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Citizen movement Klimaan: Local climate projects
In this webinar, Tris Segers, an employee of the Mechelen citizen movement Klimaan, outlines how you can deal with our commons with care: soil, water, energy, mobility, air, etc. She illustrates this using some local projects and initiatives.
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Visionary future walk
Together we dive into the sustainable future dreams of your students. And you can take that literally: the young people guide each other. So it is entirely up to them.
Maybe they dream of a school on a street park without cars and traffic lights? Or a …
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Holding Up the Sky: Teaching Guide
This lesson folder accompanies the film Holding Up the Sky.
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If the shamans stop dancing and life in the rainforest loses its balance, the sky will fall and crush everything. This wisdom is passed on from generation to generation by the …
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System Change Project
Project System Change is a visual representation of Kate Raworth's donut economy. It reflects the current Western view of the world through various phenomena. In three steps you guide students to look, deepen and reflect. Do they recognize the …
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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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The material footprint of Flemish consumption
The materials footprint of Flanders or Raw Material Consumption (RMC) is the total of primary raw materials that are extracted worldwide as a result of Flemish consumption.
These primary raw materials are minerals, fossil raw materials, biomass and …
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Climate footprint: Sustainable compared to a fast fashion T-shirt
European consumption of textiles has the fourth largest impact on the environment and climate change, after food, housing and mobility. Textile consumption is also in the top three factors that place the most pressure on water and land use and in …
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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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Bio-mass: Ladder of value retention
This infographic indicates the order in which biomass should best be used, ranging from high to low value.
Sources:
- OVAM, Food loss in chain perspective (2012);
- ILVO, Valorization of fruit and vegetable waste flows: opportunities and bottlenecks …
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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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Label info: Guide to sustainability labels and sustainable products
Which raw materials form the basis of our products? How are our consumables produced? Is there attention to the environment? How are the working conditions? Are workers paid enough?
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Become a WaterWise class or school: Traject
Become a WaterWise class or school from September 2024. Take up the challenge together to teach students to make sustainable choices and thus reduce their water footprint at school in terms of food, clothing, paper, direct water... This is how we …
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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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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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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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Societal perspectives on COVID-19: Curriculum
UCSIA created a curriculum for citizenship education . The content of these lessons is free to download.
Is the corona crisis a turning point for people and society? Could that turning point in some ways also be a return to fundamental values and …
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MOS energy case
MOS provides free energy cases. It contains a manual and numerous instruments to conduct energy research at school together with the students. Think of energy meters, infrared thermometers and CO2 meters and so on.
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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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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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Clean clothes, a deep dive into sustainable fashion: Teaching package
With this teaching package, MoMu wants to encourage young people to carefully consider their clothing purchases. They assume that many of them already have a conscientious approach to clothing or are looking for creative ways to do it even …
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Textile sorting and recycling and reuse
This is information about the Flemish policy and the agreements on discarded textiles.
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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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The Sustainable City: Inspiration Bundle
Are you fascinated by the future of cities? Would you like this to your students
to take? Then this bundle is your ideal guide. The inspiration bundle gives you an idea of the different directions you can take.This bundle was developed in the context …
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Mission 2030: Team play about the sustainable development goals
How sustainably do we treat our only earth? What can you do to use less energy, limit your consumption, reduce waste ...?
Play Mission 2030 and don't watch the world change from a distance.
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On the basis of Mission 2030, young people discover the …
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