Subject Guide
Resource stewardship strategies, including:
- the value of the circular economy as a systems approach for effective cycling of materials and energy
- the role of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and progress made toward meeting them
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Watch the video on the right carefully and use it to explain:
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Read these articles from The Guardian for a fuller understanding of why stewardship strategies are so important.
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A. What is the circular economy?
Use the videos and the infographic to explain the following:
Use your textbook (314-318), study guide (111-113) and your own research to answer the following:
- in your own words what is meant by "The Circular Economy".
- What are the key features of a circular economy?
- What are the key similarities and differences between the circular economy model and the biological model?
- How does the circular economy model differ from how most societies/economies operate?
Use your textbook (314-318), study guide (111-113) and your own research to answer the following:
- Why are present phones and computers harder to recycle than earlier models?
- Give 2 examples of companies that are trying to work with the circular economy model and how.
- According to the textbook, when might the potential of the circular economy be realised?
- Now focus on different scales. Explain how the circular economy is working at varying scales
From https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org
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B. Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Circular Economy
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Now watch this video "Enoughness". Use this to compare the approach of indigenous societies with our capitalist societies. Look for similarities and differences in:
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