Waste Economic Forum
A unique collaboration between investigative journalism, science and the law.
Searching for a new economic system that meets the needs of all within the means of our planet.
Introduction
Waste Economic Forum (WEF) is a new foundation that revolves around one mission: to fundamentally reboot our economic system and create a healthy economy that meets the needs of all, within our planetary boundaries. How do we contribute? In a unique collaboration between investigative journalism, science and the law.
We took waste as our starting point, because, let’s face it: we live in a fantasy world, convinced that the only way is up. We measure growth as the sum of the value of what we produce. So we produce as much as we can and disregard the consequences. This is what we call ‘progress’. The outcome? We are overwhelmed by the waste we produce.
Let’s look at some numbers:
99% of the products we buy last less than 6 months.
30% of our food is wasted.
40% of the clothes we produce are never sold or used.
50% of the medicine we manufacture ends up as trash.
2 billion tons of solid waste is produced each year, and that number is rising fast.
What we call ‘economic growth’ today is essentially industrial production output. That is way too limited considering the complex societies we live in. Yet every major decision made anywhere around the world is underpinned by its potential to contribute to this type of ‘economic growth’. The resulting damage to the world we live in - and therefore to mankind - is immeasurable, to the extent that it threatens our survival.
We must change and we can change.
OUR MISSION
Creating a narrative for a new economy, that meets the needs of all within within the means of the planet.
As storytellers we contribute to a new narrative for an economic system based on opportunity and on the actual natural laws of survival: taking and giving in a balanced way, strengthening social and ecological systems and increasing wellbeing, instead of depleting the planet and adding to social unrest and disruption.
‘Waste Junkies’ is a cinematic documentary that reveals the environmental destruction and devastating societal disruption that takes place behind the landfills of our world. This journalistic film investigates the connection between the waste surrounding us everywhere and humanities addiction to ‘Economic Growth’. Is there a way out of this mess? ‘Waste Junkies’ portrays world-famous thinkers, go-getters and artists on the issue, who aim to design a healthy economy for all, within the planetary boundaries. Audiences will gather hope from this unique feature film showing not only that we must change but especially that we can change.
See the trailer and support us on our special ‘Waste Junkies’ website.
Our first project: ‘Waste Junkies’
Newsworthy and entertaining, dreadful and hopeful, ugly and beautiful
