Expertise

Circular Economy Expertise

Talk at Factory 9/2020

I discovered the Circular Economy in 2015, at a talk given by the founders of design agency Circulab. “In nature”, they said, “there is no such thing as waste. Everything has a purpose”. I was hooked and thought: ‘I want to know more!’.
Few had heard of circular economy then. Later that year, I became one of the young agency’s first trained and licensed independent facilitators.

We were a team of 5 with varied backgrounds, ready to train and support on the topic: we helped organisations to rethink their business model and purpose, and see circularity as an opportunity way beyond simply recycling more and wasting less. I left Circulab, now a key thought leader on circularity and resilience in France, at end 2023: since I was no longer based in France since 2017, it was time for new ventures and collaborations.

Today I am offering my services as a strategic communications and language trainer, ‘circular storyteller’ and facilitator on the topic, helping organisations and individuals understand the topic and see how they could turn circularity into an opportunity and adopt a more ‘circular’ mindset. 

 

Recent Circular Economy Projects 

Circular Design workshop, Antwerp university, 2020
Circular Design workshop, Antwerp university, 2020
  • Designing workshops and talks for companies, universities, social-profits, events and mentoring to understand CE and identify opportunities. 
  • Contributor and proofreader of Circular Electronics report for Circular Berlin (2026)
  • Mentoring for ‘circular’ startups 2019-2022 (Impact Hubs, Universität der Künste, AHEAD programme for Fraunhofer Institut)
  • Speaker on CE for Future Females, German ministries, Sustainability Slams, pecha kucha, New Mittelstand, keynotes. Co-host for workshops, webinars and demos with Circular Berlin, Circonnact (Vienna), Hello Circular! Over 800 sign-ups over 5 years.  
  • Podcast on CE and Germany in 2019
  • Interview on WDR German public radio in 2022 (in German): Circular Economy: die Wirtschaft der Zukunft? One of several experts from Berlin in the interview.
  • Cited in Internationale Politik review (in Germany) in November 2022 edition.
  • Initiating and drafting position paper on CE for a global conservation NGO involving over 60 actors, internal and external
  • Writing statements, endorsements etc. for various publications, in print and online, such as the Mastering the Circular Economy textbook (2021, left) and for the Expert Series in Circular Conversations 
  • Workshops for Antwerp University Architecture & Design students (2020, 2025)
  • Guiding visitors to Europe’s first profitable circular economy aquaponics city farm, Stadtfarm, in Berlin (2019/2020)
  • Study on takeback in the clothing retail sector in Germany in 2023 
  • Translation of a Study on EU CE actors by l’Orée (French CE association)

See Testimonials Page and Client list.