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A good starting point if you’re looking to introduce the circular economy into any discipline and...

The circular economy in higher education

Insights from course offerings in London and New York

00. Overall guidance notes

Read this short introductory document before you start on the activities...

01. A sandwich, a butterfly and a cake - A circular economy?

02. Materials flows, the big picture

03. Exploring systems dynamics - A simulation

04: Three stories about scale and selling

05: Nano Membrane Toilet - Through four lenses of circular design

06: The Circular Economy Is in the Cards

07: Values in a Circular Economy

08: A Doughnut for Later?

09: Circular Business Models - the Branded T-shirt Case

10: Coffee Production and Consumption Systems

What Sets Circular Design Apart? | Chris Thorpe

This collection of videos features leading academics and students sharing their vision...

Explaining Circular Economy with a Circular Design Guide | Deborah Sumter

Using Circular Economy Principles with the Circular Design Guide | Thomas Wastling

Innovation & Creativity in Industry, MDes at Cranfield University and...

Changing How Young Designers Think About Circular Economy

Stage Leader & Sustainability Lead, BA Product Design, Central St Martins - UAL

Circular economy teaching resources on TES

View our full collection of resources designed to help educators find the tools they need to teach...

Lesson 1: Challenging Common Conceptions

Lesson 2: Exploring the Circular Economy

Lesson 3: Understanding the challenge of finite resources

Lesson 4: Designing for a Circular Economy

Lesson 5: The Circular Economy and Modern Agriculture

Lesson 6: Redesigning Plastics

Future of Cities Course

An introduction to cities and the circular economy

Complexity Module

This introduction to Complexity is a great way to develop systems thinking skills

Lego: Build the Change Courses

(Age range 7-12) Free Learning through Play materials designed to engage children in sustainability...

Action Learning Set Toolkit

A structured learning method which enables small groups to address complex issues.

Accelerating London's transition to a circular economy through higher education | Summit 2020

Changing How Young Designers Think About Circular Economy

Stage Leader & Sustainability Lead, BA Product Design, Central St Martins - UAL

How history has forged the path to a circular economy

Ep 21: The Role of Learning in the Transition to a Circular Economy

How we think shapes the world around us, and our ways of thinking are formed through...

Driving the circular economy on a university campus

Designing out waste with a complex, multi solution approach

Circular economy direction of travel statement for London’s higher education institutes

London has taken a leading role in tackling climate change. It is the first city to commit to being...