Welcome to the “Limits to Growth – Sustainability and the Circular Economy” course page.
Credits: 5/6 ECTS
Course Content:
- Introduction to the circular economy, sustainability, and related concepts (biocapacity, etc.)
- Sustainability goals
- Basics of climate change, environmental pollution, and dwindling non-renewable resources
- Feedback loops and tipping points
- Implications of closed systems with a finite supply of resources
- The sub-processes and steps of a circular economy – incl. the era of R and the era of D
- Approaches towards sustainability
Requirements:
- No requirements. The course is available to all students no matter the study program.
Course Dates/Times/Locations:
- Lecture:
- Wednesday 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm (Berlin time) – 19.04.2023 to 19.07.2023
- Location: Goslar Gotec (Am Stollen 19 C, 38640 Goslar, Germany) or via BigBlueButton (Link)
- Exercise / Q&A:
- Wednesday 4 pm to 5 pm (Berlin time) – 19.04.2023 to 19.07.2023
- Location: Goslar Gotec (Am Stollen 19 C, 38640 Goslar, Germany) or via BigBlueButton (Link)
Students from the Clausthal University of Technology will receive all information via StudIP (Link). All students (from Clausthal as well as other universities) are encourage to join our Matrix channel (Link) to receive lecture updates and facilitate further communication.
The course materials will be published on Github (Link). Video recordings will be listed on Github as well.
Please get in touch with us in case you have any further questions: etce-ltg@tu-clausthal.de