Learning Outcomes
By the end of this activity, learners will:
- Understand circular economy
- Contrast circular economy with our current linear economy
- Understand the problem of waste in our current linear economy and its repercussions
- Understand how a circular economy provides a viable alternative to the problem of waste
Curriculum Connections
AlbertaChemistry 30 Unit C: Chemical Changes of Organic Compounds
- 30-C2.3sts explain how science and technology have both intended and unintended consequences for humans and the environment
Social 10-1
- 3.2 recognize and appreciate impacts of globalization on the interdependent relationships among people, the economy and the environment
Grade 9 Unit C: Environmental Chemistry 3
- Analyze and evaluate mechanisms affecting the distribution of potentially harmful substances within an environment