"Japan's Edo, which grew from a minor castle town to one of the largest cities in the world, avoided ecological collapse by adopting a ‘circular economy’. Drawing on Buddhist values, Shogunate leadership emphasised local production, low consumption and optimal efficiency, including efforts to repurpose everything."
https://aeon.co/videos/the-extraordinary-efficiency-of-japans-edo-economy
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