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This is part 4 of the 25 posts unveiling Christine Nikander's list featuring 100 people and organizations broadly working in circularity, who she thinks you should follow in 2025.

This is part 3 of the 25 posts unveiling Christine Nikander's list featuring 100 people and organizations broadly working in circularity, who she thinks you should follow in 2025.

This is part 2 of the 25 posts unveiling Christine Nikander's list featuring 100 people and organizations broadly working in circularity, who she thinks you should follow in 2025.

This is part 1 of the 25 posts unveiling Christine Nikander's list featuring 100 people and organizations broadly working in circularity, who she thinks you should follow in 2025.

After 10 years in the circularity space, Christine Nikander has put together a list featuring 100 people and organizations broadly working in circularity, who she thinks you should follow. The list will unfold bit by bit on every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from now until Christmas.

Why invest in social mobility, hope, and the education of young people? Our founder tells her story of social mobility and how she found her way to Columbia University.

“Tomorrow the app that could have – or perhaps should have – been my PhD dissertation will go live.” Those are words that our founder never thought she would say out loud – yet here we are.

The summer 2025 marked 10 years since our founder started doing research into e-waste. Her reflections on the journey tell of the courage to imagine a different future.

An introduction to the water scarcity and pollution arising from mining, and to how companies could reduce conflicts by protecting water and respecting Indigenous Peoples' rights.

An introduction to the nexus between mining, water use, and Indigenous rights.

An introduction to the nexus between the energy transition, critical raw materials, and river pollution.

An introduction to the significance of creating transparency around environmental and social issues in supply chains.

In December 2024, Christine Nikander was featured in The Bloom’s "30 Under 30 Social Impact" list for her work on The E-Waste Column.

An introduction to the adverse social impacts of transition mining.

An introduction to how Indigenous Peoples’ rights are impacted by critical raw material mining.

An introduction to the nexus between the energy transition, critical raw materials, and mining-related deforestation.

An introduction to planet-centered design.

An introduction to the role of circular design in creating a more responsible economy.

An introduction to the role of design in creating environmental and social justice.

A short overview of the rising production of e-waste, the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act, and the need to recover precious materials from o

A short overview of the value of e-waste, the potential for recovering gold from e-waste, and the future of urban mining.

A short overview of the right to repair and reparability indexes in the EU.

A short overview of electronics supply chains, modular devices, and the EU's regulations on ecodesign. Redesigning electronics’ supply...

A short overview of the transboundary movement of e-waste, the health risks present in the informal e-waste sector, and the EU's planned...