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European Environment Agency: Textiles, consumption production and climate
The European Environment Agency deals with and researches various topics about raw materials, materials, climate, sustainability... and is part of the European Commission.
This site contains interesting data, infographics, reading material for …
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Sustainable chemistry - WEZO 5
This exercise on sustainable chemistry discusses the various energy sources, as well as raw materials and waste processing.
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Update of the Flemish material indicators until 2021
Circular materials story: The Flemish circular economy does not yet translate into a reduced material impact.
We are increasingly successful in keeping materials in the cycle. Our reuse and recycling figures are increasing, we are producing more and …
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Criticism and counter-reaction to the IMF and the World Bank: Reading assignment
A reading assignment with text processing questions (reading comprehension in response to Flanders reading on April 23, 2024) about the criticism of and counter-reaction against the IMF and the World Bank.
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Circular economy: Monitor
The Circular Economy Support Center is working with various partners on a Flemish monitor for the circular economy to measure progress and status in Flanders. The current monitor includes more than 100 indicators, on which various analyzes have …
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OVAM SIS Toolkit for a sustainable design process
The OVAM SIS Toolkit is a tool to integrate sustainability into innovation and design processes in order to increase value creation. SIS stands for Sustainable Innovation System . This tool, developed for the business community, is also used …
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Planet Circul'air: Podcast
Planet Circul'air explains everyday situations related to the tasks of OVAM, the Public Flemish Waste Company. The podcasts cover topics such as the soil certificate, eco design, food waste, the problem of asbestos and litter.
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SustainableBy: Green and sustainable economy
DuurzaamDoor inspires collaboration and learning from each other, with a specific focus on the green and sustainable economy.
A selection from the offer:
- successful example projects;
- visions on transition to sustainability;
- smart working methods; …
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Citéco: French teaching resources on economics
Citéco or Cité de l'économie is a museum in Paris about the economy. On their website you can find videos, texts, podcasts and games in French on all kinds of economic topics such as money, income, government, growth, …
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Material Matters: Article with inspiring insights
Article providing insights and arguments for a transition from a neoliberal economy to an alternative economy.
These are based on the book Material Matters, the alternative to our predatory construction society by Sabine Oberhuber and Thomas Rau.
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Circular economy: Introduction
This presentation offers you the opportunity to give your students a basic introduction to the circular economy. The PowerPoint covers the following topics:
- definition of circular economy,
- 6 reasons why circular economy is important, …
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Broken Good!: Repair of electrical and electronic equipment
In collaboration with the partners of the European Sharepair project, Djapo developed a teaching package that inspires young people and makes them aware of the repair of electrical and electronic equipment, one of the most important waste flows in …
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Fix: Photo assignment
Repairing is good for the climate and the local economy. To bring the theme of repairing to the attention of students, in this document you will find an idea for a creative, visual assignment in which students have to look for a unique/strange …
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PowerPlayer: Educational card game about sustainable entrepreneurship
PowerPlayer is an educational card game on sustainable entrepreneurship developed by teachers from various countries and funded by the Erasmus project of the EU.
PowerPlayer is a strategy game for the first and second grade of secondary school …
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Mobile phone collection campaign
Sign up for a mobile phone collection campaign and win free ICT material.
Did you know ...
- a mobile phone travels an average of 4 times around the world during production;
- 99% of the parts of a mobile phone are recyclable by Recupel;
- 47 mobile phones …
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Circle game: Impact of our buying behaviour
A workshop in the classroom to make young people aware of the impact of their purchasing behavior on themselves, on the planet and on future generations.
The world belongs to all people, present and future generations. That means we need to use our …
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Electro gets new life: Circular economy recycling shop Ateljee Ghent
How does a thrift shop ensure that your old electrical appliance gets a new lease of life: circular economy in practice. In this video you can find the example of the Ateljee recycling center in Ghent.
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Electronic devices: Circular economy thrift store Antwerp
How thrift stores can give your discarded electrical appliances a second life. Case: Kringwinkel Antwerp. Circular economy and sustainability in practice.
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Kringwinkel WEB: Unused electrical appliances
All Belgians together have 50 million unused electrical appliances at home. We urgently need to reactivate them. You can give them a second life and make someone else happy with them. How? By donating them to a thrift store. What does she do with …
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Broken good!: Lesson package
Get started with your students on the repair of electrical and electronic equipment with the free teaching materials Broken Good! from Djapo and Sharepair.
For the European project Sharepair, which strives for a sustainable and circular economy, …
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The impact of the clothing industry on the climate and environment: Teaching package
Did you know that the fashion industry is responsible for 10% of the greenhouse gases emitted by humans?
Why is it that this industry is so harmful to the climate and the environment? And why does it take so much water to make one t-shirt? What does …
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Global environmental benefits through local and circular textile consumption
In order to meet our Flemish consumption needs, we currently have to obtain a large part of the required raw materials from abroad. Reuse, recycling and high-quality, local production of textiles can ensure that the extraction of primary raw …
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Sffrds!: Climate Change Self-Help
Sffrds! is the title of a booklet about climate change. It is also the basis for our lessons on climate change and related topics, from distinguishing fake news to the circular economy.
