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Climate Change & Waste: Reduce Waste That Matters
Meet the ONLY waste type contributing to climate change, reduce it in five ways; and keep resources in the system.
Created byJan Rajnoch
Last updated 6/2022
English
What you'll learn
- Contrast the linear (take->make->waste) approach and the circular (borrow->use->return) approach to resource use
- Discover 3 hard-to-reduce waste types and what you can do to reduce them
- Learn what’s the ONLY waste type contributing to climate change and why it is a problem
- Contrast 5 things you can do to reduce this waste type and avoid methane emissions
- Explore modern and ancient examples of the circular economy
- Get strategies for success – drive sustainable change at your organization (get people on board)
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Course content
5 sections • 13 lectures • 2h 3m total length
Requirements
- No prior experience required.
- Interest in sustainability, climate change mitigation, the environment, and driving change is a plus.
Description
This course addresses our modern dilemma: resources or waste?
91% of all primary resources used globally are wasted. True, the circular economy – as demonstrated on examples in the course – offers hope...
But there is too much focus on recycling and single-use plastics – both important, but not the most important variables in the waste-reduction equation.
Learn the priorities of waste management, not “nice-to-haves”.
Reduce waste that matters, especially waste that contributes to climate change!
Follow the reduce – reuse – recycle hierarchy, in that order.
See how you can implement models, e.g. Triple Bottom Line and the SDGs, in your organization or home in a way that saves money, creates local jobs and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
Get a resource that’ll help you get others on board with your sustainable waste management practices. Get other resources that’ll help you reduce waste-organics and generate your own free and organic liquid fertilizer, whether you are in a house, apartment, or an office.
Whether you are an individual who wants to reduce your own waste at home or with your family, or if you’re are responsible for waste management at work – either directly, e.g. cleaners, facilities managers, small business owners, or indirectly, as a teacher, operations manager, cook or nurse … whether you want to reduce pollution, costs, material and resource use, or improve efficiency, become sustainable, and improve your environmental footprint through better waste mgmt - this course is for you.
Who this course is for:
- People with a keen interest in sustainability, especially reducing GHG emissions and landfill waste
- People who want to drive change through waste reduction, circular economy, and resource reuse
- People who struggle with getting others on board with sustainability
- Professionals keen to reduce waste at work (e.g. teachers, directors, business owners, middle managers, SMEs)
- Parents with young children