Course Description

This E-Learning Module Kit draws on materials from the Life Cycle Initiative and it is aimed at helping give all participants an overview of life cycle approaches while developing understanding as to how to assess the impacts of any given sustainability issue considering all of its life cycle stages. The module is also intended as a guide to which kind of LCT tools are to be used to which purpose. This module is made up of four parts: an overarching introduction to life cycle thinking (1), and its applications in public policies (2), businesses (3) and by consumers (4) respectively.

Life Cycle Initiative

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Block 1: Introduction to Life Cycle Thinking

    • What you'll find here

    • Video: Intro

    • Lecture 1: Why do we need a moonshot for sustainability assessment? (4min 23s)

    • Lecture 2: What can Life Cycle Thinking do? (5min 56s)

    • Lecture 3: Life Cycle Approaches and meaningful impacts: understanding tools, criteria and applications (18min 45s)

    • Still Curious? Additional resources

    • Link In: UN Environment initiatives and projects

    • Self-Check Quiz

    • Download Materials
  • 2

    Block 2: Drive Change in Public Policies

    • What you'll find here

    • Intro video

    • Lecture 1: Sustainable public policy making (7min 33s)

    • Lecture 2: Strategic opportunities for policy action to apply life cycle thinking (6min 26s)

    • Lecture 3: Using and Communicating Life Cycle Thinking results (11min 45s)

    • Still Curious? Additional resources

    • Link in: UN Environment initiatives and projects

    • Self-Check Quiz

    • Download Materials
  • 3

    Block 3: Drive Change in Business

    • What you'll find here

    • Video: Intro

    • Lecture 1: Linking sustainability to value: opportunities and challenges for business value creation (7min 3s)

    • Lecture 2: How to make sustainability work within organizations (11min 9s)

    • Lecture 3: Using and communicating Life Cycle Thinking results (5 min)

    • Still curious? Additional resources

    • Link in: UN Environment initiatives and projects

    • Self-Check Quiz

    • Download Materials
  • 4

    Block 4: Drive Change in Sustainable Lifestyles

    • What you'll find here

    • Intro video

    • Lecture 1: The back of the napkin: how is life cycle thinking used in consumer information? (9min 59s)

    • Lecture 2: Speaking the same language: labelling, declarations, certified qualifications? (8min 39s)

    • Lecture 3: Sustainable consumption decisions and lifestyles: make it happen! (9min 36s)

    • Still curious? Additional resources

    • Link in: UN Environment initiatives and projects

    • Self-Check Quiz

    • Download Materials

Reviews

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Review about Life Cycle Thinking

AALIYA AZEEM

It gave me great idea about life cycle thinking. And as an environmental engineer I had certain doubts of making it practical, but with the course, my doubts...

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It gave me great idea about life cycle thinking. And as an environmental engineer I had certain doubts of making it practical, but with the course, my doubts regarding life cycle thinking got cleared. Thank you so much.

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5 star rating

Really informative

Jhon Edward Evano

Apart from the very informative videos, the additional resources are excellent. As a member of the private sector, the course is a wonderful invitation for u...

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Apart from the very informative videos, the additional resources are excellent. As a member of the private sector, the course is a wonderful invitation for us to assess our current business model vis-a-vis sustainability. I look forward to taking a few more courses on Life Cycle Thinking to discover how we can operationalize its concepts within our company's management systems.

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