The Wicked Problem of Mental Health and an Equitable Zero-Waste Circular Economy
Stephanie Little, Wittenberg University
My primary approach to the course-specific module was to integrate mental health and its treatment into the common module as much as possible. The one stand-alone course activity involved the students reading ...

Water Crisis
Megan Brown, Northern Illinois University
Following the circular economy common exercise, the "Water Crisis" lecture and activity includes information on water resources, direct water use, and virtual water. The main activity has the students determine their water footprint and then try to decrease it to the rationing level used in Cape Town, South Africa during the countdown to "Day Zero" in 2018.

Food Systems Interventions (Discussion)
Emily McKee, Northern Illinois University
Students participate in small-group discussions, followed by full-class discussion to apply some of their learning from the BASICS module to our exploration of food systems.

Apply Circular Economy to Own Businesses
Furkan Gur, Northern Illinois University
Students start and run micro businesses in this class. After students worked on personal waste audit and gallery map exercises, we actually worked on a 'brain dumping' session in which students worked on ...

Campus Waste Audit
Elizabeth Stoner, Bentley University
The course specific excercise we did was to take Bentley University waste data across multiple years (and different buildings). Student evaluated waste diversion rates, compost rates, and landfill rates to assess ...

Sustainability and Tax Policy
Tracy Noga, Bentley University
In this assignment students were asked to propose a tax policy change that would encourage businesses or individuals to promote a more sustainable economy. Students are encouraged to think broadly in terms of ...

Waste Audit
Cody Hyman, Bentley University
We conducted 2 waste audits, one voluntary and one to be turned in to share with the class. This captures different incentives involved with current ESG disclosure (voluntary) and the SEC's proposed mandatory rule.

Wick3d Designs New Product Negotiation
Bethany Cockbrn, Northern Illinois University
This is a multi-party negotiation role play in which students are given negotiating roles and then are asked to negotiate and agree on a new product for their company. The company's values include ...

Making Vinyl Records Sustainably
Ross Jackson, Wittenberg University
The activity was focused on making vinyl records in a more sustainable way. The company was called "Witt World Records." The waste audit data were used as the basis of creating an internal memo and an ...

Paid Marketing Brief and Circular Economy
Elina Tang, Northern Illinois University
You are a consultant for your chosen brand. They've hired you to evaluate and create a better strategy for their paid digital marketing efforts and asked you to especially highlight that their product(s) ...