LEARNING OUTCOME LO3 The student can take into account the principles of life cycle thinking and circular economy in relationship to new and existing business LEVEL Applying SPECIFIC LEARNING OUTCOME 2.3.1 Student can identify the different phases in the cycle of a product PERSON IN CHARGE (NAME and EMAIL) Gencat: Olga Castilla Corsà ocastill@xtec.cat DESCRIPTION OF THE LEARNING MATERIALS Case studies: How are my Smartphone (example), Philips Lighting or H&M garment made?
Life cycle. “Produce, use and throw away?. No, reduce, reuse and recycle”. Key ideas such as “minimizing waste”, “shifting the focus to resources used”, identifying and closing loops, interconnecting processes, long-lasting culture… Use and throw away? No, reduce, reuse and recycle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b9R82vrA40 (5’min, english)
Linear economy vs. Circular economy, “take, make and dispose” vs. “make, use and return”, service providers vs. sellers of products.. our challenge: from idea to real business and consumer mindset transformation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__0Spwj8DkM (4’ min, english)
HOW TO USE? 1. Initial activity: teacher writes key words such as “refurbishing”, “limited resources”, “long-lasting design maintenance repair”, “minimize waste”...and teacher asks: what do they have in common? 2. Teacher shows the two videos to the class group 3. Students are grouped in teams of 4-5 students and they are asked to look for examples of local companies that use three or at least one of the R (Recycling, Reuse, Refurbishing). 4. Each group has to make a presentation* (PowerPoint, Prezi, Google site etc..) and show the local business case to the class.
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