Name: Circular Economy - Sustainable Materials Management
Brand: Ghent University
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4.8 (636 reviews)

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This course looks at where important materials in products we use every day come from and how these materials can be used more efficiently, longer, and in closed loops. This is the aim of the Circular Economy, but it doesn’t happen on its own. It is the result of choices and strategies by suppliers, designers, businesses, policymakers and all of us as consumers. In addition to providing many cases of managing materials for sustainability, the course also teaches skills and tools for analyzing circular business models and promotes development of your own ideas to become more involved in the transition to a Circular Economy. You will learn from expert researchers and practitioners from around Europe as they explain core elements and challenges in the transition to a circular economy over the course of 5 modules: Module 1: Materials. This module explores where materials come from, and builds a rationale for why society needs more circularity. Module 2: Circular Business Models. In this module circular business models are explored in-depth and a range of ways for business to create economic and social value are discussed. Module 3: Circular Design, Innovation and Assessment. This module presents topics like functional materials and eco-design as well as methods to assess environmental impacts. Module 4: Policies and Networks. This module explores the role of governments and networks and how policies and sharing best practices can enable the circular economy. Module 5: Circular Societies. This module examines new norms, forms of engagement, social systems, and institutions, needed by the circular economy and how we, as individuals, can help society become more circular. This course is brought to you by: LUND UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS (IIIEE) EIT RAWMATERIALS VITO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS GHENT UNIVERSITY DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY...

Top reviews

Dec 4, 2020

Excellent introduction to the ideas of the circular economy and why it is is desirable. Hurdles to its achievement are discussed and examples of people and organisations that are working towards it.

Mar 24, 2021

I found this course very useful and easy to understand. i do recommend to take this course to know better about circular economy principle, material sustainability and recourses management.

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By Abdullah H A

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Sep 19, 2021

Excellent course. Reviewing peers assignments shall not be mandatory

By Saleh K

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Sep 28, 2020

reduce number of weeks.

By Sara A A D

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Oct 23, 2021

The course is boring

By Motadaris, F M

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Nov 13, 2024

By Enrico G

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Oct 18, 2024

By Almughaidi, H M

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Jun 11, 2022

Difficult for bignners.

By Suhas D

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Feb 2, 2023

The topic is so interesting. However, I am terribly disappointed at the quality of course material and content. In many cases (including assessments), poor language, low use of basic instructional design, non-proof read content, non-intelligible accents have destroyed the potential of this course. It is sad that this course content has not been QCed. Separately, this entire course feels like a blah jabber at Davos. Talks about motherhood and apple pie, but rarely talks about the practical "hows". Showing an example of a telephone company or some other organization which no one outside a small district in Europe has heard of, doesn't help. Just ends up shooting the credibility of an important topic.

By Raed A

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Sep 26, 2022

after I finished this course I could not get the certificate and that is really dissapointing for not participating on any future courses in this website. I waste 4 weeks of my life on this course to get the certificate and at the end they told me to repay again on it.