Networks fully reversed. Intel rose 12%, Marvell 10%, and Corning 7%. The rebound reframes the AI trade narrative from a broad breakdown to a split between winners and laggards within the same sector. (Bulls & Bears) Oracle Posts a Record Quarter, But the Market Focuses on a $50 Billion Funding Plan: Oracle delivered record revenue of $19.2 billion, up 21 %, with EPS of $2.11, beating estimates of $1.89. IaaS grew 93 %, the fastest pace among hyperscalers, and RPO hit $638 billion, up $85 billion quarter over quarter, including $75 billion in AI contracts. FY27 guidance of $90 billion was maintained, and EPS guidance was raised, yet the stock fell 5% after hours amid concerns about Oracle's capital spending plans. Oracle's AI cloud backlog now exceeds those of AWS, Google, and Microsoft, built heavily on commitments from Anthropic and OpenAI. (Bulls & Bears) Micron's Profit Trajectory Puts It in Google's Earnings Tier: Micron is projected to generate nearly as much profit in 2027 as Google, with Q2 revenue of $23.86 billion, up 22 % and beating estimates, and Q3 guidance of $33.5 billion in revenue, $19.15 EPS, and 81 % gross margin. The stock is up 776%, with Wall Street firms, including UBS, raising price targets. The open question is whether memory has broken its historically cyclical pattern given sustained AI demand. (Bulls & Bears) Adobe Beats Across the Board, But the Stock Drops on CEO Departure and Freemium Pivot: Adobe posted record revenue of $6.62 billion, up 13 % and beating consensus of $6.45 billion, with non-GAAP EPS of $5.96, topping estimates of $5.81. AI first ARR tripled year over year to over $500 million, with total ARR reaching $27.1 billion, and FY26 guidance was raised. The stock still fell 5.5 % after hours, driven by the CFO's departure to Marvell and market concern over a strategic shift toward freemium pricing that delays near-term profitability. (Bulls & Bears) Watch the full video at sixfivemedia.com, and be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel so you never miss an episode. The Decode Apple WWDC- Apple Caves to Google AND NVIDIA — Siri AI Runs on Gemini ($1B/yr) + Apple Foundation Model Cloud Pro Runs on NVIDIA GPUs in Google Cloud; Tim Cook's Final WWDC as CEO Before John Ternus Succeeds Him Sept 1 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/08/apple-wwdc-2026-live-updates.html Google's $35B Infra Deal — Apollo + Blackstone Close the Largest Private Credit Deal Ever; Broadcom Backstops Senior Tranches; Google Backstops Lease Payments https://www.reuters.com/business/apollo-blackstone-back-anthropics-35-billion-capacity-expansion-new-broadcom-tie-2026-06-09/ Intel's Foundry Reportedly Wins Google Packaging (Not Full Fab) — The Information Reframed: 3M+ TPU Packaging by Intel, Compute Die Still TSMC, I/O Die Being Negotiated With Samsung 2nm; INTC +12% Monday; Pat Calls Out TSMC Anti-Competitive Risk https://www.trendforce.com/news/2026/06/09/news-intel-foundry-gains-momentum-as-google-reportedly-orders-3m-tpus-nvidia-evaluates-18a-for-multi-die-gpu-design/ SpaceX Becomes an AI Infrastructure Company — Friday IPO at $1.77T; AI1 Orbital Data Center Tests Late 2027; Google $920M/mo Compute Contract Through 2029 https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/spacex-poised-history-record-75-100000402.html Anthropic Ships Claude Fable 5 + Mythos 5 — Same-Day Distribution Across Snowflake, AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI, Microsoft Foundry; Hyperscaler-Neutral by Design Ahead of IPO; $10/$50 per M Tokens https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-fable-5-mythos-5 The Flip FOR: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/11/spacex-billionaire-investing.html AGAINST: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/technology/elon-musk-spacex-ipo.html Bulls & Bears The Chip + Security Tape Recovery — SOX +5% Monday June 8 (Biggest Day Since 2020); AVGO/CRWD/PANW Selloff Reversed; Intel +12%, Marvell +10%, Corning +7%; the AI Trade Pivots From "Broken" to "Bifurcated" https://www.investopedia.com/stock-market-today-dow-jones-s-and-p-500-06082026-11992852 Oracle (ORCL) Q4 FY26 ACTUALS — Record $19.2B Rev (+21%), EPS $2.11 Beat ($1.89); IaaS +93%; RPO HITS $638B (+$85B QoQ, $75B AI Contracts); FY27 $90B Guide Maintained, EPS Guide Raised; Stock −5% AH on Massive Capex Plan https://www.tradingkey.com/analysis/stocks/us-stocks/261959450-oracle-record-q4-2026-earnings-report-cloud-data-center-stock-tradingkey "$MU Will Generate Almost As Much Profit in 2027 as $GOOGL"; Q2 Rev $23.86B (+22% Beat), Q3 Guide $33.50B / $19.15 EPS / 81% GM; MU Stock +776%; UBS Among Wall Street Raising Targets https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/06/11/wall-street-just-put-a-monster-target-on-micron-is-the-stock-still-too-cheap/ Adobe (ADBE) Q2 FY26 ACTUALS — Record $6.62B Rev (+13%) Beats Consensus $6.45B; Non-GAAP EPS $5.96 Beats $5.81; AI-First ARR Triples YoY to $500M+; Total ARR $27.10B; FY26 Guide RAISED; Stock −5.5% AH Despite Beat-and-Raise https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260611677110/en/Adobe-Reports-Record-Q2-Results    

La presión regulatoria y las nuevas exigencias ambientales están obligando a las empresas a replantearse qué hacer con sus residuos. Algunas lo viven como un coste y otras, como el Grupo Llorens, lo han convertido en una oportunidad de crecimiento. Hoy es un referente europeo en gestión de residuos industriales y economía circular. Te lo contamos en este podcast de Compartiendo Conocimiento. Durante años, gestionar desechos fue una obligación regulatoria, pero ahora empieza a convertirse en una oportunidad para innovar, ganar eficiencia y abrir nuevas líneas de negocio en torno a la economía circular. Así lo recoge el V Informe Cotec de Economía Circular, que señala que España ha conseguido desacoplar parcialmente su crecimiento económico del impacto ambiental generado por el uso de materiales: hoy produce más riqueza utilizando menos materiales que hace diez años. En medio de ese cambio, aparecen empresas que han sabido leer el momento antes que otras. El Grupo Llorens es una de ellas. Lleva décadas transformando residuos industriales en nuevos recursos y ayudando a otras compañías a reducir su impacto ambiental mientras ganan en eficiencia y competitividad. Hoy el grupo cuenta con más de 250 trabajadores, seis plantas de reciclaje en Cataluña y una instalación pionera en Europa dedicada al reciclaje de productos farmacéuticos y cosméticos. En este podcast de Compartiendo Conocimiento, te contamos cómo han llegado hasta ahí.

En el programa de Radio Social Corporativa, tuvimos el placer de abrir de nuevo el espacio de AEMA para hablar sobre una iniciativa que está marcando junio como un mes muy especial para el medio ambiente. Este mes fue elegido por el Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente, celebrado el 5 de junio, y con esa excusa, AEMA ha lanzado "Junio Circular", un mes lleno de eventos temáticos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEBkYr-8Nkg El secretario general de AEMA, Juan Ramón Escoda, nos explicó que la idea detrás de Junio Circular es extender la concienciación ambiental más allá de un día, permitiendo una serie de eventos y actividades a lo largo de todo el mes. Esto no solo facilita la participación más amplia sino que también permite profundizar en temáticas concretas. Eventos Destacados Real Decreto de Envases: Una de las iniciativas clave de Junio Circular es la charla sobre el nuevo Real Decreto de Envases. Este evento se llevará a cabo el 12 de junio y abordará cómo esta normativa afectará tanto a las empresas como a los consumidores. Juan Ramón Escoda destacó la importancia de este decreto y la necesidad de que las empresas se formen sobre las nuevas exigencias normativas. Taller sobre Greenwashing: El 26 de junio se llevará a cabo otro evento online centrado en la nueva normativa sobre greenwashing y la taxonomía verde. Este taller tiene como objetivo ayudar a las empresas a comunicar sus aportes al medio ambiente sin temor a ser acusadas de greenwashing. ECODAY y la Inteligencia Artificial: El ECODAY (Ecodía) se celebrará de manera presencial el 30 de junio, y este año el enfoque es la inteligencia artificial en el sector ambiental. AEMA ha querido mostrar cómo estas nuevas herramientas pueden beneficiar a las empresas y emprendedores en sus prácticas medioambientales diarias. Juan Ramón Escoda enfatiza que todos los talleres son gratuitos y abiertos al público, destacando la necesidad de participar para entender las dinámicas actuales del medio ambiente. La inscripción a estos eventos se puede realizar a través del sitio web oficial de AEMA. Conclusión Junio Circular no solo es una oportunidad para aprender sobre nuevas normativas, sino también para formar parte de un movimiento ambiental significativo. Entre testimonios de expertos, prácticas innovadoras y la constante evolución de la inteligencia artificial, este mes promete ser una fecha clave para el sector empresarial y el emprendimiento enmarcados en el ámbito medioambiental. No pierdas la oportunidad de participar y contribuir a una discusión tan relevante sobre el futuro de nuestro planeta. Inscríbete en los eventos de AEMA y forma parte del cambio.

