Slovenia is moving towards a Circular Economy - article from Circulate, Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Circular Economy in focus

Slovenia, an EU country with 2 million inhabitants and 60% of its land area covered by forests, is home to a considerable amount of pristine natural capital. Since the 1980s, national campaigns and key messages have focused on this potential, resulting in strong public awareness and engagement for a positive development model. The Circular Economy model seems to be the right answer for this small country tucked between Italy, Austria, Croatia and Hungary.

http://circulatenews.org/2016/01/slovenia-is-moving-towards-a-circular-economy/

Some favourite insights in 2015 as an inspiration for those jet to come in 2016

My youngest doughter Tesa - my "alter ego"

2015 was full of coincidences that turned out be synhronicity. It was definitely an inspiring and powerful year. Full of joy but also marked with shadows. My beloved grand mother passed away and an unexpected emptiness has emerged. On the other side so many new projects and initiatives have been born and so many great people connected, that I hardly wait for everything what is jet to be created and realised.

Impressed by Luc de Brabandere - having a chance
to meet him as a co-organiser of the first regional
CEO BCG Dinner. Next to Melanie Seier Larsen (BCG).
Otočec, December 2015

Tin Vodopivec was a perfect match at the 1st Demo Day
of ABC Accelerator
Ljubljana, June 2015

As a co-founder of ABC Accelerator I supported the project
as a communicator and connector. Dejan Roljić, Darko Đurič, Helena Petrin
and Urška Jež at the Demo Day.
Ljubljana, June 2015

Tjaša Dornik - Bollicine di Stile & Julien Coustaury at Milano Expo.
The title of the dialogue was "The Beauty & the Beast".
Organised by ABC Accelerator team.
Milan, June 2015

It was great pleasure and honour for me editing the anniversary publication
with an aim to present the role of the Managers' Association of Slovenia
in the last quarter of the century.
Ljubljana, February 2015

  

With some of the main personalities that contributed to the publication "Misli".
Franjo Bobinac, Sonja Šmuc, Marko Voljč, Edita Krajnovič and Bogo Seme.
Ljubljana, January 2015

Summit 100 gathered woman top leaders from the Alpe-Adria Region.
An event hosted by Kolinda Grabar Katarović & Melanie Seier Larsen.
Portorož, June 2015

Smart Cities - great event in Berlin where we have introduced
on-going projects from Slovenia (ABC, IBM, BTC).
"After party" with Andreja Kodrin.
Berlin, May 2015

WIDER project - Smart Houses for Elderly - was successfully presented
at the closing event in Brussels. Here with the team of The Heart of Slovenia.
Brussels, May 2015

Creative days at The House of Ideas.
Inventing new programmes for Mokrin with Branimir Brkljać and
his inspiring team - under the summer sky full of falling stars.
Mokrin, August 2015

Remote Year - amazing project organised by Sam Pessin and GregCaplan.
More than 70 entrepreneurs are travelling around the world, working remotely.
During their stay in Ljubljana Jurij Giacomelli and I introduced them Slovenian
Creative & Business environment.
Ljubljana, June 2015

Sonja Klopčič is the first Slovenian author who published a book about Leadership.
I have a privilege to moderate very vivid discussions that are part of the "road show".
Ljubljana, October 2015

Circular Economy - a new economic model that I strongly believe in.
Having a chance to moderate a panel at the first conference devoted
to this topic and to connect ambassadors of this model.
Brdo pri Kranju, November 2015

First MC Media Academy was launched in Novi Sad. Here with
Nataša Heror and Jurij Giacomelli as the front-runners of the project that
was recognised as a "must" for editors and media managers and was very well accepted.
Novi Sad, August 2015 

FDI Summit - introduction of Circular Economy through the prism of
international competitiveness. Slovenia is ready to go on with
the implementation of the principles of Circular.
Ljubljana, December 2015