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A circular economy requires civic and consumer demand, and a pervasive adoption by manufacturers who make a commitment to iterative improvements and the sharing of best practices. To install a circular economy, public officials and policy makers must set regulatory approaches to resource use, require that materials meet sustainability standards, and offer an industrialized rewards system to foster best practices in manufacturing. Consumers must demand and purchase sustainable products. Manufacturers, incentivized and ideally required to design products to be durable, reusable, environmentally friendly, and able to be repurposed, are the builders of the circular economy.

To effect deep impact across the board, behaviors need to change so that a circular economy is the norm. Rather than continually depleting our resources, a circular economy moves us closer to being a net positive contributor to nature’s health.

Spotlight: Palo Alto

Any mayor, city manager, or Outdoor Citizen could take a stroll through Palo Alto, California, and recognize the quality of this California gem. Palo Alto sits an hour’s drive south of San Francisco, and it shines from many vantage points—its proximity to Silicon Valley, its sunny and temperate weather, its wealth of arts and cultural attractions, its robust retail stores, its high-quality parks and outdoor infrastructure, and what bubbles from its renowned Stanford University. One of the city’s most ambitious recent efforts was the creation of its Parks, Trails, Natural Open Space and Recreation Master Plan. The 187-page plan was adopted in 2017 and is intended to serve the city for a twenty-year period.5 The process to develop the plan consisted of three phases: