An Economic Eclipse: Shifting Toward a Sustainable Future by Eliminating Waste

by Alexa Smith

The average American produces about five pounds of trash, every single day!

An Economic Eclipse is a book about the use of business as an institution to spearhead waste reduction in the daily lives of individuals. Specifically, it explores principles that business leaders can adopt to harmonize their work with the circular economic movement and zero-waste ideology.

Within these pages, you will discover the potential of social entrepreneurship and how the corporate world can be a driver of positive change, rather than a parasitic drain on the environment. You'll learn about viable closed-loop systems through stories such

Environmental entrepreneur Kresse Wesling’s journey turning used firehoses into designer bagsCircular company Orange Fiber's inspiration for making luxury fabric from orange peelsChef Matt Stone's experience serving zero-waste culinary creationsThis book will enhance your repertoire about the current state of our planet and addictive consumption habits. It speaks to passionate activists and forward-thinking individuals who want to re-evaluate our capitalistic economy’s social and environmental impacts. An Economic Eclipse removes the stigma of waste as a bleak end-of-life existence by revealing that it is, in fact, a creative and profitable key to our future.

Genres: Nonfiction

322 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 27, 2021

About the author

Alexa Smith is a zero-waste warrior. As an undergraduate at the University of Illinois studying environmental science and sustainability, she became heavily involved in all things environmentalism. She was fundamental in crafting the 2020 Illinois Climate Action Plan and has engaged in several community-focused organizations, including ProjectforLess, a group battling food waste and food insecurity.

Alexa is a member of Enactus, where she has put her "business as a force for good" mantra into action through a portfolio of waste-reducing projects which simultaneously empower local disadvantaged and marginalized populations.

Alexa is an avid traveler, and while she has had the privilege of visiting nine countries, she would love to continue expanding her cultural appreciation and environmental impact around the world.


Connect with Alexa:
Email: alexacsmith7@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexacsmith/
Instagram: @alexa.c.smitty

Check out her website: https://www.alexacsmith.com/

Read her circularity blog: https://medium.com/@alexacsmith