Exclusive stories from the front line of the government's war over defence spending.And there's a swagger about Andy Burnham's team: they're more and more confident that he'll win in Makerfield. What happens next? And how will the enmity between Andy Burnham and Keir Starmer influence the outcome?Steven Swinford, political editor, The TimesLara Spirit, deputy political editor, The Sunday TimesProducers: Euan Dawtrey, Harry KitsonExecutive producer: Molly GuinnessPicture: Getty ImagesEmail us: thestateofit@thetimes.co.ukThis podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Sustainability Uncovered - the monthly show for anyone working in or passionate about environmental sustainability. This episode is all about cutting emissions in the built environment. What does low-carbon building look like on the ground? How can we slash emissions across existing commercial sites? And could coffee waste help reimagine the future of sustainable construction? We put these questions to our three expert guest speakers: - Holly Loughman, head of sustainability at Kingspan Group - Michael Hatton-Evans, specification manager at Tate - Jonathan Ly, director of structures at Canary Wharf Group Your co-hosts this episode are edie's acting content editor Matilda Cox and senior reporter Sidhi Mittal. This episode is hosted in partnership with Kingspan. Sustainability Uncovered uncovers some of the most inspiring and insightful sustainability and climate action stories from across the globe. The show features leader interviews, need-to-know round-ups, listener quizzes and more – all wrapped up into monthly episodes. Whether you're a business leader, climate expert, environmental professional, youth activist, or just have a passion for all things green – this podcast is for you! Say hello: podcast@fav-house.com

Technology isn't magic. But sometimes dropping your spoon in a bowl of soup during a pandemic leads you somewhere extraordinary.In this episode of HappyPorch Radio, Barry O'Kane speaks with Thierry Sanders, founder of Kolekt, a platform connecting waste collectors, buy-back centres, and recyclers across the Global South. Thierry's background spans fintech, microfinance, and living in developing countries from Ecuador to Pakistan to Indonesia, and Kolekt grew directly out of two weeks spent riding around Bali on a motorbike with informal waste collectors, learning how their world actually works.What makes Kolekt's story unusual is the order of operations. Thierry didn't arrive with a product looking for a market. He started with cigarettes, lunch, and genuine curiosity, and the technology followed the problems he discovered: collectors wasting half their time searching for materials that weren't there, workers without phones or bank accounts locked out of digital systems, and facial recognition tools that didn't work for the people who needed them most.The conversation is direct about the harder edges of this work: the fossil fuel industry flooding markets with cheap virgin plastic, governments demanding surveillance data on immigrant workers, and the gap between EPR policy and what actually reaches the people doing the collecting.✨ In this episode:Thierry tells the origin story of Kolekt, from a pandemic soup bowl in Jakarta to 14,000+ waste collector profiles across six countriesWe explore the practical technology challenges of serving users who have no phone, no bank account, and no reliable connectivityThierry explains how Kolekt discovered and worked around racist bias in open-source facial recognitionBarry and Thierry discuss the economics of informal waste collection and why recycled materials cost more than virgin plasticThierry shares his work advising South Asian governments on EPR legislation and the $100 billion opportunity it representsWe hear how Kolekt chose to lose contracts rather than hand over user data to governments targeting immigrant collectors

The fashion and textiles industry accounts for up to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, consumes 93 billion cubic meters of water annually, and generates 92 million tons of waste each year — yet only 1% of textiles are recycled back into new products. In this episode, we sit down with three leading experts to unpack one of the most resource-intensive industries on the planet and explore what a genuinely circular textiles sector could look like.We're joined by Mark Sumner, Head of Textiles at WRAP; Sarah Morley, Strategic Engagement Manager at WRAP Americas; and Linda Breggin, Senior Attorney at the Environmental Law Institute. Together, we trace the full lifecycle of a garment from field to landfill, examine fast fashion as a consumer behavior rather than just a retail phenomenon, and explore how circular design, durability standards, voluntary industry agreements, and policy intervention are beginning to reshape the system.Whether you're working in sustainability, environmental policy, waste reduction, or supply chain management, this episode offers both the big-picture framework and the on-the-ground insights you need to understand where the textiles industry is headed — and what it will take to get there. See WRAP's website for more information.Introduction: The Environmental Footprint of the Fashion and Textiles Industry (02:37)Lifecycle of a Garment: Hotspots, Impacts, and Intervention Points (03:47)Circular Design in Practice: The Pillars of a More Sustainable Textiles Industry (11:05)Changing Consumer Behavior (21:34)The UK Textiles Pact and the Durability Accelerator: Industry Collaboration in Action (29:49)WRAP's US Expansion: Landscape Review, Gaps, and the Road Ahead (45:14)The Role of State and Local Governments (48:33)Concluding Thoughts (54:43) ★ Support this podcast ★

On this episode, Mandy Clement of James Cropper and David Tilbrook of Hexcel join the show to discuss how their companies are working together through the ECCA, to advance the development of high-value composite materials made from recycled carbon fibre that support both performance and circularity across aerospace, automotive, and mobility sectors. The European Circular Composites Alliance (ECCA), led […] The post Advancing Circular Composites: How James Cropper and Hexcel Are Driving Recycling Innovation Through the ECCA first appeared on Composites Weekly. The post Advancing Circular Composites: How James Cropper and Hexcel Are Driving Recycling Innovation Through the ECCA appeared first on Composites Weekly.

We explore how the home furniture industry is adopting groundbreaking sustainable textiles from Taiwan's leading performance fabric innovators. Discover how pioneering companies are upcycling everyday waste—like discarded coffee grounds and recycled plastics—into high-performance yarns that naturally manage moisture and odor.We dive into the critical manufacturing shift toward mono-materials, which simplifies the end-of-life recycling process by phasing out complex, hard-to-recycle blended fibers. Learn how replacing petroleum-based foams and toxic chemical treatments with bio-based alternatives drastically reduces a brand's environmental footprint. Finally, we discuss why transparent storytelling about a product's material journey is the ultimate tool for engaging today's eco-conscious consumers and driving the industry toward a true circular economy rooted in material science.Read our blog https://mondoro.com/sustainable-textile-trends-what-the-home-furniture-industry-can-learn-from-performance-fabrics/

