After 10 years of working in #circularity, I have put together a list featuring 100 people and organizations, who I think you should follow. The list is being released across 25 posts until Christmas. I therefore like to think of it as an unconventional #zerowaste alternative to an advent calendar — packed with little stories and wisdoms as we close out this year.

In this eleventh post, I am focusing on people and organizations advocating for circularity in #landuse. Here is a set of brilliant women and organizations working in forestry, agriculture, food production, and food waste, who I think you should look into and follow.

41) Heidrun Kordholste-Nikander is a forester by training. She was one of the first women to study environmental protection technology at university in Germany. Heidrun has written about the role of Indigenous people’s knowledge, regenerative practices, and circular material use for sustainable agriculture and protecting forest biodiversity in The E-Waste Newsletter. She has also co-created modules on these topics for The E-Waste Learning Hub.

42) Julia Watson and Melissa Hunter Gurney co-founded the Lo-TEK Institute. The institute advocates for the incorporation of traditional ecological knowledge and Indigenous science into education. Through their work, Julia and Melissa want others to see the ingenuity of ecosystems – such as floating farms, water temples, forest islands, and terraced landscapes – that have been shaped through partnerships between humans and nature. They believe that collaborations with Indigenous peoples and “living infrastructures” provide us with the necessary blueprints needed for a circular and regenerative future.

43) Natalia Krylova works to reduce food waste. In her PhD thesis at the University of Geneva, she examined food waste management based on the principles of the circular economy. Through her work, Natalia has gathered extensive expertise in using a systems approach to manage food loss and food waste across entire food supply chains. She regularly speaks and writes about the role of circularity in combatting food waste.

44) The Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE) was created by the World Economic Forum in 2018. During the time of its operation, it acted as a public-private collaboration to accelerate circularity and – amongst others – worked on minimizing food loss and waste. In February 2021, PACE published “The Circular Economy Action Agenda for Food”. PACE has since concluded its operations and a part of its programs have transitioned over to the World Resources Institute. The institute works on several food initiatives and continues to push for a circular economy for food.

🔔 Stay tuned to to see the whole list of 100 people and organizations to follow unfold on LinkedIn, our blog, and our app.