An Economic Eclipse: Shifting Toward a Sustainable Future by Eliminating Waste

The average American produces about five pounds of trash every single day!An Economic Eclipse is a book about the use of business as an institution to spearhead waste reduction in the daily lives of individuals. Specifically it explores principles that business leaders can adopt to harmonize their work with the circular economic movement and zero-waste ideology.Within these pages you will discover the potential of social entrepreneurship and how the corporate world can be a driver of positive change rather than a parasitic drain on the environment. Youll learn about viable closed-loop systems through stories such as: Environmental entrepreneur Kresse Weslings journey turning used firehoses into designer bagsCircular company Orange Fibers inspiration for making luxury fabric from orange peelsChef Matt Stones experience serving zero-waste culinary creationsThis book will enhance your repertoire about the current state of our planet and addictive consumption habits. It speaks to passionate activists and forward-thinking individuals who want to re-evaluate our capitalistic economys social and environmental impacts. An Economic Eclipse removes the stigma of waste as a bleak end-of-life existence by revealing that it is in fact a creative and profitable key to our future.