Books Driving Change: Ron Gonen and The Waste-Free World
Driving Change
English - January 26, 2022 20:38 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsGovernment Society & Culture Documentary policy development government public service governance new economy ngo public policy sustainability Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Made in Africa: A Conversation with Yawa Hansen-Quao
In this episode, we talk with Ron Gonen, who is the founder of Closed Loop Partners, and the author of The Waste-Free World: How the Circular Economy Will Take Less, Make More, and Save the Planet.
Ron believes we have a challenge in the American economy -- and a little bit in the U.K. as well some other developed countries -- where the highest status in society goes sometimes to the jobs that don't always create the most social benefit or require the most amount of intellect. The jobs of teacher, fire person, police person, public servants, soldier are the backbone of our society. Unfortunately, the status we’ve assigned to those jobs, and the financial incentive, is low in society.
We hope you enjoy this conversation.