Go full circle

How the circular economy is shaping a sustainable future.

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Portrait of Dr. Martin Brudermüller
Creating Chemistry Magazine 2022
Issue #11

Dear readers,

What can we do to ensure a good life on our planet today and tomorrow? To me, this is one of the most important questions for the future. 

 A woman stands in the center of the picture and the components of the district economy are symbolically depicted as pictures around her.
Life in a cycle

Repair, reuse, recycle – an infographic of businesses that sustainably meet our needs and wishes.

 Scientists examine a sample.
Circularity by BASF
How BASF is embracing the circular economy and reassessing its role in the value chain.
Portrait of Tim Jackson
Rethinking the economy
British economist Professor Tim Jackson explains how we can increase prosperity in a finite world.
The Global Seed Vault in Spitsbergen, Norway, shrouded in snow.
Seeds of time
Plant breeders see old varieties as valuable resources for countering climate change.
View into a laboratory of a hospital ward. A nurse is sitting in front of the computer and another nurse is walking past the room.
From different perspectives
What do we actually know? 
Experts give us some answers from their own perspective.
Many glass containers and test tubes with coloured liquids stand in front of a monitor on which scientific formulas can be seen.
Organic meets high tech
The trend toward natural cosmetics – and what lies behind it.
 The students are queuing to pick up their lunch from the Food4Education kitchen.
Feeding young minds
You cannot learn well on an empty stomach. Food4Education in Kenya shows that investment in nutrition pays off.
Abstract painting by the German artist Peter Lang
The nature of color
The origin of colors is very varied, and so is their significance for our culture and everyday lives, and even our psyche.

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