Course: Getting Started with Sustainability and the Circular Economy

Understanding your stakeholders is an important step in developing an effective sustainability approach. It is in drawing from the opinions and experiences of the full range of our stakeholders that …

Sustainability is a practice; let’s explore it through an example. Of course, not everything needs to be an example of sustainability. There may be perfectly legitimate reasons why a low …

Sustainability is continually evolving, shaping our future in meaningful ways. Progress towards sustainability can sometimes feel slow, especially when faced with seemingly daily news of climate disasters and the back …

Learn about the five key stages for effective public participation that can be used when approaching any change. While there are various stages and forms of participation, good public participation …

Sustainability requires a holistic view that includes broader social and economic considerations. In everyday language we often use the term ‘sustainability’ interchangeably with ‘environmentally’ or ‘eco-friendly’. However, ‘sustainability’ doesn’t just …

Let’s look at some examples to better understand the complexities of sustainability. In the previous step, we introduced the SDGs and discussed the three dimensions of sustainable development: environmental, social, …

Addressing inequality through intersectional sustainability and diversity. Intersectional sustainability is the interaction between gender, race, disability, and other categories of difference in individual lives, and how social practices, institutional arrangements, …

The waste management hierarchy prioritises reducing, reusing, and avoiding waste. To understand how to apply circular economy principles to a waste management strategy, and why they are important, it can …

How sustainable strategies can enhance organisational performance. While there are clear ecological, social, and economic reasons to prioritise sustainable strategies, why is this important for you and your organisation? And …

Sustainable practices are resurging with modern advancements. The urgent need for a sustainable approach to our environmental practices has become a major public concern in recent years, with waste management …

Learn about the circular economy and its impact on sustainability. Many organisations currently operate under a ‘linear economy’ model, where resources are extracted to make products that eventually become waste. …

Let’s first clarify what we mean by sustainability and touch on some essential points about its history and the relationship between humans and nature. What is sustainability anyway? Sustainability is …

To understand how to practice sustainability, we must also look deeper into how the concept itself has evolved in modern times. The rise of the modern environmental movement The 1960s …