LIFE CYCLE THINKING is a comprehensive approach to evaluating the environmental, social, and economic impacts of a product or process throughout its entire life span, from idea, raw material extraction to disposal or recycling. It offers a holistic perspective, emphasizing interconnectedness and the importance of considering all stages to prevent unintended negative consequences. By understanding the full spectrum of impacts, it fosters informed decision-making and proactive sustainability measures, urging a shift from isolated solutions to integrated, long-term strategies. This thinking aims to ensure balanced and sustainable choices by highlighting the intricate web of implications in our choices.


Topics covered in the course: 

• What is Life Cycle Thinking? Why take a life cycle approach?
• Life Cycle Thinking for policy and business.
• Quantifying Life Cycle Thinking with Life Cycle Assessment.
• Different types of assessment.
• Ensuring quality and consistency: recommended methods and data.
• Making sustainable consumption and production a reality.

Who is this course for?  Developers of start-ups or new products, employees of manufacturing companies, people who are indifferent to the impact on the environment.