The economy was designed to serve life. At some point, it forgot. This article traces how that happened - through colonial extraction, currency manipulation, and centuries of treating the Earth as an inexhaustible resource - and more importantly, what is already being built in its place. It is also worth naming what is being built against it. Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC), digital identity systems, and the broader technocratic agenda advancing through institutions like the World Economic Forum represent a competing vision of the future - one where economic participation is surveilled, programmable, and ultimately controlled by the few. That is not a regenerative economy. It is the extractive economy in a new interface. The regenerative economy moves in the opposite direction: toward decentralization, sovereignty, reciprocity, and life. From Time Banks in New York to community currencies in Ecuador to worker cooperatives in Spain, it is not a future vision. It is a present reality, waiting to be joined. And while blockchain and regenerative finance are real and important parts of this picture, the regenerative economy is bigger than any single technology. It is a whole-systems redesign - cultural, spiritual, and practical - of how human beings relate to value, to each other, and to all living beings on Earth.A System Feature | Designed to ExtractA president steps up to the podium in Manila, praising the economic progress their country has fulfilled after, what many of us call “ the plandemic”. Outside the auditorium, a young mother carries her child on her hip, knocking on car windows at a red light, eyes down, asking for alms. The applause inside the hall doesn't reach her. It never does.The president says the currency has strengthened. That prices are coming down. Meanwhile, across the city, a farmer named Rodrigo is standing in the field he has worked for thirty years, calculating whether this harvest will cover the loan he took out before the last typhoon swept his crop away. It didn't. This is not an exception to the economic system. It is a feature of it. A reflection of a culture that does not care about those actually in need.Many nations measure their health through GDP - Gross Domestic Product - which essentially dictates whether or not an economy is “progressing.” It runs under one quiet assumption: that the Earth will keep giving. Indefinitely. Without asking anything in return. That before the calculations around supply, demand, and the balance of everything else, all the raw materials are already ideally supplied.The Earth is answering. Typhoons that once came once a generation now arrive like clockwork. Harvests that fed communities for centuries are failing across the Andes, the Sahel, the Mekong delta. The seasons that indigenous peoples read as living calendars have become erratic, unreliable, grieving. None of this is random. It is a response - accurate and proportional - to an economy built on the assumption that extraction has no cost.If we were truly “abundant” financially, we would not have billions of people at risk of starvation, homelessness, and other manifestations of neglect and poverty. The economy was supposed to serve all life. It has forgotten this. And in forgetting it, it has begun to abandon human life itself.The Story We InheritedMoney was supposed to be a promissory note for the gold reserves one actually held. The paper was a symbol - pointing at something real, something held in a vault somewhere, something that could be touched.Then the notes began circulating. And the longer they circulated, the more people forgot what they were pointing to. Eventually, the circulation gave rise to the idea of turning the notes into currency itself. The symbol became the standard. It became backed not by gold, but by story - a story so strong, so repeated, so programmed into every transaction of daily life, that we began to mistake it for the truth.We placed a middleman between ourselves and our needs. And somewhere along the way, we forgot we had done it. Perhaps, by design. Here is what the story never tells you: the gold itself did not arrive innocently.In 1302, Pope Boniface VIII issued Unam Sanctam, declaring papal authority supreme over all earthly power - making the Earth itself, philosophically, ownable. A century and a half later, that claim became economic policy. Dum Diversas (1452) authorized the enslavement of non-Christians across the globe. Romanus Pontifex (1455) granted Portugal the right to colonize and extract across Africa and the New World. Inter Caetera (1493) extended the same to Spain and the Americas.These were the founding economic legislation of the extractive world we live in - all cloaked in religious language.What followed was centuries of forced extraction. Economists Flynn and Giráldez have documented that colonial American silver - mined through indigenous forced labor in Potosí and across Peru and Mexico - became the standard monetary foundation of early global trade. The gold in the vault was never simply there. It was coercively taken.And then, on August 15, 1971, even that material trace was erased. President Nixon closed the gold window, ending the Bretton Woods system and severing the dollar's convertibility to gold. According to the Federal Reserve's own record, the international community was not consulted. From that moment, currency was backed by nothing but the authority of the government printing it.Knowing that we wrote ourselves into this story, we are now remembering that we can write ourselves out of it. Not only by writing new stories, but by reconnecting with stories that existed long before our current economic situation - stories that are still alive, still practiced, still remembered by the communities that never abandoned them.What Has Always WorkedBefore the conquest of certain nations to centralize power into their hands, other societies practiced more communal and regenerative ways of exchanging value. To them, considering other people and the Earth itself was not an ethical add-on. It was integral to the flourishing of their economies.Pre-colonial PhilippinesLong before the Spaniards arrived, the Philippine archipelago was a major hub in the maritime Silk Road - one of Asia's most active trade networks. Communities exchanged with Chinese, Japanese, Arab, and Indian traders at coastal ports and river settlements.The archipelagic geography made it impossible to consolidate wealth in any single place. Different tribes like the Maranao exchanged surplus agricultural produce, textiles, metalware, and forest products through robust barter systems built on kinship ties and alliances among polities. Value moved between two people who chose to relate. No middleman. Mutual trust was the economic infrastructure.Andean PeoplesThe Quechua people organized their economy around a relational foundation that lives in the language itself. Ayni - sacred reciprocity. Minka - collective community work. Randi-Randi - generalized reciprocity, the understanding that what circulates returns. All three connect to the broader principle of Sumak Kawsay: good living in right relationship with community, land, and the living world.Sumak Kawsay does not separate prosperity from the wellbeing of ecosystems. It understands them as one thing. This recognition runs so deep that Ecuador enshrined it as the central guiding principle for its national development in its 2008 constitution - the living legal inheritance of an ancient economy that knew how to stay.Haudenosaunee in North AmericaIn their 1981 formal statement to the United Nations, the Haudenosaunee Council of Chiefs articulated what their communities had practiced for centuries: that the earth was created for all to use, forever - not for the present generation to exhaust. Under their law, land is held by the women of each clan, who farm and care for it for the benefit of future generations.The Haudenosaunee saw land as a responsibility to be stewarded in trust. Anthropologist Kurt Jordan from Cornell University documented their economic practices and described them as “a reasonably sustainable, localized economy” even under intense external pressure. They had embodied communal stewardship long before theories about such things were written down.Southern Africa“I am because we are.”This is Ubuntu - the philosophy at the core of both social and economic life across Southern Africa. Communities in South Africa and Mozambique relied on mutual aid networks, intergenerational knowledge systems, and participatory rituals as practical economic infrastructure. These systems enhanced community cohesion and collective resilience precisely in the moments when extractive economies failed them. They understood, bone-deep, that no human being thrives in isolation.Diversity of Regen Economic SystemsMany communities across continents are actively rebuilding economic systems beyond the extractive model. The following are not theoretical. They are actively running. Hence, the more diversity of economic systems each person and community practices, the more abundant, unbreakable and independent we are from degenerative systems from governments and corporations that want to control it all. The Commons FoundationOne body of research forms the intellectual foundation for nearly all of them: the life's work of Elinor Ostrom, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Economics. Ostrom spent decades documenting over 800 cases of communities successfully governing shared resources - in Switzerland, Kenya, Guatemala, Nepal, and beyond - without either privatization or state control.Her conclusion was simple and radical: communities do not inevitably destroy what they share. Given the right institutional design, they protect it and pass this duty to the next generation. And her eight design principles for successful commons governance - the framework that emerged from all that fieldwork - describe, as she herself acknowledged, the same governance systems that indigenous communities had been practicing for centuries.Her work is not a new idea. It is a confirmation of ancient ones.Regenerative Economics | Beyond ReFi - The Whole-Systems VisionWhen most people first encounter the term “regenerative economy,” they arrive through crypto. Through ReFi - regenerative finance - and the promise of blockchain as a tool for funding ecological restoration, decentralizing power, and making impact transparent. These are real contributions. They matter.But John Fullerton, founder of the Capital Institute and one of the most rigorous thinkers in this field, spent two decades on Wall Street before arriving at a different and more fundamental question: what if the entire framework of modern finance is running in conflict with how life actually works?Fullerton's work focuses on building an economic framework that supports the long-term health of people, communities, and the planet - not by tweaking the existing system, but by replacing its underlying logic. His core argument is that we are running our society in conflict with the patterns and principles that explain how life works.His answer is what he calls regenerative economics: eight principles drawn from living systems science that describe how healthy economies - like healthy ecosystems - actually function. Diversity. Balance. Circular flow. Robust circulation. Surplus financial capital, in his framework, needs to be recycled and regenerated into other forms of capital - natural, social, and cultural. Not hoarded nor extracted. Composted back into the living system that produced it.ReFi, in Fullerton's framing, is one tool within this larger architecture. Blockchain can decentralize power. Tokenized nature credits can make ecological value legible to markets. Community currencies can circulate value locally. But the technology is only as regenerative as the values underneath it. A crypto project built on extraction logic is still extraction, regardless of the chain it runs on.Regenerative economy is not a financial product. It is a civilizational shift - in how we measure wealth, in what we decide to protect, in whose voices count when decisions are made. ReFi is welcome in that shift. It is one current in a much larger river.Time BanksIn Jackson Heights, Queens, a retired nurse named Gloria hasn't touched the formal economy in months for the things that matter most to her. She spends three hours teaching English to a recent immigrant. Those hours become credits. She spends them on home repairs from a neighbor who knows carpentry. He spends his credits on childcare. The loop keeps moving.This is a Time Bank - a community exchange system built on one radical premise: everyone's time is worth the same. One hour of legal advice equals one hour of gardening equals one hour of emotional support. The hierarchy of market wages disappears. What remains is a web of people who need each other.Edgar Cahn, who developed Time Banking in the 1980s after surviving a near-fatal heart attack, called it “co-production” - the idea that the economy needs what the market can never price: care, community, civic participation, the work of raising children and holding elders. Time Banks make that invisible labor visible, and circulate it back into the community that produced it.Today there are over 500 Time Banks operating in more than 30 countries. Some have formalized into neighborhood institutions. Others run through apps. All of them rest on the same foundation the Quechua called Ayni - sacred reciprocity - translated into the language of modern urban life.Mondragon CorporationThe Mondragon Corporation in Spain's Basque region remains the most studied proof that democratic ownership functions at scale. Founded by six worker-owners in 1956, it now comprises 96 cooperatives employing over 70,000 people, with annual revenues exceeding €11 billion. Workers own the company collectively, vote on strategy at general assemblies, and operate under a constitutionally capped pay ratio of 6-to-1 between the highest and lowest earners.Traditional Dream FactoryIn a 25-hectare village in Alentejo, Portugal, Traditional Dream Factory is a living prototype of the self-sustaining regenerative community - blending collective ownership, ecological restoration, intentional community, and decentralized economy in one working place. They have raised over €1.25 million in total capital across 280+ token holders. Their 2026 build phase is completing co-living rooms, artist studios, a farm-to-table restaurant, a mushroom farm, and a biopool wellness space.AtreyuInvestment, as most of us have encountered it, prioritizes short-term financial returns above all else. Atreyu challenges this at the root by approaching investment through living systems principles and deep relational due diligence. They support their investees to ensure that both the enterprises and the ecosystems they steward realize their potential - together. They focus on early-stage businesses and actively encourage steward-ownership models that enshrine self-governance and purpose orientation.Muyu CoinOne of the first social coins in South America, Based in Ecuador - Muyu serves as an alternative exchange system rooted in community trust and an understanding of sacred economy. It protects the sovereignty of communities in their production, distribution, exchange, consumption, and post-consumption - keeping the loop of value inside the community rather than extracting it outward. It uses Cyclos, an enchrypted platform, a base.It first did an attempt to start in 2015, but not many people showed interest. It then came back very strong in 2020, due to the “plandemic”. People felt the need to have alternative ways to transact that was not controlled by limiting governments. Giving communities complete independence. Currently with over 150+ members who are exchanging goods and services in different nodes throughout the country. From food produce, clothing and art -to- car mechanic, dentists and school teachers serving to the community.Grassroots EconomicsFounded in Kenya, Grassroots Economics supports communities in building their own self-sustaining economies - even when national currency is scarce - through a model called Commitment Pooling.Consider Wanjiru, a vegetable seller in Mombasa's Bangla Pesa network. During a slow week when Kenyan shillings are tight, she issues a Community Asset Voucher - a commitment to provide vegetables - and deposits it into a communal pool. Her neighbor, a carpenter named Kamau, redeems it. He offers his own labor in return. The loop closes. Food reaches a family that needed it. A roof gets repaired. No national currency changes hands.This is not a workaround. It is a return to how value was always supposed to move.Since Grassroots Economics was established in 2010, they have supported 26,600 people across 290+ communities, issuing over 2,140 vouchers. Their protocol is inspired by indigenous Rotational Labor Associations similar to Kenya's mwethya and harambee traditions. It is open-source and blockchain-agnostic - meaning any community, anywhere, can deploy it.The Choice in Front of UsThese regenerative endeavors share one answer to the core assumption of the extractive economy: the economy does not need to extract in order to function. Value can circulate and regenerate rather than accumulate. Ecological health, community resilience, and the wellbeing of the next generations are not costs to minimize - they are the actual metrics that demonstrate economic success.The question is no longer whether it is possible. It is happening. The question is whether enough of us choose to participate in building it, and whether we remember our roles as stewards of the Earth that has always sustained us.We get to choose the future we want for ourselves, our children, and the seven generations that come after.Your Role in the Regenerative EconomyReading this is already a kind of remembering. The question that follows is simple: where do you begin?The regenerative economy is not waiting to be invented. It is waiting to be joined. Every one of the models described here started with a small group of people who decided to practice a different relationship with value - before it was proven, before it was popular, before it was funded.Here are real entry points, available now:Start with your immediate circle. Identify three skills or resources you have in excess - time, knowledge, food from a garden, tools sitting unused. Offer them. Ask for what you need in return. This is Ayni. It requires no platform, no signup, no permission.Relocalize your spending. Every dollar (fiat currency) that circulates inside a local economy multiplies its impact without leaving the community. Farmers markets, community-supported agriculture, local cooperatives, regenerative small businesses - these are not lifestyle choices. They are votes for a different system, cast weekly.Find or start a Time Bank in your area. hOurworld.org and TimeBanks.org maintain active directories. If nothing exists near you, starting one requires little more than a spreadsheet and a Telegram/Whatsapp group.Join a community working on this. It can be our Regenerative Leadership Community from www.regenerativeculture.life is one place. There are others - transition towns, ecovillages, commons networks - in most regions of the world. Find your people. The regenerative economy is, at its root, a relationship economy. It does not work alone.Learn the language. Permaculture design, commons governance, cooperative economics, sacred reciprocity - these are not abstract concepts. They are practical skills with deep traditions behind them. The more fluent you become, the more useful you are to the communities building this.The scale of what needs to change can feel paralyzing. It is not meant to. The models described in this article did not begin at scale. Mondragon began with six people. Grassroots Economics began in one neighborhood in Mombasa. The Quechua did not design Ayni for a movement - they designed it for a harvest.Start where you are. With what you have. With whoever is near you. That has always been enough to begin. It's not easy, but it is possible.Written by Gertie Farenas and Yoshi Pantera - 90% by us humans and 10% AI assisted.This Audio is recorded by a true voice - Yoshi PanteraThis article is part of the Regenerative Culture Chronicle - a publication exploring the ideas, practices, and communities building a world that benefits all life.Learn more at RegenerativeCulture.LifeThanks for reading Regenerative Culture Chronicle! This post is public so feel free to share it.Regenerative Culture Chronicle is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thank you! Get full access to Regenerative Culture Chronicle at regenerativecultureworld.substack.com/subscribe

