Het neo-liberale kapitalisme heeft inmiddels door alle crises bewezen dat het geen oplossing biedt voor de echte problemen en uitdagingen van de wereld. Toenemende armoede, voedselschaarste, milieu- en klimaatschade zijn alleen maar toegenomen.We moeten dus op zoek naar een visie die wel rekening houdt met mens, milieu en samenleving. Waar de echte behoeften van mensen het uitgangspunt voor de economie vormen. Vanuit verschillende visies kom je dan vanzelf op een solidaire economie waarvoor R.Steiner aan het begin van de vorige eeuw een belangrijke aanzet heeft gegeven.
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This chapter will introduce the circular economy (CE) and Cradle to Cradle (C2C) models of sustainable production. It will reflect on the key blockages to a meaningful sustainable production and how these could be overcome, particularly in the context of business education. The case study of the course for bachelor’s students within International Business Management Studies (IBMS), and at University College in The Netherlands will be discussed. These case studies will illustrate the opportunities as well as potential pitfalls of the closed loop production models. The results of case studies’ analysis show that there was a mismatch between expectations of the sponsor companies and those of students on the one hand and a mismatch between theory and practice on the other hand. Helpful directions for future research and teaching practice are outlined. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319713113#aboutBook https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenkopnina/
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In dit verslagboek is getracht een compleet en divers beeld te schetsen van het SIA RAAK-project rond de Limburgse bezinningsmarkt voor toerisme. Vanuit de meest uiteenlopende invalshoeken, corresponderend met de diversiteit aan betrokken bij dit project, wordt er feedback gegeven op het procesverloop en de onderzoekresultaten.
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Closed loop or ‘circular’ production systems known as Circular Economy and Cradle to Cradle represent a unique opportunity to radically revise the currently wasteful system of production. One of the challenges of such systems is that circular products need to be both produced locally with minimum environmental footprint and simultaneously satisfy demand of global consumers. This article presents a literature review that describes the application of circular methodologies to education for sustainability, which has been slow to adopt circular systems to the curriculum. This article discusses how Bachelor and Master-level students apply their understanding of these frameworks to corporate case studies. Two assignment-related case studies are summarized, both of which analyze products that claim to be 'circular'. The students' research shows that the first case, which describes the impact of a hybrid material soda bottle, does not meet circularity criteria. The second case study, which describes products and applications of a mushroom-based material, is more sustainable. However, the students' research shows that the manufacturers have omitted transport from the environmental impact assessment and therefore the mushroom materials may not be as sustainable as the manufacturers claim. As these particular examples showed students how green advertising can be misleading, applying “ideal” circularity principles as part of experiential learning could strengthen the curriculum. Additionally, this article recommends that sustainable business curriculum should also focus on de-growth and steady-state economy, with these radical alternatives to production becoming a central focus of education of responsible citizens. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.005 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenkopnina/
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-De opbrengst van het Omgevingslab Fries Platteland bestaat uit drie delen: 1. De “SYNTHESE” van omgevingslabs. De Synthese is een beknopt overzicht van de resultaten en een overzicht van de meest opvallende punten die uit de Omgevingslabs Fries Platteland naar voren komen. 2. Het “PROCESVERSLAG” van de opbrengsten van het Omgevingslab Fries Platteland. Dit verslag is bedoeld als terugkoppeling naar de deelnemers aan de omgevingslabs. Voor de leesbaarheid is deze opgenomen in bijlage 1. 3. Het “MENGPANEEL FRIES PLATTELAND” met bijbehorende gebruiksaanwijzing. Dit hoofdstuk kent als doelgroep/lezerspubliek de opstellers van omgevingsvisies die in samenspraak met hun bestuurders tot een passend invulling van de omgevingsvisie moeten. Het Mengpaneel Fries Platteland is het instrument dat de overheidspartijen in Fryslân kunnen (gaan) gebruiken om hun omgevingsvisies te maken. Het mengpaneel geeft relevante informatie en kan aangevuld worden met andere informatiebronnen zoals om in het onderdeel ‘gebruiksaanwijzing wordt uitgelegd.
