Lukie Tolhurst

I work on sustainable innovation, focusing on resource use, including industrial symbiosis, circular economy and waste utilisation. Since 2018, I have been working with farmers, landowners, consortiums, SMEs and crop-to-product companies to explore regenerative agri-food systems, and development of biochemicals, biomaterials and other natural products to displace petrochemical and synthetic resources. With the discovery of the core original rewilding principles of letting nature take the lead and living in harmony with the planet, along with concepts from Donella Meadows and others on systems thinking and ecological economics, the revelation of doughnut economics gives a further practical framework to help communicate and explore solutions with organisations, regions and individuals. I am part of the core team of the Oxfordshire Doughnut Economics group and am working with the development of sustainable agri-food systems, including as partner on the Centre for High Carbon Capture Cropping (CHCx3) project.