¿Cómo están transformando las energías renovables, la movilidad sostenible y la economía circular la economía? En este episodio de Blink, Ángel Jiménez, responsable de Sostenibilidad España en BBVA, analiza las principales conclusiones de la Semana de la Sostenibilidad de BBVA y explica por qué la transición energética se ha convertido en una oportunidad para impulsar la competitividad, la innovación y el crecimiento. La conversación aborda el desarrollo de las energías renovables, la eficiencia energética, la rehabilitación de edificios, la movilidad sostenible, la gestión del agua, la economía circular y el papel del mundo rural y la igualdad en la construcción de una economía más resiliente. Un episodio para entender cómo la sostenibilidad está redefiniendo el futuro de empresas, ciudades y territorios.

Can you truly protect your assets if a third party controls your data? The Global Circular Bitcoin Economy Summit in El Zonte just wrapped up, and the focus on the ground was centered entirely on the raw, unyielding mechanics of financial survival and digital sovereignty rather than price action or trading charts. This week, we are cutting straight through the fiat marketing noise to talk to the world-class builders who are physically constructing parallel, decentralized, un-surveillable systems right now.First, we sit down with Renata Rodrigues (@renatarodr) from Fedi to unpack why digital privacy is a complete necessity in an era of tightening global surveillance. Renata breaks down how the Fedi wallet and the open-source Fedimint protocol are giving localized communities the tools to completely break free from centralized platforms like Telegram or WhatsApp. We look directly into how combining encrypted chat with shared financial custody allows any group to establish its own autonomous federation. This gives sovereign individuals total control over what data they choose to reveal to the outside world, and we track exactly how these systems are scaling globally, from the closed-loop nodes defying bans in Indonesia to the intense intellectual proof of work required by communities in South Korea.Then, Daniel (@wph_merida) from Bitcoin Merida joins us to map out why true local adoption has to integrate with local geography, native culture, and the ultimate goal of absolute, off-grid self-sufficiency. Daniel pulls back the curtain on the massive legal and structural undertaking behind the INAH Citadel, which is a 230-acre intentional community built deep in the Mexican jungle of Yucatan, alongside their local urban hub, the White Paper House. We break down exactly how their team established a secure Fideicomiso trust structure to handle real estate transactions, how they are leveraging local tourism to empower nearby Mayan agricultural schools, and the wild story behind a massive private cenote that secures total water independence for the citadel.We cover a massive amount of ground in these conversations, including the deployment of private community wallets, zero-custody financial tools, the twelve-book entry requirement for Bitcoin South Korea, the legal architecture for buying property in Mexico, and integrating solar grids for alternative energy independence.If you are ready to stop waiting for permission, achieve true self-sufficiency, and learn how to build a resilient Bitcoin circular economy that can withstand state overreach, make sure to subscribe, leave a comment, and share this episode because your support helps us bring more of these underground stories to light. Just remember, if anyone asks who gave you permission to opt out of the legacy system, tell them the President of Bitcoin approved it.—Bitcoin Beach TeamLearn more about the guests:X (Renata Rodrigues): https://x.com/lobaestrangeiraX (Daniel): https://x.com/inahcitadelX (White Paper House): https://x.com/whitepaper_HX (FEDI): https://x.com/fedibtcSupport and follow Bitcoin Beach:X: https://www.twitter.com/BitcoinBeach IG: https://www.instagram.com/bitcoinbeach_sv TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livefrombitcoinbeachWeb: https://www.bitcoinbeach.com Browse through this quick guide to learn more about the episode:00:00 Intro00:53 Fedi wallet vs Telegram for decentralized community coordination03:01 How Fedimint protocol protects local transaction privacy07:31 Bypassing crypto bans with closed loop Bitcoin networks09:07 Proof of work requirements for sovereign Bitcoin onboarding15:09 Hyperbitcoinization strategies and local adoption in Mexico18:00 How to build an off-grid Bitcoin citadel infrastructure23:04 Real-world hyperbitcoinization and business node integration25:42 Buying Mexican real estate via Bitcoin Fideicomiso trust31:02 Securing off-grid water sovereignty and energy independenceLive From Bitcoin Beach

In this episode, Michael speaks with chef Sam Jett about building restaurants that serve communities, people, and the planet.Sam shares how he shifted from a planned healthcare path into cooking, credits McDonald's for teaching standards and systems, and recounts formative time in Copenhagen kitchens including Relæ and Noma.After years as Sean Brock's right-hand leader across multiple brands, Sam took over Audrey and refocused it on Appalachian heritage: removing luxury imported ingredients, tightening sourcing “guardrails,” and adopting a zero-waste mindset.He describes a network of about 26 regional farms/producers supplying roughly 95% of the menu and a CSA-style budgeting approach where farmers send what they choose, including imperfect crops that the team transforms using the restaurant's lab.Sam explains making the economics work through circular “mini-ecosystems” and multiple revenue streams, and emphasizes relationships and trust as the core leadership principle.Connect with Sam:https://www.instagram.com/samuel.jett/?hl=enhttps://www.audreynashville.com/Connect with the podcastJoin the Hospitality Mavericks newsletterTune in via your favourite podcast platform - here More episodes for you to check out here A big thank you to our episode sponsor Monotree.They help hospitality operators strengthen operations and scale company culture by creating a "Branded Front Door" for your workforce.Head to their website to sign up.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

