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Luxembourg - 10.02.2015 - Louis Lang

Louis LangIndependent Consultant

• Corporate Social Responsibility

• Sustainable Develeopment

• Circular Economy

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Six Million Horses Almost Destroyed New York City

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NYC was a major source of American innovation in 1880. Skyscrapers, subways, stock exchanges

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In 1880, the U.S. brought together a group they considered the world’s smartest people to answer one pressing question…

What will New York City look like in 100 years?

They all came to a unanimous agreement.

“In 100 years time,” they said (in essence), “probably well before, New York will be…”

Wait for it…

“… completely destroyed!”

By 1980, the team concluded, New York would need more than six million horses.

Six million!

And six million horses presents an obvious problem.

The city already had 200,000 horses in 1880. Each one, they somehow calculated, dumped a quart of urine and 24 pounds of manure every day.

That’s 4.8 million pounds of horse dung and 50,000 gallons of pee already being dumped into the streets… every. single. day.

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During the period 1896 to 1930 over 1,800 car manufacturers were believed to have existed in America.

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Economies and business models have always been changing.

There have always been winners and losers and there will always be!

The circular economy

- is a redesign of the future, where industrial systems are restorative and regenerative by intention and design

- but it also includes economic, social, political, cultural and ethical aspects.

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We just discovered a global trend, what will we do about it ?

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Education is key ! It is our responsibility and about time to deliver.

- New skills are needed- The wording and transparency are crucial- The right kind of awareness is necessary- Global assessing standards are missing- Behavior change is imperative- ………

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Let‘s talk about it !

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The principle of the circular economy