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Some researchers insist that sustainability should be represented as a continuous quest, doubting that there is the ‘right’ way to be sustainable. Acknowledging the immensity of sustainability challenges, this article takes a different perspective, arguing that without understanding of concrete barriers and seeking solutions, the challenge of addressing unsustainable practices becomes unsurmountable. This article will summarize research in sustainability literature that indicates that sustainability requires a constant human population, as well as ecologically benign method of production. This article will survey a number of helpful frameworks that address the key obstacles to sustainability, namely population growth, and unsustainable production and consumption. These frameworks are discussed in the context of business-level solutions and production systems. As illustrated by examples of best practices as well as potential pitfalls associated with each system, these systems have the potential to move the quest for sustainability beyond ‘business as usual.’ https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-015-9723-1 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenkopnina/
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The primary purpose of this chapter is to provide insights into the body of scholarly literature on the question of magazines and sustainability—in both production and editorial content. This chapter will also discuss production-side issues for business decision-making and policy, as well as editorial-side, within publishing organizations. Drawing on recent literature on the environmental impact of both information and communication technologies, with the Internet on the one hand and digitalization of media on the other, this chapter will identify a number of important effects of new magazine production and issues of sustainability with a primary focus on reviewing the emerging body of scholarly literature that relates to the question. The sociological and anthropological literature will be examined and Cradle to Cradle (C2C) theory will be introduced, in order to lead to the discussion of research arising from these perspectives as well as methods being used to explore these questions. This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge/CRC Press in "The Routledge Handbook of Magazine Research: The Future of the Magazine Form" in June 2015 available online: https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9781315722283 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenkopnina/
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Increasingly, entrepreneurial growth is discussed in relation to business sustainability and the wider questions of ‘growth’ – economic, green, or sustainable. This chapter will discuss the challenges and opportunities of teaching circular economy and Cradle to Cradle (C2C) models of sustainable production. The course applying circular economy theory to corporate case studies at the liberal arts college in The Netherlands will be discussed. Students were given the assignment to advise an existing company how to make a transition from a linear to circular economy model. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78714-501-620171028 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenkopnina/
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Anthropocentrism is the belief that value is human-centered and that all other beings are means to human ends. The Oxford English Dictionary defines anthropocentrism as “regarding humankind as the central or most important element of existence”. Anthropocentrism focuses on humanistic values as opposed to values found in non-human beings or ecosystems. With the popularization of the concept of ecosystem services, the idea of protecting the environment for the sake of human welfare is reflected in the SDGs. Within the SDGs, the instrumental use of the environment for the sake of alleviating poverty, combatting climate change, and addressing a range of other social and economic issues is promoted. Since the conception of the SDGs, there has been a discussion about anthropocentrism in ‘sustainable development’ (e.g., Kopnina 2016a and 2017, Strang 2017, Adelman 2018; Kotzé and French 2018) and how the SDGs can be antithetical to effective responses to sustainability challenges. The SDGs’ accent on economic growth and social equality as well as environmental protection actually result in ethical as well as practical paradoxes. While central to the SDG’s is ‘sustained and inclusive economic growth’ (UN 2015), the prioritization is on the economy, NOT the planet that nurtures both social and economic systems. Anthropocentrism, in this case, refers to the exclusive focus on short-term human benefits, whereas biodiversity loss is not considered a great moral wrong (Cafaro and Primack 2014). The three overarching anthropocentric SDG goals, economic growth, resilience, and inclusion, will be critically examined below and ways forward will be proposed. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319959801 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenkopnina/
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Ik ben realist genoeg om te beseffen dat het individualisme en hedonisme, dat zich diep in onze samenlevingen heeft geworteld, niet zomaar uit onze cultuur zal verdwijnen. Toch moet er iets gebeuren. Er moet een veel grotere inspanning van de oudere generaties in het onderwijzen van de jonge generatie gevraagd worden. Maar andersom mag en moet van de jongere generatie ook een veel grotere inzet in hun eigen onderwijs gevraagd worden. Het feest is over! Van de leerling en student vragen we een grotere concentratie op school en universiteit, 40 uur per week studeren zou de werkelijkheid moeten zijn en van ouders vragen we grotere financiële offers evenals dat ze hun kinderen moeten helpen bij hun leerproblemen, hoe eerder des te beter. En uiteraard zullen we voor degenen die uit de lage sociaaleconomische milieus komen veel hogere beurzen beschikbaar stellen dan voor de kinderen uit de midden- of hogere klassen. Soms is ongelijke behandeling de beste en snelste weg naar gelijke kansen.
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