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This repository contains the teaching materials of the "The Limits to Growth – Sustainability and the Circular Economy" course taught at TU Clausthal (Germany) (link) by the ETCE research group (link).

Course Content

  • Basics of climate change, environmental pollution, and dwindling non-renewable resources
  • Introduction to the circular economy, sustainability, and related concepts (biocapacity, etc.)
  • Sustainability goals
  • Feedback loops and tipping points
  • Implications of closed systems with a finite supply of resources
  • Technology-focused and technology-critical approaches towards sustainability
  • Circular Societies

MOOC Content

The MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) for this course is available online: Link

Lectures

ID Topic Slides Video
L00 Organization Slides Video
L01 Introduction Slides Video
L02 Challenges of the 21st Century I - Environmental Pollution and Resource Scarcity Slides Video - Reupload WS24/25
L03 Challenges of the 21st Century II - Climate Change Slides Video
L04 Overshoot, the Limits to Growth and Planetary Boundaries Slides Part-1, Part-2, Part-3
L05 The Circular Economy Slides Video
L06 A Short History Political (In-)Action Slides MOOC
L07 Invited Lecture (Ani Melkonyan-Gottschalk) – Circular Societies Slides-MOOC, further slides on StudIP Part-1, Part-2, Q&A
L08 Invited Lecture (Johannes Müller-Salo) – Ethics & Moral of Sustainability StudIP Part-1, Part-2, Q&A
L09 Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) Slides MOOC
L10 Invited Lecture (David Inkermann) – Life Cycle Planning of Durable Products StudIP Video, Q&A
L11 Complex Societies and Technology Slides Part-1, Part-2
L12 Beyond the Circular Economy Slides Part-1, Part-2
L13 Invited Lecture (Roland Menges) – The Common Good and Collective Decision-Making StudIP Video, Q&A
L14 Invited Lecture (Dara - CatFarm) - Reimagining-Agriculture StudIP Video
L15 Summary Slides Video

Exercises

ID Topic Exercise Sheet
E00 Who are you? Link
E01 Ecological Footprint Link
E02 Household Waste Link
E03 Der Verein - Group Exercise Link
E04 Protest Manifesto - Group Exercise Link
E05 Circular Society - Group Exercise Link

Lecture Materials of Previous Semesters

2022 - Summer Link
2023 - Summer Link
2024 - Winter Link

Contributors (past and present)

  • Anant Sujatanagarjuna
  • Benjamin Leiding
  • Theresa Sommer
  • Annika Hoppe
  • Axel Borns
  • Nelly Nicaise Nyeck Mbialeu
  • Chintan Patel