The ITS Education Asia Foundation’s core mission is based on bringing sustainability education to all. We do this with a range of in-person and online activities including YCI, UNITAR Youth Ambassador Asia-Pacific Programme and school workshops.
The resources below, launched in 2022, are the first step to building a large and varied library of sustainability information, be they case studies, documents or links to many of the world’s foremost sustainability organizations, big and small. It can be used by anyone researching sustainability be it for school or university studies, or for work. As this grows, we will commit to more complex cross-referencing and indexing. For now, either browse/search the page, or use a quick link to go down to a particular section.
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Sustainability & SDG Research Library, The ITS Education Asia Foundation
My thanks at this launch point goes to the UN Systems Staff College and all my fellow course attendees of the “Circular Economy and the 2030 Agenda, 2021” who provided the inspiration and many of the first links.
Danny Harrington, January 2022
MIDA
Circular
economy: where are we now and how do we even begin? By Malaysian Investment Development
Authority.
Indonesia Circular Economy
Forum
Great place to explore content for studies on Indonesia’s circularity progress.
Motivations
for a sustainable lifestyle
Interesting overview of how different people find
different reasons for following the lifestyles that they do and how this is important for
sustainability.
100
smart ways to live sustainably
Useful list in different categories for easy reference
Amazon
rainforest and circularity
Published in Nature, the Amazon hosts a large biological
and cultural diversity with a deeply established knowledge of natural resource management.
Nevertheless, many parts of the Amazon are increasingly urban, lacking basic urban services,
such as waste management. In this context, the design of new development pathways based on
the principles of the circular economy is a promising alternative to align biodiversity
conservation and urban changes. Here, based on an analysis of Carauari municipality in the
western Brazilian Amazon, is a discussion on how the principles of the circular economy can
be integrated in the Amazonian urban development frontline using the existing co-management
organizations.
The Circular Design
Guide
Design underpins all circularity. This website provides multiple resources to both
understand and begin implementing circular design.
Circular Economy
Asia
Variety of resources. Monthly magazine. Country specific Facebook pages. Case studies. Other
educational resources.
Catalogue
of best practice
Range of business examples from Spain that have been selected for demonstrating best
practice in current implementation of circularity for business.
Circular
Economy Glossary
Useful page to try and get common language on the topic from the Ellen MacArthur
Foundation.
Ellen MacArthur
Foundation - Home
Huge news, education and resource site giving access to their work on circular economy.
Life Cycle
Initiative
The Life Cycle Initiative is a public-private, multi-stakeholder partnership enabling
the global use of credible life cycle knowledge by private and public decision makers hosted
by UN Environment. It provides a global forum to ensure a science-based, consensus-building
process to support decisions and policies towards the shared vision of sustainability as a
public good. It delivers authoritative opinion on sound tools and approaches by engaging its
multi-stakeholder partnership (including governments, businesses, scientific and civil
society organizations). The Initiative facilitates the application of life cycle knowledge
in the global sustainable development agenda in order to achieve global goals faster and
more efficiently.
Circle-Economy
Circle Economy is a not-for-profit organization with a mission is to empower a global
community of businesses, cities and governments to accelerate the transition to the circular
economy through practical and scalable insights and solutions that address humanity’s
greatest challenges.
CSCP
The Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP) is an
international nonprofit Think and Do tank that works with businesses, policy makers, partner
organisations and civil society towards a good life.
WEF
Good listicle of 11 top companies leading the way in circular economy.
FICCI-Circular Economy India[pdf]
Circular Economy: The Kenyan Perspective
[pdf]
Kenya has made significant efforts towards transiting to a low carbon and climate
resilient economy. This is well spelt out in Kenya's Vision 2030 development agenda and in
various laws, policies, plans and projects. The principles of circularity are key to
achieving this mission and Kenya is already in transition to a circular economy.
The Circular Economy and Benefits for Society [pdf]
Circular Economy Global Perspective [pdf]
Circular Economy in Industrial Parks Technologies for Competitiveness [pdf]
Circular Economy Plastics India Roadmap [pdf]
Circular economy in travel and tourism [pdf]
River Blue
River Blue is a documentary to link fashion, economy and climate. You can watch it hear
& learn more on the cruelties of fashion and clothing around the world. As one of the
largest pollutants and GHG emitters, the fashion industry needs to transform and produce
more responsibly. But what role do users have?
Circularity in
Canada
Circular Economy leadership Canada provides a range of reports and other resources in
the areas of: Circular North America; Circular Plastics; Built Environment; Circular Food
Systems; Metals and Minerals; Circular Business Leaders.
enel – Circular cities: Cities of tomorrow [pdf]
Circular
Economy in Europe
Good overview report from the European Environment Agency (EEA)
Towards
a Circular Economy Taxation Framework: Expectations and Challenges of Implementation
At school level there is a tendency to focus on what the direct solutions to problems
look like e.g. installing water pumps to provide clean water. But financing is a crucial
hidden element of sustainability solutions and taxation is a key area of this element as
governments are a cornerstone in the transitions required.
Problems with
bio-plastic feeding into technical material recycling chains
Great reminder of the challenges facing circular initiatives especially at the material
recovery stage.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.