Oil Drops – Still highest cost for Memorial Day in years Consumer Sentiment Drops again New Fertilizer coming – Kinda Soilent Green vibe Everyone is talking about SpaceX PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm-Up - Oil Drops - Still highest cost for Memorial Day in years - Consumer Sentiment Drops again - New Fertilizer coming - Kinda Soilent Green Concept - Everyone is talking about SpaceX Markets - Nothing Really Matters - Anyone can see - New HIGHS - Governments picking the winners again - CHIPS ! - Concentration NVDA - Over the weekend, Jensen Huang said that his forecast of a $200 billion market for CPUs includes China, signalling Nvidia still sees significant long-term demand in the market amid ongoing U.S.-China technology tensions. - During an earnings call on Wednesday, Huang said Nvidia's new "Vera" central processors give it access to a new $200 billion market. - So, once again the PR machine is running overtime to make sure there is no reason for anyone to sell the stock - needed to make this clarification over the weekend - Nvidia has received licenses from the U.S. government to sell its H200 chips but has not received approval from Chinese officials who are fostering China's own chip suppliers. Consumers - Consumer sentiment has tumbled to a fresh record low in May as fears of higher prices grow due to the U.S.-Iran war and elevated oil prices, the University of Michigan's Surveys of Consumers said Friday. - The index of consumer sentiment fell to 44.8 from a preliminary reading of 48.2. It's also well below the 49.8 level seen at the end of April. Consumers Upset South Korea - Record after record... - This is an impressive chart - Two companies -Samsung and SK Hynix -----40% of the entire KOSPI index's total market capitalization. Kospi Index Who Believes this Crap? - U.S. forces have conducted “self defense” strikes in southern Iran early Tuesday, with U.S. Central Command saying that this was to “protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces.“ - “U.S. Central Command continues to defend our forces while using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire,” Hawkins added. - Meanwhile there was some talk over the weekend that --- 1) We are very close to a deal and it will happen soon ----2) We are in no rush for a deal ----3) How many times is this same line going to be used to try to push the price of oil down (it did move towards $90 after the weekend resumption of futures trading) - Neither side can agree on anything... Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that the United States has seen some progress towards a deal but that more work was required, while Iran's foreign ministry said the differences remained deep and significant. - Tiresome CEO of Ford - Did you know -??? - The CEO of Ford (Jim Farley) is cousin to Chris Farley Farley and Farley Crops - Farmers worldwide are under pressure due to the Iran war disrupting supplies of conventional nitrogen fertilizers, forcing them to improvise ahead of the fall planting season. - Some farmers are turning to age-old solutions like manure, while others are experimenting with newer technologies, including waste-based inputs and microbial products. -----Circular bio-economy The crisis is giving fresh momentum to products that have long struggled to gain widespread adoption, with demand for biofertilizers and biostimulants rising and companies seeing rising interest and increased sales. - Municipal wastewater and treated human urine, which contain high levels of nutrients that can be processed. ---- So, if your corn is a little extra yellow this summer - now you know... Government's Hand - Quantum computing shares popped last Thursday, as the U.S. government said it would award $2 billion in grants to nine firms operating in the space. - IBM is the biggest beneficiary of the package, with the U.S. Commerce Department agreeing to give the firm $1 billion. - Chipmaker GlobalFoundries is receiving $375 million, while other grant recipients D-Wave Quantum, Rigetti Computing and Infleqtion will be awarded $100 million. - Shares of D-Wave added 33%, Rigetti soared 30% and Infleqtion skyrocketed about 31%. - Funding will come from the 2022 Chips and Science Act. More Money Throwing - Nvidia Corp. bought $500 million worth of rights for shares in Corning Inc. as part of a partnership to expand artificial intelligence infrastructure. - Corning pledged to increase US fiber production capacity by more than 50% to supply more optical fiber for AI data centers. - The partnership includes Corning's plan to construct three new complexes in North Carolina and Texas, which is estimated to create more than 3,000 new US jobs. DEBT - Global debt hits new record, IIF (institute for International Finance) report shows - Global debt rose for a fifth consecutive quarter in Q1 2026, increasing by more than $4.4 trillion to a record high of over $350 trillion, with the increase concentrated largely in the United States and China. - Investors shows signs of shift away from Treasuries - Global debt-to-GDP ratio stable around 305% - NOTHING TO SEE HERE Global Debt More Charts AI Reality? - Starbucks retires AI tool nine months after North American deployment - Tool was part of CEO Brian Niccol's campaign to fix product shortages - AI tool miscounted items, leading to errors, Reuters has reported Starbucks cites need for consistency, supply chain improvements in ending program More AI - Elon Musk's Grok is seeing minimal adoption in US government - even though it's cheap- - Grok lags far behind OpenAI and other rivals that analysts call more capable - Data shows uptake by corporations is also weak, suggesting Grok's problems stretch beyond government - Is it possible that corps don't trust Musk after the way he heavy handled the DOGE process? - Is this going to impact SpaceX growth story? Employment and Ai - The co-founder of AI company Anthropic said on Monday that the development of artificial intelligence cannot be left solely to technology companies, urging greater oversight from religious leaders, governments and civil society. - Speaking at the presentation of Pope Leo's first encyclical, addressing the challenges posed by artificial intelligence, Chris Olah said there was "a real possibility" that AI will displace human labour "at very large scale". Scared - China is restricting overseas travel for top AI professionals in private firms, requiring them to get approval from relevant authorities before embarking on overseas travel. - The government is targeting talent within the AI sphere, including startup founders, researchers, and executives, and adding individuals to the list based on assessments of their critical importance to the country. - The restrictions risk undermining the ability of AI firms in China to recruit and retain talent, and may force engineers with global ambitions to choose between staying home or going abroad earlier in their careers. CHIPS - Micron topped a $1 trillion market value for the first time on Tuesday as shares popped 18%, driven by insatiable artificial intelligence demand for its memory chips. - The stock surge came as UBS tripled its price target on the stock from $535 to $1,625 a share, citing long-term agreement opportunities with partially fixed pricing. - “We believe the market will start to put a more ‘normal' multiple on the stock and MU will continue to re-rate higher as more details emerge about the structural changes AI has driven to the entire memory complex,” the firm wrote. SpaceX - Lots of interest on this... - Lots of clients calling on this and we are working on this for them - Here is a bit of a reality check... --- First - company still losing billions of dollars - some may look past that - - Weird inclusion period for indices and that may take stock up due to required buying ahead of the inclusion (keeping a floor on prices in the beginning) ---- SpaceX plans to allow a large portion of its shares to become eligible for resale before the usual six-month restriction period post-IPO, under a staged system conditioned to the company's performance, a company filing shows. - The approach, designed to avoid a large wave of shares hitting the market at once, would depart from the standard 180-day lock-up that has prevailed in the U.S. Most companies going public restrict early investors from selling shares to help stabilize the stock. - Valuation somewhere between $1.5T and $2T (a year ago it was like $400 million) - Valuation in December was $750 M - Rationale for the big valuation: SpaceX is leveraging its satellite network to build massive, space-based AI data centers, which take advantage of limitless solar energy and off-planet cooling Retail  - Ross Stores Inc. raised its sales and profit guidance after first-quarter results surpassed consensus estimates, aided by strong customer traffic among younger shoppers. - The company reported sales of $6.01 billion and earnings of $2.02 per share, with same-store sales growing 17% in the period, a record for Ross. - Ross now expects full-year same-store sales to grow 6% to 7%, and earnings of $7.50 to $7.74 per share, with executives citing increased customer traffic as a key driver of profit. Meanwhile - Walmart issued a worse-than-expected financial outlook amid soaring gas prices. - Finance chief John David Rainey said high tax returns may have muted some of the impact high gas prices had on shoppers in the first quarter, indicating consumer pressures could rise in the current quarter - The big-box retailer issued fiscal first-quarter results that beat Wall Street's expectations on the top line but were only in line on the bottom. - The retailer said it's expecting adjusted earnings per share to be between $2.75 and $2.85, lower than expectations of $2.91, according to LSEG. - Walmart said it anticipates net sales will rise between 3.5% and 4.5% for the year. Ferrari - Electric - Ferrari (RACE) is trading lower today after the company unveiled its first fully electric vehicle, the Ferrari Luce, marking a major strategic shift away from its traditional combustion-engine supercar identity. - The Luce is a four-door, five-seat ultra-luxury EV developed with former Apple (AAPL) design chief Jony Ive, featuring a quad-motor setup producing over 1,000 horsepower, a 0--60 mph time of roughly 2.5 seconds, and a price tag around $640,000. - Despite these headline-grabbing performance specs, investors reacted negatively because the design is seen as a sharp break from RACE's iconic styling, with many critics arguing it looks closer to a mass-market EV than a traditional Ferrari. Saying goodbye - One of America's once-dominant beer brands is being discontinued after more than 175 years. - Schlitz Premium, a beer brand that traces its roots to Milwaukee in the 1840s and was once among the largest breweries in the country, is being put "on hiatus," parent company Pabst Brewing Co. confirmed Friday after Wisconsin Brewing Company announced it would brew the brand's final batch later this month. - "Unfortunately, we have seen continued increases in our costs to store and ship certain products and have had to make the tough choice to place Schlitz Premium on hiatus," Zac Nadile, Pabst head of brand strategy, said in a statement to Milwaukee Magazine. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Announcing the THE CLOSEST TO THE PIN for SALESFORCE (CRM)   Winners will be getting great stuff like the new "OFFICIAL" DHUnplugged Shirt!     FED AND CRYPTO LIMERICKS   See this week's stock picks HERE Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter

Public goods theory often assumes what it seeks to establish, namely, that the state is the indispensable precondition of production, even though the state itself depends upon prior production for every resource it possesses.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/public-goods-circular-argument

Public goods theory often assumes what it seeks to establish, namely, that the state is the indispensable precondition of production, even though the state itself depends upon prior production for every resource it possesses.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/public-goods-circular-argument

Is the Wall Street ETF narrative killing peer-to-peer Bitcoin adoption? Is Bitcoin failing if it only becomes a corporate store of value hoarded on Wall Street? Institutional demand and exchange-traded funds are not the end game for hyperbitcoinization. True freedom requires building an alternative economic system entirely outside legacy banking, proving that Bitcoin must function as everyday money to succeed.Uncle Rockstar Dev (@r0ckstardev) unpacks how open source software protects financial sovereignty. The cypherpunk history of BTCPay Server demonstrates how a non-custodial payment gateway allows anyone to host a node without asking permission. Relying on a centralized crypto payment processor intermediates your wealth, meaning you must self-host your infrastructure to enforce individual sovereignty.A thriving circular economy operates directly on the ground. From kids using the Lightning Network to buy choco bananas in El Zonte to alternative networks expanding across Africa and Indonesia, communities are establishing localized ecosystems. These regions completely bypass legacy structures, choosing instead to settle daily medium of exchange transactions directly in Satoshis.Documenting this global shift requires a dedicated grassroots movement of creators who reject mainstream financial media. Independent documentarians Zack Dorsey (@zackdorseyx)  and Brandon Martin (@elbrandonmartin) share their proof of work traveling from Central America to Mauritius to capture peer to peer adoption. Capturing these alternative networks on camera is vital to countering corporate narratives and demonstrating how local financial inclusion scales from the bottom up.This decentralized evolution dismantles the broken, top-down corporate NGO model. Instead of creating loops of financial dependency, the leaders meeting at the Zonte Economic Forum are connecting their localized circles to build global network synergy. If you are ready to stop accumulating fiat and start participating in the parallel economy, smash that subscribe button, leave your thoughts on economic sovereignty below, and share this with someone still paying with dirty cash.—Bitcoin Beach TeamConnect and Learn more about the guests:Uncle Rockstar (X): https://x.com/r0ckstardevJethro Toro (X): https://x.com/JethroToroBrandon Martin (X): https://x.com/elbrandonmartinZack Dorsey: (X):  https://x.com/zackdorseyxSupport and follow Bitcoin Beach:X: https://www.twitter.com/BitcoinBeach IG: https://www.instagram.com/bitcoinbeach_sv TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livefrombitcoinbeach Web: https://www.bitcoinbeach.com Browse through this quick guide to learn more about the episode:00:00  Intro02:21  How to accept Bitcoin for business using self hosted BTCPay Server04:16  BTCPay Server vs BitPay: Why Nicolas Dorier built an open source alternative06:30  Why hyperbitcoinization depends entirely on grassroots adoption10:02  What a real Bitcoin standard looks like in El Salvador and globally11:42  Will Bitcoin fail if it only becomes a Wall Street store of value12:42  Why Bitcoin Beach rejected the centralized fiat NGO funding model21:23  Proof of Work journalism: Independent media reporting on El Salvador24:44  What it is really like moving to El Salvador to live on Bitcoin27:31  How connecting peer to peer networks creates global monetary synergyLive From Bitcoin Beach

Are AI companies engaging in circular sales?

