As we plan the next phase of our economic recovery, we have a choice. We can choose to direct this stimulus towards a more circular, regenerative economy, an economy that is not degenerative by design but that is regenerative by design. If we do this, ours can be a future where people have everything that they need to lead fulfilling and meaningful and prosperous lives, where simple everyday tasks like making the morning coffee, or travelling to and from work, or warming our homes are powered by clean renewable energy; a future where, instead of heading for landfill, the leftovers from one production process, be they food scraps or scrap metal, become the source materials for the next, and where the water coming out of our taps is safe to drink and never runs dry, and the roofs over our heads are safe and warm—above all, a future that is more equitable, more prosperous, more innovative, and all within planetary limits. What we need in the long term, then, is not a recovery but a renewal—a renewal of our relationship with the natural world and with each other.