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Upcycling: From Green Ideas to Starting a Business (FutureLearn)

Offered by MINCA, Hands of Honour,

Explore the concept of upcycling, its link to sustainable development, and how you can start your own upcycling business. Understand upcycling, how to make upcycling products and start up a company. Have you ever turned unwanted objects or waste materials into entirely new products? Upcycling is the ideal way to combine creative ideas with a passion for sustainability and entrepreneurship.

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On this course, you will learn how to apply the key concepts of upcycling to real-life practice. You will explore how to start upcycling, the link between upcycling and the Sustainable Development Goals, and learn about successful case study examples.
You will also get inspired by business upcycling ideas, receive guidance on how to start your own company, and learn how to fund and market your products.

Syllabus

Week 1: Addressing the world’s environmental challenges
Week 2: Hands on Upcycling
Week 3: Turning Ideas into Action

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

Reflect on what upcycling is and its relation to sustainable development
Explore how to evaluate upcycling in the context of global and local environmental problems
Assess different ways of creating products out of trash
Identify different upcycling business models
Reflect on the steps to start up an upcycling company

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