Economic Change Can Protect the Environment

5/6/22

In a recent blog entry, Kristen Kern, Federal Advocacy and Policy Manager, LWVUS, advocates for changing our economic structure as a path toward protecting the planet. Kern is among those who advocate that a change from a linear economy to a circular economy would “create a more sustainable society.”

“Linear processes ‘take, make, and waste,’ by taking materials from the earth, making a product, and moving it to a landfill at the end of its useful life,” Kern writes. In contrast, “a circular economy redefines materials that were once considered trash and gives them new, valuable lives.” Kern advises that, like many ways of addressing climate change, an economic shift toward a circular economy will take collective action and engagement.

Be part of the collective. Contact your legislators and let them know you expect them to be proactive about climate change. Then join other engaged voices—join a local League. Many local Leagues are actively focused on pro-environment legislation in their communities and on a national level.