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1. SAM 504: Industrial Ecology and the Circular Economy Prof. Ricardo Magallon Email [email protected]

2. Outline Introductions (30 mins) Course mechanics (20 mins ) Break (10 mins ) Introduction to Industrial Ecology and the Circular Economy (90 mins)

3. Introductions What should we call you? Where are you from? Do you have a favorite book or movie? What is it? What do you hope to get out of this course?

4. The Big Picture A fun interactive activity to get to know each other better… our strengths and wishes

5. We are a learning community We have common learning goals and are pursuing projects and tasks together in pursuit of those goals The readings, discussions and projects are the main vehicle through which we are learning by DOING Key characteristics of effective learning communities: shared goals; collective identity; safe and supportive conditions for opinion sharing; respectful inclusion of diverse opinions; collaborative and progressive knowledge building; For projects, discussions and homework assignments, there is no RIGHT answer, as such, the process is as important as the result. Based on http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/204/286

6. Roles and responsibilities Instructors as Facilitators Create an inclusive and supportive learning community  Syllabus is the primary source of information for the course,  Links to all the reading materials and assignments and due dates Communication Weekly standing “office hours”  Weekly email reminders about things that are due Feedback and tips Lead and set tone for peer critiques Assignments will be graded within 10 days of due date Tips and strategies for being successful throughout the course

7. Roles and responsibilities Student learners Active participation in classroom, online discussion forums and group assignments in and out of class Minimize laptop/phone use while in classroom; minimize other distractions while online Bring the wealth of your personal and professional experience Keep a professional tone in all your communications, Listen (read) attentively and respect the opinions of your classmates.  Complete your readings and assignments by due dates, or consult with me if unable to do so. 

8. Emergent strategy agreements Listen from inside out, or bottom up Engage Tension. Don’t Indulge Drama. Why Am I Talking (WAIT)? Make Space, Take Space Take the lesson, leave the details (confidentiality) Be open to learning Be open to someone else speaking your truth Build, don’t sell Yes/and, both/and Value the process Assume best intent, attend to impact Self care and community care

9. Course Objectives Learning Objectives Define key industrial ecology and circular economy concepts (e.g., circularity, metabolism, symbiosis, life cycle thinking, closed loop systems, design for sustainability, producer responsibility, systems thinking) Utilize systems thinking frameworks to identify root causes of sustainability challenges facing organizations and societies, and identify opportunity areas for solution development to those challenges Calculate material and energy balances for socio-ecological systems Develop a life cycle sustainability assessment on a product-service system Apply industrial ecology and circular economy concepts to organizational and policy objectives for improving effectiveness of resource management at different scales Compare and contrast the goals, strategies, implementation, and shortcomings of CE policies at local, regional and global scales,

10. Readings and Materials Materials Harvard Business cases: https://hbsp.harvard.edu/import/1081126 Matthews, H.S., C. Hendrickson and D. Matthews. 2015. Life Cycle Assessment. http://www.lcatextbook.com/ Journal articles, videos, websites – documents or links to documents or articles will be uploaded onto Canvas on the Content page.

11. Important Links Packback facilitated discussion platform (access through Canvas) Prof. Magallon’s Calendar (to schedule a time a meeting outside of office hours) – email [email protected]

12. Week beginning Monday   Topic PB discussion board Monday (original), Wednesday (responses) In class activity Tuesday Written assignment due following Monday Jan 13 Course overview No original submission; only responses Intros, IE+CE   Jan 20 Systems Thinking Self-intro Systems thinking tools Guest (AW)     Jan 27 Nature as metaphor and model   Biomimicry challenge Biomimicry exercise Ecovative case Case analysis (HW 1)   Feb 3 Material and Energy Flow Analysis I   ONLINE – MEFA models Field Trip – Plant Chicago     Feb 10 MEFA II – facilities MEFA software (no submission) MEFA models Frito Lay case Case analysis (HW 2)   Feb 17 MEFA III - Urban and regional metabolism   Guest (NA) City metabolism and circularity     Feb 24 Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment I   Circularity in cities Streamlined LCA & EIOLCA OpenLCA software tutorial (no submission) Mar 3 LCSA II – Inventory Life cycle approach South Side case Case analysis (HW 3) Mar 10 LCSA III - Impact   Field Trip – Green Era Class projects Project work (team formation) Mar 17 NO CLASS – Spring Break Project work (scope) Mar 24 CE lessons from the Global South CE in Global South In-Class Business CE Scenario Exercise ; Project Work Day Project work (inventory) Mar 31 Impact Assessment   Impact assessment Project work (impact) Apr 7 Industrial Symbiosis Eco-industrial development ONLINE - Cook Composites case Guest (WA) Case analysis (HW 4) Apr 14     Project Work Project work   Apr 21 Course conclusion     Final presentations Final paper due May 7 (Tuesday)