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Technology isn't magic. And neither, it turns out, is circular strategy.In this episode of HappyPorch Radio, Barry O'Kane speaks with Amelia Woodley, a sustainability leader with 25 years of cross-sector experience, and Vin Sharma, a researcher whose doctoral work examined why the social dimension of circular economy so often gets left behind.Amelia introduces her "logic versus magic" framework: the logic side covers strategy, systems, KPIs, and measurement; the magic side covers the storytelling, brand identity, training, and people-led change that make sustainability mean something inside an organisation. Her argument is that most organisations over-invest in the logic and underinvest in the magic, and that is exactly where circular transformations stall.Vin's research adds depth to this picture. Across companies at different stages of their circular journey, he found that social value tends to be bolted on rather than built in, and that the organisations making genuine progress were the ones who treated crises as learning events rather than problems to recover from.The conversation is unusually direct on the financial dimension. Both guests push back on the idea that circular solutions come with a green premium: with good data and whole-life cost thinking, the commercial case can be made. The challenge is building the analytical and organisational muscle to make it properly.✨ In this episode:Vin explains the social blind spot in circular economy thinking and why it is structuralAmelia introduces the logic-versus-magic framework for sustainable changeWe explore the three stages of circular maturity and what moves organisations between themBarry, Amelia, and Vin discuss the role of finance in circular business casesWe explore how technology and data need to mature together, not in sequenceVin and Amelia share what makes them genuinely hopeful about where circularity is heading

During his conversation with Ruslan KD, Elliot Bewick pushed back on Glen Scrivener's argument in 'The Air We Breathe'. Are Christians shooting themselves in the foot? Here, Glen responds.Watch the original conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLZqLTWX_xU&tSend us your mini-revelations, stories, disagreements, questions and hot takes: podcast@speaklife.org.uk_____________________________Enjoy seeing life through the lens of Jesus? Here's where to find more Speak Life content: 321course.com // YouTube // Instagram // Website // DiscordSupport the show

Welcome all you wonderful wackos and sexy heathens! Let's jump into this week's show! It's The Loftus Party podcast with Michael Loftus and here's what's on tap! Thomas Massie and the battle in KY. What in the world is going on here? I'm pretty sure that Thomas Massie isn't the problem. I'll explain my stance on the show. We're getting into some culture stuff with some insight on The Odyssey that will surprise you. Also, I may have a story about the Uranus Fudge Factory, and we've got a new sex bucket list to discuss. Lots of ideas! Plus, more stand up and all-around good time news! Want to show your support and get all the cool extras? We're on Locals and Patreon! Join up. Join in! Let us begin! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Naucalpan recolecta 43 toneladas de residuosArrancan las obras del Morebús en MichoacánPapa publicará su primera encíclica sobre inteligencia artificialMás información en nuestro Podcast#grc

In this episode, I talk about offering a prompt, but I completely forgot to share.Here's a prompt I asked Listing Engine to create for a landing page.Prompt:[Location] is ...insert your city.You are a world-class direct response landing page designer, conversion copywriter, and Go High Level AI Studio website builder.Create a simple, clean, mobile-first landing page designed to generate property appraisal leads from homeowners in [Location].The purpose of the page is to invite homeowners to submit their details so they can receive a fully researched, accurate property market update for their own property within 24 hours.The page should feel professional, local, trustworthy, premium, and helpful.DESIGN STYLEUse a modern real estate lead generation style.The page should be:- Mobile-first- Clean- Premium- Uncluttered- Easy to read- Focused on one clear actionUse a dark charcoal background with white text.Use bold, tightly spaced Inter font throughout the page.Use strong contrast with an electric blue accent colour for buttons, icons, highlights, borders, glow effects, and key visual details.On desktop, use a simple two-column hero layout:- Left column: hero copy- Right column: 24-hour clock graphic and opt-in formKeep the text column and opt-in form visually close together so the page feels focused and conversion-driven.On mobile, stack the hero copy first, then the clock graphic, then the opt-in form.Do not add unnecessary navigation links, menus, extra buttons, or distracting sections.TOP BANNERAt the very top of the page, add this centred context line:HOW MUCH IS YOUR [Location] PROPERTY WORTH TODAY?Make this line bold, clean, and highly visible, but not larger than the main hero heading.HERO SECTION — LEFT SIDEHero Heading:Our Free 24 Hour Update Delivers A Researched and Accurate Property Market Opinion.Subheading:Find out what your property could be worth in today's market with a personalised market opinion prepared specifically for your [Location] home.Supporting Copy:No generic estimate. No automated guesswork. Just a researched property market update based on recent local sales, current buyer activity, comparable properties, and today's market conditions.Add these 5 bullet points with check icons:- Receive your personalised property market opinion within 24 hours- Based on current [Location] market data- Includes recent comparable sales and local buyer demand- Helpful whether you're thinking of selling now, later, or simply curious- Free, accurate, and obligation-freeBelow the bullet points, add a small trust line with a shield icon:Prepared by a local property professional with current market knowledgeHERO SECTION — RIGHT SIDEAt the top of the right column, above the opt-in box, create a large, prominent round 24-hour clock-style graphic.The clock graphic should look sleek, modern, and premium.It should include:- Circular timer ring- Subtle electric blue glow- “24 HR” displayed clearly inside the graphic- Clean, minimal real estate styleBelow the clock graphic, create a clean opt-in box/card.The opt-in box should have:- Slightly lighter charcoal background- Rounded corners- Subtle shadow- Subtle electric blue top gradient line- Strong visual focusOpt-in Box Heading:Get Your Free 24 Hour Market OpinionOpt-in Box Subheading:Enter your details below and we'll prepare a researched property update for your home.Form Fields:- First Name- Address of Property to be Assessed- Email- MobileAdd a tick box with this exact wording:I'm planning to sell. Please send me your marketing options and costs.CTA Button:Get My 24 Hr Market OpinionButton style:- Large- Full width- Rounded corners- Bold text- Bright electric blue background- High contrast- Strong hover effect if possibleBelow the CTA button, add this privacy microcopy:Your details are private and will only be used to prepare your property market update.HOW IT WORKS SECTIONBelow the hero section, add a simple “How It Works” section.Keep this section clean, short, and visually simple.Heading:How It WorksAdd 3 steps with simple icons:Step 1: Submit Your Property DetailsStep 2: We Research The Local MarketStep 3: Receive Your 24 Hour Market OpinionCLOSING CTA SECTIONAdd a final simple closing CTA section.TextWant to know what your [Location] property could sell for in today's market?Button:Get My 24 Hr Market OpinionIMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS- Keep the page focused on one action only.- Do not add unnecessary navigation links.- Do not make the page busy.- Prioritise mobile readability.- Make the opt-in form the main visual focus.- Use strong spacing, bold headings, and clean sections.- Keep the design premium, local, trustworthy, and conversion-focused.- Make sure the page is suitable for real estate agents generating homeowner appraisal leads.

El Club de Excelencia en Sostenibilidad nombra a Elena Galante, directora del Observatorio Español de Economía Circular. ¿Qué objetivos se plantea ahora en el cargo?

Manuel García Fernández, secretario general de la Asociación Española de Leasing y Renting, explica en este espacio de Capital Radio en colaboración con Surus las principales ventajas financieras y sostenibles de la fórmula del arrendamiento.

What does “good design” actually mean beyond aesthetics? In this thoughtful and wide-ranging conversation, Fiona chats with strategic designer and founder of Relative Systems, Dhiren Das, about circularity, sustainable systems, urban design, AI, and why the future of business requires deeper thinking around people, place, and impact. You'll learn: What strategic design thinking actually means in practice Why circularity and sustainability are becoming business essentials How AI may reshape design, creativity, and human knowledge Need help with your own business strategy, impact, visibility or personal brand ? Get in touch: hello@mydailybusiness.com    Connect with Dhiren Das and Relative Systems: Instagram: @relativeprojects LinkedIn: Dhiren Das Website: relative.systems Email: studio@relativeprojects.com Connect with My Daily Business: Instagram: @mydailybusiness_ TikTok: @mydailybusiness Email: hello@mydailybusiness.com Website: mydailybusiness.com Resources mentioned: AI Monthly Chat Group for Small Business Owners My Daily Business courses - mydailybusiness.com/courses Want to get your #smallbusiness sorted in 2026? Check out our 1:1 business coaching packages from a one-off session to 6-months of coaching. Want to know more about AI and how to harness it for your small businesS? Join our new monthly AI chat for small business owners. You can join anytime at www.mydailybusiness.com/AIchat Try out my fave AI tool, Poppy AI here and use discount code FIONA. We also love Descript. Connect and get in touch with My Daily Business via our shop, freebies, award-winning books, Instagram and Tik Tok.

Brian Mulberry talks about the risks he sees under the surface of the stock market's all-time high run. Circular financing among the Mag 7 is a prime focus of Brian's concerns due to concentration risk despite signs of growth. He urges investors to diversify into other sectors that are beaten down or can indirectly benefit from AI demand. Brian picks Dell Technologies (DELL), Microsoft (MSFT), and Broadcom (AVGO) as some of his top stocks. ======== Schwab Network ========Empowering every investor and trader, every market day.Options involve risks and are not suitable for all investors. Before trading, read the Options Disclosure Document. http://bit.ly/2v9tH6DSubscribe to the Market Minute newsletter - https://schwabnetwork.com/subscribeDownload the iOS app - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/schwab-network/id1460719185Download the Amazon Fire Tv App - https://www.amazon.com/TD-Ameritrade-Network/dp/B07KRD76C7Watch on Sling - https://watch.sling.com/1/asset/191928615bd8d47686f94682aefaa007/watchWatch on Vizio - https://www.vizio.com/en/watchfreeplus-exploreWatch on DistroTV - https://www.distro.tv/live/schwab-network/Follow us on X – https://twitter.com/schwabnetworkFollow us on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/schwabnetworkFollow us on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/schwab-network/About Schwab Network - https://schwabnetwork.com/about

WTiN speaks with Mark Sumner, textiles programme lead at WRAP in the second of a two-part episode about policy and regulations driving circularity and durability in textiles. This is the second episode in a two-part series with Mark Sumner, textiles programme lead at global environmental action NGO, WRAP.In this episode, Sumner delves into durability in textiles and how this influences circularity. He analyses what durability means to individuals and what consumers have come to expect from their garments.In this context, Sumner speaks at length about policy informing garment design and choices. He details how data will have the ability and power to influence policy as we move forward, with more accurate results that can inform design principles.Additionally, we speak about WRAP's Footprint Tool, which helps users navigate the complexities of the life cycle of textile products. It provides data on the full life cycle impacts of textiles and is used by retailers and brands.Learn more at wrap.ngo.  

