System Reset: Design and Technology for a Circular Economy

The activities in this collection, from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, are all designed to introduce the principles of the circular economy to students in secondary school. Before teaching the activities, it is recommended that teachers firstly introduce the concept of the circular economy using the introductory resources kit. Constructed for use in design and technology lessons, any of the six activities can be used as a standalone resource, or they can be incorporated into schemes of work across a number of areas such as product design, graphics, textiles, systems and control.