This publication explains in simple language the connection …
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Our Blue Marble
Our Blue Marble is a free in-depth guide and a guide for teachers and educators. The content addresses the relationship between human actions on the one hand and the critical problems of climate change, the loss of biodiversity, the linear economy …
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Refuse, reduce, recycle and reuse: Step-by-step eTwinning project plan
An eTwinning project in which refuse, reduce, recycle and reuse are central. What do these words mean and how do we put it into practice?
Scan the QR codes to view examples and access informative partner websites.
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Circular mode: Work bundle and teacher materials
The InnoVET project 2020-2021 Circular fashion is an initiative of Kunsthumaniora Brussel and a realization in collaboration with AP Hogeschool Antwerpen teacher training and IVOC, the training center for the Belgian fashion and clothing …
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Textiles and the circular economy
Tom Duhoux, circular economy researcher at VITO, takes you into the world of textiles and its challenges.
Textiles have the 4th largest environmental impact of all consumer goods. We buy 26 kg of clothes per person in Europe every year. Its production …
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Campus Circular: Experience Day
During Campus Circulair, your students will experience their first day on campus before they even receive their secondary school diploma. We look ahead to study and career choices, but confront your students with a current problem: scarcity of …
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Is bioplastic good for the environment?
Organic, that sounds good for the environment. But is that also true in the case of bioplastic? Is bioplastic good for the environment? Can we actually throw it in the organic waste and even in nature? Or is the story a bit more complex?
Prof. Dr. …
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Repair café: Repairman for the class
Tips for visiting a Repair Café or a professional repairer in the area with your class. Or to possibly invite a repairer to class.
During such a visit or class discussion, students discover what volunteer or professional repairers do, but also …
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Repair Everywhere: Challenges
Repairing is good for the climate and the local economy. To bring the theme of repair to the attention of students, this document contains three challenges that you can organize at school or with the class.
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Circonopoly: Explanation video
Online game that immerses young people in the circular economy. During this serious game, your students take on the role of an entrepreneur who makes sneakers . Circonopoly is a digital game about the circular economy that you as a teacher …
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Parliament session right to repair: Role play
In this role-play, students take on the role of lobbyists and parliamentarians who have to decide whether to pass a law that makes repairs easier. Students also gain insight into how laws are made and how European legislation can influence our …
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Right to repair: Lesson idea and quiz
Lesson preparation with links to a Kahoot! and presentation.
In the Kahoot! quiz, students discover:
- why repair is important for the climate and environment;
- which ensures that we repair very little;
- how the Right to Repair Movement, politicians and …
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OVAM: Education Knowledge Guide
On this webpage you will find inspiration for education, training and awareness-raising to process and use freely, including policy texts, regulations, good examples and practice, infographics, studies, research and teaching packages from OVAM …
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EDUbox Sustainability: Teaching package
Young people are inundated with messages about sustainability. On social media and in the classroom, because competences related to sustainability are part of the new learning outcomes of education. But what does the concept mean? And how can …
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Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Circular Economy Teaching Material
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation works for a fully circular economy. It was founded in 2009 and is a reference for the circular economy. You will find a wealth of information: infographics, reports, but also a specific section with educational …
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More sustainable with plastics and plastics
Plastics. Many things that we call 'plastic' fall under the heading of 'plastics' and we could easily list a hundred applications of plastics. We are talking about plastic packaging, but it also includes PVC garden furniture, medical devices (such …
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Resource City of Urban Mine: Resources in your own city
Worldwide, we face the great challenge of meeting the ever-growing demand for
to track raw materials. You usually find them underground and mining
we through mines. But it is becoming more and more interesting to live in our own cities
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Recycling your mobile phone: Infographic
This infographic shows the importance of recycling electronics. This way, valuable raw materials are not lost and we avoid having to dig new ores from the earth. This is made concrete with a specific and particularly recognizable product; the …
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Material flows in Flanders: Infographic
This infographic shows the material flows in Flanders. What's coming in? What's going out again? How many materials does our Flemish economy use, and how much waste is produced?
Source material: Circular Flanders (VITO Circular Economy Support …
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Is there a fortune in our landfills?
There are still many landfills in both Flanders and Europe. Many of those dumps were covered with a layer of soil and they disappeared from people's memories. Often nature reserves emerged, but also houses. Did you know, for example, that …
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Job growth circular companies: Infographic
This infographic shows the employment growth at companies with a circular business operation compared to regular companies.
Source for graph: MICHELLE, CE Center Support Center, Crossroads Bank for Social Security, KZZ (edited Support Center Work) …
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Difference Between Linear, Recycling and Circular Economy
This infographic visually shows the difference between a linear, recycling and circular economy.
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Whales on Shore: Lesson suggestion and worksheet with the book
Whales Ashore is a picture book about plastic soup that can be used when working on the environment and for environmental education in the classroom or at home.
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Organizing a sustainable school party: MOS action sheet
This document aims to motivate students, teachers and management, among other things, to organize a sustainable school party, with the following objectives:
- avoiding waste;
- avoiding litter;
- sustainable catering with local products, seasonal fruits …
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Earth Overshoot Day: Listening assignment
Listening assignment for a news fragment about Earth Overshoot Day.