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Technology isn't magic. And neither is circularity.In this episode of HappyPorch Radio, Barry O'Kane speaks with Lieke van Kerkhoven, co-founder of Green Pulse.Lieke explains how Green Pulse is helping hospitals extend the life of medical equipment by connecting them with a global network of buyers. The platform combines logistics, marketplace dynamics, and technology to make reuse viable in a complex and highly regulated environment, an example of what we mean by Exploring circular tech: technology isn't magic, where technology plays a role, but only as part of a much bigger operational and human system.They discuss the practical realities of building a circular business, from managing operations and growth to creating trust between buyers and sellers. The conversation also explores a broader idea: how businesses can move beyond treating sustainability as an add-on and instead integrate it into their core commercial model.The episode highlights Lieke's concept of “integrative business”, the role of AI in reshaping work, and the importance of aligning incentives across the value chain.✨ In this episode:Lieke explains how Green Pulse started and how it worksWe explore the challenges of running a circular marketplaceLieke shares insights into the global demand for reused medical equipmentWe discuss why donation is not always the best solutionBarry and Lieke explore the realities of scaling a startupLieke explains how AI supports operational efficiencyWe discuss aligning commercial and circular incentivesWe explore the gap between personal and professional valuesLieke shares her vision for the future of Green Pulse

The Daily Quiz - Music Today's Questions: Question 1: Name The Guitar Like Instrument With A Circular Belly Of Streched Parchment Question 2: Who released the song 'Run the World'? Question 3: Which English rock band released the studio album 'Goats Head Soup'? Question 4: Why Does Gene Kelly Suddenly Stop In The 'Singing In The Rain' Routine Question 5: Which English rock band released the song 'From Me to You'? Question 6: Which Band Released The Song "Breakfast In America"? Question 7: Which English-Irish boy band released the studio album 'Take Me Home'? Question 8: Which band was Jimi Hendrix a member of? Question 9: Who had a hit in 1993 with No Rain? This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*Please forgive my echoey audio in this episode! I had cleared out my office to move, and it was - well - echoey.*Vale Siegrist won a year of Public Relations work from Publicity for Good, who has been sending some pretty great podcast guests my way lately! I was watching their contest, so curious to see who won - and while talking with Vale, she let me know it was her!Vale started Circular Mom Club after struggling post partum. One day she sent a  photo of her newborn in a cute outfit she had bought to some family and friends, and got very encouraging responses. Dressing her daughter up made her feel good, so she began buying outfits - and her daughter grew out of them quickly, of course. Vale couldn't justify continuing to buy new, and didn't want to buy super cheap and contribute to the textile waste problem, so she developed Circular Mom Club, to keep perfectly fine, cute clothes in rotation. Circular Mom Club memberships start at $29, including 5 pieces/month. I asked about clothing swaps, and her answer made so much sense after hearing her story: you don't get to choose, really, with a swap. Choice is something that has come up in several conversations I've had lately  - especially in the economy we're living in. When things are expensive, and we're told quality is better for us, but it's hard to afford - choice feels out of reach. We talked a lot about eco-guilt and guilt in general, as a parent and human.  The guilt conversation is so real, and I really appreciate Vale's vulnerability, and, of course, it fueled her need to do things right. She has really thought of everything in her planning, including gift cards, so if a parent is on the fence, maybe a family member or friend could get the process started...As someone who doesn't have children, I'm totally sold on the value of Circular Mom Club, and am so glad to have been Vale's first podcast interview, to learn all about this!You can check out the website here: https://circularmomclub.com/They're on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/circular___club/They're on TikTok here: Send me a message!Support the showLike this episode? Send me a message!Please follow the podcast on Instagram here YouTube channel Email me at amysgardenjam@gmail.com Amy's Garden Jam site (podcast has its own tab on this site!)Amy's email newsletter: How Do I Get There From Here by Jane Bolduc - hear more at https://www.janebolduc.com/Podcast cover by Becca Kofron- follow here on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/skate_cute_but_loud/ and check out her awesome art projects. Grounded in Maine Podcast is hosted by Buzzsprout, the easiest podcast hosting platform with the BEST customer service! Learn more at https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1851361 You can support this podcast one time (or many) with the Buy me a coffee/Hot Chocolate link here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/groundedinmaine Grounded in Maine Podcast is sponsored by ESG Review. Learn more about the good they're doing at https://esg...

Vietnam's new accounting regulation, Circular 99/2025/TT-BTC, marks a shift toward greater financial transparency, raising the bar for how enterprises, both local and foreign-invested, account, report and govern their finances from 1 January 2026.For companies used to a more prescriptive, rules-based system, this move toward a principle-based approach may create uncertainty around internal controls, documentation and reporting expectations. The new framework introduces greater flexibility in areas such as accounting systems, functional currency and consolidation, while placing more responsibility on internal governance and risk management.In this video, Ms. Thy Le, Manager of Accounting & Tax at Acclime Vietnam, breaks down what's changing and outlines a practical roadmap for transitioning from Circular 200.

En Columnistas de Mesa Central, Iván Valenzuela y Kike Mujica conversan con Tatiana Klima e Isabel Plá sobre los impactos de descontinuar programas emblemáticos como la alimentación de Junaeb, a partir de las sugerencias de una circular del Ministerio de Hacienda.

WTiN speaks to Teresa Krug, chief product officer at US-based textile-to-textile recycling innovator, Circ.WTiN speaks to the leaders in textile manufacturing about the trends and advancements shaping the textile industry.In this episode, we are joined by Teresa Krug, chief product officer at Circ. Circ is a US-based textile-to-textile recycling innovator working towards building circular future for fashion. Krug speaks about Circ's advancements in mechanical recycling and how Circ unites brands with global suppliers to accelerate the adoption of textile-to-textile recycled materials. She also touches upon the challenges Circ is working to overcome in this space, and how she fosters a culture of continuous innovation and learning.Additionally, we touch upon the potential in cross industry collaboration when it comes to building a circular economy.You can learn more at circ.earth.

En Columnistas de Mesa Central, Iván Valenzuela y Kike Mujica conversan con Carolina Tohá y María José Naudon sobre el polémico oficio del Ministerio de Hacienda, que recomienda la descontinuación y el recorte de numerosos programas ministeriales.

This was a nicely crafted Tuesday crossword. The theme was fun and straightforward, and the themed clues were in good company. For instance, the puzzle included our favorite snake — 51A, Reptiles on papyrus, ASPS; our favorite dwelling — 66A, Circular tent, YURT; and finally our favorite currency that is too often tragically mistaken for a fruit, 18D, Haitian currency unit, GOURDE.In addition to the crossword, we are pleased to announce that we are up to our full complement of cohosts, i.e., 2, making our Triplet Tuesday segment that much easier. Show note imagery: Pablo Neruda (right), receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature from King Gustav Vi Adolf, King of Sweden from 1950-1973.We love feedback! Send us a text...Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

Jonathan and Wendy unpack the most surprising political move of Trump's second term: the nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz — a physician, lawyer, former Coast Guard public health official, and unapologetic architect of military vaccine mandates — to run the CDC. Praised by figures like Jerome Adams, Vin Gupta, and Dorit Reiss, and openly loathed by RFK Jr.'s attack-dog attorney Aaron Siri, Schwartz's selection is read as a signal that the White House is quietly sidelining Kennedy ahead of the midterms and trying to win back the saner corners of the GOP. From there, the hosts dig into the widening fault lines inside MAHA: Marty Makary vs. Robert Malone — the "10 children killed by the COVID vaccine" report Makary promised has never materialized, and Malone is now publicly accusing him of the exact cover-up Makary accused his predecessors of. Vinay Prasad's exit from the FDA — his much-hyped randomized controlled trial of the Pfizer COVID vaccine in healthy 50–64-year-olds failed to recruit, proving (again) that tweeting about RCTs is easier than running them. Jonathan plays Prasad's own year-old promise back against him. The rumored FDA replacement — ophthalmologist and Twitter personality David Hooman, whose COVID-vaccine misinformation record would send exactly the wrong signal. Jay Bhattacharya on the rally circuit — CPAC, Turning Point USA, Kennedy rallies, DeSantis rallies — all while insisting "science shouldn't be political." Plus his role in suppressing a CDC vaccine-safety study and the UCSF faculty petition to block Prasad's return. The peptides free-for-all at the FDA, and why Kennedy still has enough juice to throw bones to his wellness-grifter base. Also: measles in Utah, a Moab travel detour, and a plea to every journalist, clinician, and listener still pushing back. MAHA is on its back foot — the job now is to keep the pressure on.

Circular food systems aim to reduce waste and retain value—but scaling them is complex. In this episode of SciDish, experts explore how upcycling, new technologies, and system-level thinking are reshaping how food is designed, produced, and brought to market.  Plus: This episode of Omnivore is brought to you by RTI International and Almond Board of California. 

Trillions in commitments. Billions in off-balance-sheet debt. Circular investments between vendors and their own customers. The AI infrastructure build-out looks less like a gold rush and more like a house of cards — and policymakers have no plan for when it falls.Today on Second Request, executive editor Teddy Downey sits down with Asad Ramzanali, Director of AI and Technology Policy at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator, to discuss his paper "After the AI Crash" — and why the time to prepare for a financial crisis is before it happens.

