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Higher education resources

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

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The circular economy in higher education

Insights from course offerings in London and New York

Workshop Activities

Interactive resources for curriculum development - designed to encourage discussion, clarification, and reflection within the context of a circular economy.

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00. Overall guidance notes

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

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

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02. Materials flows, the big picture

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03. Exploring systems dynamics - A simulation

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04: Three stories about scale and selling

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

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06: The Circular Economy Is in the Cards

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07: Values in a Circular Economy

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08: A Doughnut for Later?

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

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10: Coffee Production and Consumption Systems

Circular Design Guide Video Series

These videos were created to inspire and enable other academics to incorporate circular design within their curriculum.

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What Sets Circular Design Apart? | Chris Thorpe

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

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Explaining Circular Economy with a Circular Design Guide | Deborah Sumter

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

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

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Changing How Young Designers Think About Circular Economy

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

Lesson plans: Age range 12-19

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Learning resource | Toolkit

Circular economy teaching resources on TES

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

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Lesson 1: Challenging Common Conceptions

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Lesson 2: Exploring the Circular Economy

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Learning resource

Lesson 3: Understanding the challenge of finite resources

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Learning resource

Lesson 4: Designing for a Circular Economy

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Lesson 5: The Circular Economy and Modern Agriculture

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Lesson 6: Redesigning Plastics

Additional resources

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Learning resource

Future of Cities Course

An introduction to cities and the circular economy

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Complexity Module

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

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Learning resource

Lego: Build the Change Courses

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

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Toolkit

Action Learning Set Toolkit

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

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

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Changing How Young Designers Think About Circular Economy

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

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How history has forged the path to a circular economy

The Circular Economy Show
Podcast

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...

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Article

Driving the circular economy on a university campus

Designing out waste with a complex, multi solution approach

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Article

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...