Repair is one element in circular economy thinking. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation offers extensive teaching resources, including lesson and workshop plans, supplemented by videos and other resources for K-12 settings.
An outline of the basics of the circular economy segues to an extensive library of materials for understanding the concept more fully, exploring particular components in detail, visiting organizations deploying circular economy practices, and diving into deeper research.
Searching the website on “repair” results in scores of pages about the key role repair plays in circular economy principles.
Go to — ”What Is A Circular Economy?”
Go to — Teaching Resources Website
Age — All ages, though most materials are appropriate for middle school and beyond
Cost — Free
Source — Ellen MacArthur Foundation, UK
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a standard-bearer of transforming economic activity from a linear model to a circular model. The Foundation offers extensive high-quality educational resources for teaching repair.
“Repair and maintenance keep things in use at their highest level… Repair is absolutely part of a circular economy.”
— Ellen MacArthur
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