Green Volunteering: How to Be Green in Everyday Life

Asignaturas InterdisciplinaresGreen Volunteering: How to Be Green in Everyday Life

This course is about how everyone of us can live a more sustainable and respectful life

It is absurd to continue believing in infinite economic growth on a planet with finite resources. The only possible solution for a sustainable future is to change from a linear economy (based on taking, making and wasting) resources to a circular one (based on closing

loops of resources in the production and consumption of goods). Since nothing can ever be “thrown away” this course explores how to buy, use and dispose of commodities in an ethical and sustainable way. “Going green” has to be far more than a short-lived marketing trend.

Objetivos de Aprendizaje

Assess and make ethical shopping decisions.
Be informed about the state of the art development in green energy.
Change dietary patterns reduce animal cruelty and climate change.
Recycle properly in the Madrid area.

Contenidos de la Asignatura

1 Presentation of the subject
2 History
3 Circular Economy
4 Sharing Economy
5 Cradle 2 Cradle Approach
6 Sustainability
7 Product Lifetime Extension
8 Ethical shopping
9 The current system of recycling in Madrid
10 Alternative products
11 Dietary changes and the environment
12 Application
13 Analysis and reflections
14 Cases

Profesor

Profesor de Green Volunteering: How to Be Green in Everyday Life

Dr. Michael Leube

Michael Leube was born in Innsbruck, Austria but grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He received his B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley (Anthropology and Comparative Religion) in 1994. After returning to Europe, he received his M.A. from the University of Vienna (Anthropology and Human Biology) in 1999 and his Ph.D. from the University of Zagreb (Anthropology) in 2003). He has worked as an anthropologist in Madrid and taught at various universities such as Universidad Nebrija, Syracuse University, University of California, Saint Louis University and the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences. His research focuses on the circular economy, design for social innovation as well as humanitarian design. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Madrid and Salzburg.