naturaldynamics<p>A society that was frugal, with carefully planned closed loop resource use made a million people city workable in the pre technological 18th century Japan, in this very instructive story!<br /><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ecodesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ecodesign</span></a>,<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/circulareconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>circulareconomy</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/closedloopresourceuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>closedloopresourceuse</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240703-what-the-japanese-edo-period-can-teach-us-about-today" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/culture/article/202407</span><span class="invisible">03-what-the-japanese-edo-period-can-teach-us-about-today</span></a></p>