We're back with another Courage Brands Spotlight, as Billy Collins, Knowledge Lead at Courageous, and Sully Lawrence, Director of Growth at Courageous, join Ryan to break down three brands making bold moves in very different categories. Billy dives into Burger King's push to reclaim relevance through sharper focus and real operational investment, while Sully spotlights Back Market, a fast-growing marketplace challenging consumerism and tackling the global e-waste crisis by making refurbished tech both trusted and desirable. Ryan rounds it out with Four Seasons' move into ultra-luxury yachting, a clear bet on experience, service, and scarcity in an increasingly crowded travel category. Together, the conversation explores what it actually takes for brands to stay relevant today, from rethinking quality and trust to redefining ownership, taste, and the future of consumption.

Someone asked me a question last summer that stopped me cold in my tracks: instead of showing how anti everything you are, what are you FOR? What world are YOU actually building?I sat with this question for three months during my sabbatical in Europe. In today's episode, I share three different arcs I'm exploring:Circular economies Capping your income and redistributing wealthThe Art of EnoughIn order to build a new world and bring people in, you have to be the first citizen of your world first. Make it magnetizing, captivating, and SO articulate, it's a no-brainer for people to jump in.Tune in as I share the steps I'm taking to lay down the bricks, and the point of these pursuits.

JCD BACK IN THE HOUSE! Correction in some areas and sectors. Crude oil DROPS after “good” talks and a deal brewing with Iran. Airports are a mess. PLUS we are now on Spotify and Amazon Music/Podcasts! Click HERE for Show Notes and Links DHUnplugged is now streaming live - with listener chat. Click on link on the right sidebar. Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter Warm-Up - JCD BACK IN THE HOUSE - Need a new CTP - Airports are a mess - Not Kosher - Futures moves Markets - From the Brink....All is good? - Correction in some areas and sectors - US Dollar Rises, Gold, Silver and Bitcoin Drop - Crude oil DROPS after "good" talks and a deal brewing with Iran - reversing all of the above JCD UPDATE - AH waiting by the microphone on a Tuesday in March - - no John... 9pm, 9:05, 9:15pm... - Health update etc...Can we get the story? - Thoughts on John S. Dvorak (Mimi on No Agenda) - Family backup! Market Update - Small-Caps taking the brunt of the selling - Russell 2000 small-caps are down 10% from their high - an official correction -- Interestingly the R2000 is still up this year by about 2% - Stocks up on Monday after President Trump says intense negotiations over weekend and postpones targeted attacks for 5 days (after giving a 48 hour ultimatum) Manipulation? Say it ain't so... - Dateline Monday morning... - Futures took a leg down pre-market - even after Friday (after close) President Trump said he was looking to wind down the Iran affair - At around 6:50 a.m. in New York, S&P 500 e-Mini futures trading on the CME recorded a sharp and isolated jump in volume. - A similar pattern was observed in oil markets. - Roughly 15 minutes later, at 7:05 a.m., Trump posted a market-moving announcement about Iran on Truth Social. - Futures on DJ up 1,000 and oil down 89% --- Were there really conversations and negotiations over the weekend? A Few Leftovers that need to be discussed Private Credit Again - All of a sudden they are admitting there is a problem..... - Blackstone Inc. approved redemptions of a record 7.9% from its flagship private credit fund, totaling about $3.8 billion. - Redemption requests have increased across multiple private credit funds in recent quarters. - Investor unease is being driven by concerns over the private credit asset class, particularly exposure to software companies vulnerable to AI disruption. - According to Hugh Chung, CIO of Endowus, Blackstone's experience suggests these concerns are asset-class wide, not limited to a small group of managers. - Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan warned that a shakeout is coming for private credit firms, driven by rising defaults on loans to software companies. - Rowan emphasized that the shakeout is unlikely to be short-term, calling it foreseeable and predictable, and underscoring the importance of disciplined underwriting and strong risk management. - He argued that investors should prefer having credit risk reside within private markets firms, rather than on bank balance sheets backed by government-insured deposits, which can amplify systemic risk. - LATEST: Apollo is curbing redemptions from one of their biggest Private Credit funds. Michael Gayed: Private credit default rate just hit 9.2%. That's higher than 2008 bank loan peaks. $1.8 trillion in assets, $100B in secondary liquidity. 18:1 mismatch PRIVATE CREDIT More OpenAI Funding - Amazon invested $50 billion, Nvidia invested $30 billion and SoftBank invested $30 billion in the round, OpenAI said in a release Friday. - The investment boosts OpenAI to a $730 billion pre-money valuation, which marks a big jump from its $500 billion valuation in a secondary financing in October. - The will use some of the money to expland and buy more chips and cloud from NVDA and AMZN (? Circular?) MORE ON THE CIRCULAR SHAM - OpenAI said it is expanding its existing $38 billion agreement with Amazon Web Services by $100 billion over the next eight years. -  AWS will also serve as the exclusive third-party cloud distribution provider for OpenAI's enterprise platform Frontier, which it unveiled earlier this month. AI and Where we stand - Can we talk about Anthropic? Is the Government going to crush Claude? - What is our Go-to AI bots? - What stage are we at right now? LLMs > Infernce>Agentic - - What comes after Agentic Netflix OUT - Last week, Netflix exited the bidding for Warner Bros. Discovery after a competing bidder submitted a superior offer. - The decision followed pre-planned bidding scenarios, with co CEO Ted Sarandos saying the company knew exactly how to respond once the higher offer emerged. - Sarandos said the Paramount deal is likely to drive significant cost-cutting, including roughly $16 billion in reductions and thousands of job losses. - He emphasized that Netflix will continue investing in its business and explore new ways to collaborate with theater owners, rather than pursuing large acquisitions.| - Stock rose nicely on the news Tariff Refund Update - You are screwed.... -- Trump administration seems hell-bent on keeping our money Airlines - After a rather bullish commentary from Delta last week.... -  United Airlines is cutting more unprofitable flights over the next two quarters as it prepares for a prolonged period of high jet fuel prices due to the Iran war, even as strong travel demand has allowed U.S. carriers to raise fares. Chief Executive Scott Kirby said in a staff memo the airline is preparing for oil to rise as high as $175 a barrel and remain above $100 until the end of 2027. - At those levels, United's annual fuel bill would rise by about $11 billion, more than twice the profit it earned in its "best year ever," he said. - Ticket prices going up! Gas Prices - Have you seen diesel prices? - > $5 gallon on average across the U.S. -- Implications beyond --- Let's discuss the similarities to the 1973 oil embargo. (Barry switching license plates) - 1973–1974 ? Arab oil embargo (the classic “1970s oil embargo”) - 1979 ? Second oil shock caused by the Iranian Revolution (not an embargo, but another major supply shock) Even So - Fedex - FedEx Corp. raised its full-year profit forecast, with adjusted earnings expected to be $19.30 to $20.10 a share for the fiscal year. - The company's shares climbed after the announcement, with the stock advancing about 23% this year through Thursday's close. - FedEx does not expect the war in the Middle East to have a direct material effect on its business, but the broader consequences, including higher energy prices and volatile shipping patterns, are adversely affecting the global economy. - In fact, company raised its full year outlook..... --- Not a material effect??? Bad People - SuperMicro Co-Founder Charged! - Super Micro shares sank 28% last Friday after U.S. prosecutors charged three people linked with the company, including its co-founder, with helping smuggle billions of dollars worth of AI technology to China. (NVDA chips) - The U.S. Justice Department charged Super Micro co-founder Yih-Shyan Liaw, sales manager Ruei-Tsang Chang, and contractor Ting-Wei Sun with running a scheme to route U.S.-made servers through Taiwan to Southeast Asia. - The defendants allegedly used a Southeast Asian company as a middleman to place orders for high-end servers containing restricted Nvidia H200 and Blackwell chips. The equipment was then repackaged into unmarked boxes and diverted to China. - To evade U.S. audits and customs inspections, the individuals allegedly created thousands of "dummy" servers and used a hair dryer to remove and reattach serial number labels from genuine servers to the fake ones. --- Soooo, only 3 people did all of this? Amazon Phone - Amazon's new phone project codenamed 'Transformer' - Focus on AI integration, Alexa features, and mobile personalization - Here is what we know: -------It is a smartphone, not a wearable or accessory - It is AI-centric, with Alexa deeply integrated - It is meant to act as a personalized, always-on gateway into Amazon's ecosystem (shopping, Prime Video, Prime Music, services like Grubhub) - It is being built inside Amazon's Devices & Services group by a skunkworks team called ZeroOne, led by former Xbox architect J Allard OpenClaw - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says OpenClaw could be the next ChatGPT as AI shifts from answering questions to taking action. - Jensen said : Nvidia is building security around the technology with NemoClaw to enable safe and scalable adoption of AI agents. - Project OpenClaw: “It is now the largest, most popular, the most successful open-sourced project in the history of humanity,” - OpenClaw is an open-source autonomous AI agent platform that goes beyond traditional chatbots. -----Instead of answering questions, these agents can complete tasks, make decisions, and take actions with minimal input from users. - Use case: Prompt to study images of a kitchen, learn design tools, iterate ideas to learn how to design a kitchen ------- Jensen says: “Every carpenter can now be an architect. Every plumber will become an architect. We are going to elevate the capabilities of everyone” ---- What happens to the architects? Something.... - One of the hardest hit countries in all of this mess has been South Korea - ~70% of South Korea's crude oil imports come from the Middle East - Most of that oil transits the Strait of Hormuz - Margin calls kicked in as high margin debt with heavy retail participation - Won weakened sharply (17-year low) - Korea economy is dependent on global demand and stable energy prices - South Korea often leads sell-offs as it is the purest RISK ON market in Asia ---- SOOOOO, if this thing ends quickly, there is a potential of EWY to move up again....     Love the Show? Then how about a Donation? THE CLOSEST TO THE PIN for CATERPILLAR Winners will be getting great stuff like the new "OFFICIAL" DHUnplugged Shirt!     FED AND CRYPTO LIMERICKS   See this week's stock picks HERE Follow John C. Dvorak on Twitter Follow Andrew Horowitz on Twitter