Design4Circle: Circular Economy Design Training in the Textile, Fashion and Footwear Sectors
Updated on 24.06.2024
The Design4Circle training course allows learners to understand the necessary shift in the textile industry towards a more sustainable Circular Economy approach and to acquire the necessary knowledge to transform their organization.
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While it is necessary to sign up for the course, it can be done for free and in few simple steps. This course is available on an ongoing basis.
The course includes interactive materials such as videos, infographics, presentations, quizzes and additional readings to deepen your knowledge on different topics of interest:
M1. Introduction to Circular Economy
M2. Sustainability challenges in the textile and fashion industry
M3. Materials for a Circular Economy
M4. Design for a Circular Economy
M5. Manufacture for a Circular Economy
M6. Recycling technologies for a Circular Economy of textile and fashion industry
M7. Business management in a Circular Economy.
Relevance for Circular Systemic Solutions
This online training course can help both public and private actors in cities and regions which are looking to develop CSSs related to textile recycling. The course can help with better understanding sustainability challenges in the textile industry; consider material, design, and manufacturing choices for a circular textile industry; and consider different recycling technologies and business management options related to textile recycling. The learnings from this online course can be useful for the 'Map' and 'Design' phases of CSS Deployment, specifically with 'Analysing potential stakeholders' and 'Identifying intervention areas and building a CSS case'.
e.g. B2B services
e.g. households, aware consumers, representatives of influential groups, trainers and educators
e.g. NGOs, citizens associations
e.g. chemicals, textile, ceramics, glass, cement, steel, bio-based industries
CEAP2 key product value chain
