This week we will be speaking with Steven Liaros and Nilmini de Silva about Circular Economy Villages, one of several global megatrends that are changing the way we live and work.

The convergence of these trends, taken to their logical conclusion, suggests that future cities should be planned as a network of community-scale precincts. These would incorporate precinct-scale circular economy infrastructure, renewable energy micro-grids, shared electric vehicles and regenerative agriculture integrated with build-to-rent housing and co-working hubs.

The Circular Economy Village development model is applicable primarily in rural and regional areas seeking to attract post-COVID escapees from the major cities with high-tech, regenerative villages that strive towards self-sufficiency and zero waste within their bioregion. Each village will house a diverse community of up to 200 people and will integrate affordable co-working and co-living spaces with water and energy micro-grids and a regenerative agricultural system modelling a new paradigm for regenerative, shared-equity land development.