Welcome to the Circular Economy
What you'll learn
- What the root cause of climate change is, what perpetrates this condition and what we need to change to reach circularity
- Example - Why recycling should be our last resort
Requirements
- none
Description
Updated April 09th, 2020
Our latest COP25 meeting in Madrid drives the point home even further that we need to take charge of making this planet we share a better place. We start in explaining the problems tied with the take - > make -> dispose model we have deployed since the industrial revolution and then move on look at the true call to action we have to achieve circularity or closed loops intended to come as close as possible to no waste produced.
#coronachangeseverything
The solutions required to avoid the next coronavirus (or whatever VUCA event that comes our way) and the path to circularity are the same. This has become and will remain the focus of this course.
The course moves on to discuss what we can do to take control. Each one of us has the power to make a difference and a number of small improvements create a big impact.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who is interested in learning about the subject and is keen to take matters into her own hands
- Example: What is the cost we have in not achieving circularity?
Course content
- Preview01:21
- Preview03:46
- Preview02:22
- 03:26Permaculture
- 02:19Circularity and Politics
- 03:11Circularity: The Price of Non-Conformance
- 03:16What Does Life Look Like After We Won?
- Preview04:50
- 05:02Fit to Maintain
Instructor
![Michael Boyle](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.0 Instructor Rating
- 372 Reviews
- 7,849 Students
- 11 Courses
My journey started in Los Angeles but moved on to different venues after becoming an adult. My first trip to Europe was at 19, and it changed the direction my life would take.
After finishing university, I moved to Berlin but in an unconventional way. I bought a one-way ticket to Hong Kong, not knowing how I would get to Berlin. China had just opened up the borders to individual tourists, so I ended up taking the Trans Siberian Railway through the Soviet Union, Poland, and then eventually West Berlin.
The goal was to stay only for 6 months. 2 years later, I moved from West Berlin to Vienna, where I eventually married a Viennese. We are in year 34 and counting.
We moved back to the US, where I started a career in customer service. Those learnings about customer satisfaction are still very much ingrained in me today.
We came back to Vienna right before the Berlin Wall fell, and it's been my home since. My career moved onto Project Management, Product Management, and Business Analysis, and I worked for different multi-national companies.
I felt that something was still missing, so I set up my own company 8 years ago and have ventured onto activities that I couldn't have imagined beforehand. There is one common thread in all I have done. I love helping people and enjoy making a difference in any way I can. This, simply, has been my driver.
In addition, I have been involved in the world of academia for over a year in teaching this course as well as a number of others. There is nothing more satisfying than helping people reach their potential.