• Corpus ID: 19239272

Moving towards a Circular Economy : The Need to Educate – Why and How ?

@inproceedings{Marouli2016MovingTA,
  title={Moving towards a Circular Economy : The Need to Educate – Why and How ?},
  author={Christina Marouli},
  year={2016}
}

• C. Marouli
• Published 2016
• Education

Waste remains a significant contemporary problem despite many educational initiatives to address this issue and the necessity to reduce-reuse-recycle. In the policy field, the concept of circular economy has been introduced, emphasizing the need for structural and cultural changes. This paper demonstrates the significance of education in the transition to a circular economy and addresses questions like: why has Education for Sustainability (EFS) not managed to bring about desired changes in waste generation behaviors? What kind of education is needed to achieve a circular economy and a society with no waste? It proposes that education should be designed to promote “circular” and systemic thinking, critical knowledge capacity, collaborative skills, and socio-political literacy. For educators to effectively deal with the new challenges, integration, collaboration and systemic and “circular” thinking should become central in the education of teachers university professors and engineers.