13. Projects Goal Assess the environmental footprint of a locally produced food product using life cycle assessment Approach Conduct literature review on LCAs of related products Build an LCA model for the product using representative material and energy flows Assess the environmental implications of the model Propose strategies for improving the efficiency and reducing impacts along value chain

14. Assignments and evaluations Percentages for assignments: Individual homework assignments (4 @ 10 pts each) 40% Packback individual assignments 10% Group Project assignments 40% Presentations Final report Teamwork Attendance and participation 10% Range: Letter Grade: 90-100 A 80-89 B 70-79 C Below 70 E Grade scale:

15. Sustainable Development

16. The Modern Industrial Economy

17. By Max Roser based on World Bank and Bourguignon and Morrisson (2002) https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty , CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65979023 The Modern Industrial Economy Human Population & Income

18. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/global-wealth-concentration/ The Modern Industrial Economy Human Population & Income

19. Carbon Emissions Source: Toffelson , 2018 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07666-6 The Modern Industrial Economy

20. Geyer, Jambeck & Law. 2017. “Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made.” Science Advances. Plastic Waste The Modern Industrial Economy

21. Steffen et al. 2015. Planetary Boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet. Science Vol. 347 no. 6223 Sustainable Economies Operate within planetary boundaries

22. The Circular Economy

23. Quantifying the Global Circular Economy Haas et al. 2015. “How Circular is the Global Economy.” Journal of Industrial Ecology Gt/ yr

24. UN Sustainable Development Goals

25. UN Sustainable Development Goals Where does industrial ecology have a role in understanding/influencing SDGs?

26. Nature as inspiration and limiter Solar energy powers life All organisms are connected through simple consumption(feeding), reproduction and/or competition linkages Ecosystems are complex amalgamations of relationships among organisms, species There is no waste, what cannot be used is stored Biogeochemical cycles effectively circulated materials across different repositories throughout the planet (water, carbon, mineral cycles) Adaption, evolution and systems change is constant

27. Ecological models – organisms metabolize food, water, air

28. Ecological models – organizations metabolize materials, energy, water, air

29. Ecological models – organisms have life cycles

30. Ecological models – products have life cycles

31. Ecological models – organisms are connected through food webs

32. Ecological models – organizations are connected through value networks

33. IE tools and concepts Material Flow Analysis (MFA) –metabolism Industrial Symbiosis (IS) –industrial food web Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) –product life cycle Design for Environment and Sustainability (DfES) Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Material and energy budgets Dematerialization Circular Economy

34. Application of IE tools

35. Circular Economy – Closing the Loop Stahel 2016 Nature

36. Next week Assignments (week 1): PACKBACK: Tell us a bit about who you are, your professional background, including current degree program, previous work experience and significant project or other accomplishments. Also answer the question: What concepts, tools or approaches in industrial ecology most interest or intrigue you? Post one original thread by Thursday 16 th Post a minimum of 2 responses to others by Monday 20th Assignments (week 2): Read (2 hours): Meadows, Donella. 2008. Dancing With Systems. Cababa , Sheryl. 2023. Closing the Loop Chapter 2: Systems Thinking Mindset. Available from IIT Galvin library https://library.iit.edu/ Watch (1 hour): Systems Thinking: A Little Film About a Big Idea, Cabrera Research Lab. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sfiReUu3o0o Systems Thinking lectures parts I & II [Canvas]