The correction key has also been added.
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I see what you don't see: lesson packs about waste
Waste has more lives than you think. We can therefore write new and positive stories with it. With I see what you don't see, Djapo presents free downloadable lesson plans for secondary education on behalf of Fost Plus to get started on sustainable …
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Sustainable plastics: Lab
This teaching module builds on the presentation 'Sustainability and sustainable plastics' and takes place in a chemical lab. Based on a protocol, several bioplastics are made and the properties of the different plastics are tested.
For this part, work …
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Life cycle analysis (LCA), choose the sustainable bottle: Game shape
This learning module includes a game in which participants learn step-by-step how to apply a life cycle assessment (LCA) to verify the sustainability of different types of plastic drinking bottles.
To get started with the game quickly, it is …
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Circonopoly: Online game circular economy
Online game that immerses young people in the circular economy. During this serious game, your students take on the role of an entrepreneur who makes sneakers. Completely free and straight from the classroom.
During five investment rounds they have …
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What about recycling?: Background information
Background information for those who teach about recycling and/or the circular economy.
The following questions are addressed:
- Is the circular economy feasible?
- How can technology and new business models help make the circular economy a reality? …
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Choose hope: Teaching package
UCSIA, the Trends Chair in Economics of Hope & the SPES forum created a Choose for Hope curriculum for pupils in the 5th and 6th year of secondary education in Belgium and the Netherlands.
The lessons want to contribute to a mental shift in the …
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Circular economy and ecodesign: Brochure
In this brochure you will find the information and content of everything that Flanders Circular has done in recent years regarding Circular Economy and Ecodesign. It contains methods for tackling your curriculum, and workshops/welding/paths that …
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Sinterklaas: Repairing toys
In this lesson activity you will experiment with repairing toys. In this way you will discover together that repairing toys ensures that there is less waste.
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Fair trade and tourism: Docu
The young filmmaker Wouter Lismont made a trip to South Africa. The guide for his trip was the theme of fair trade and tourism in South Africa. The main question was: "How tourism can play a positive role in the development of a country like …
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Spin the economy: Introduction to circular economy
Playful introduction to the basic principles of the circular economy.
GOALS
Introduction to and awareness of the following principles:
- processing waste materials in new production processes;
- avoid tapping new raw materials;
- difference between linear …
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Design thinking about the water footprint of clothing: Inspiration bundle
Do you want to ensure that your students make conscious choices about water use? Do you want them to take action themselves, in a participatory manner, to reduce their water footprint?
This inspiration bundle Design thinking about the water footprint …
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Water footprint of clothing: Student bundle
Did you know that it takes 8000 liters of water to produce one pair of jeans? What is the relationship between clothing and water? And how can we use water more sustainably through our clothing? This theme bundle gives your students and yourself …
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Part IT point at school: Guide for organizers
Not every student has a computer or a stable internet connection at home. Children from vulnerable families in particular experience problems with this and risk falling behind in their learning. Fortunately, as a school you can do something about …
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Aquaponics
Introductory video Aquaponics
Aquaponics is the combined breeding of fish aquaculture, and plants on water hydroponics, in a self-built, circular ecosystem. Using natural bacterial cycles, the feces of the fish are used to feed the plants. The plants …
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InnoVET: Aquaponics
Aquaponics is the combined cultivation of fish aquaculture, and plants on water hydroponics, in a self-built, circular ecosystem. Using natural bacterial cycles, the fish's droppings are used to feed the plants. The plants filter the water …
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Closing materials cycles and circular economy: Practical examples
OVAM made a presentation for a broad target group with practical examples of closing material cycles.
Inspiration for the citizen, consumer, young people and entrepreneurs to make a contribution at their level, so as not to deplete our planet and …
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Close the Loop: Circular fashion industry
In a circular fashion industry, designers, producers, retailers and consumers all take into account the full life cycle of a garment. With Close The Loop, Vlaanderen Circulair and Flanders DC guide you through the principles of this sustainable …
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Materials management and circular economy: Educational material
On the Pearltrees platform of Flanders Circulair and OVAM you will find a lot of inspiration, educational material, lesson packages and information to get started in class. On the platform you can search by theme, target group (education …
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Circular economy and sustainable materials management
Inspiration about:
- consumption,
- sustainable purchases,
- recycle,
- to sort.
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C-Power: Young Citizens for Circular
With the C-Power project, the Platform for the Community Service gives two groups of young people the opportunity to sample the circular economy for a few months. During each trajectory, the young people get to know the wonderful world of the …
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Circular classroom: Educational toolkits circular economy
Website with educational toolkits that encourage the circular economy and circular thinking in secondary education.
Focus is on creating positive change for the future, and involving the young people of today.
Materials are available for free, in …
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ecoCEO: Online game and teaching material about circular economy
EcoCEO is an educational game that introduces students to the circular economy.
The aim of the ecoCEO game is to inform students about the challenges that arise in terms of availability and finiteness of raw materials, and about the possible solutions …
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