Upcycling: From Green Ideas to Starting a Business

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Upcycling: From Green Ideas to Starting a Business
  1. What is the course about?
  2. Prerequisites & Facts
  3. Cost, Certificate & Degree
  4. Reviews & Experiences

What is the course about?

Upcycling: From Green Ideas to Starting a Business
The course Upcycling: From Green Ideas to Starting a Business is an online class provided by Living in Minca through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Explore the concept of upcycling, its link to sustainable development, and how you can start your own upcycling business.

Course description
  • Understand upcycling, how to make upcycling products and start up a company
  • 3 weeks
  • Have you ever turned unwanted objects or waste materials into entirely new products? Upcycling is the ideal way to combine creative ideas with a passion for sustainability and entrepreneurship.
  • On this course, you will learn how to apply the key concepts of upcycling to real-life practice. You will explore how to start upcycling, the link between upcycling and the Sustainable Development Goals, and learn about successful case study examples.
  • You will also get inspired by business upcycling ideas, receive guidance on how to start your own company, and learn how to fund and market your products.
  • Concept of upcycling 
  • How to start upcycling
  • Upcycling approaches 
  • Upcycling clothes
  • Upcycling furniture
  • Environment and the Sustainable Development Goals 
  • How to set up an upcycling business 
  • Business ideas for upcycling 
  • How to get funding and marketise your products
  • Reflect on what upcycling is and its relation to sustainable development
  • Explore how to evaluate upcycling in the context of global and local environmental problems
  • Assess different ways of creating products out of trash
  • Identify different upcycling business models
  • Reflect on the steps to start up an upcycling company
  • This course is for anyone looking to start their own upcycling company or who are interested in entrepreneurship, eco-friendly businesses and sustainability.
  • Living in Minca
  • Minca Ventures Ltd supports social innovation & social enterprises across the globe. The company offers consultancy, sustainable business modelling, training and educational courses, research, filmmaking, and storytelling communication strategies.
  • Hands of Honour
  • Hands of Honour is a charitable organisation based in Cape Town working to create employment opportunities for men in marginalised communities by upcycling corporate waste.
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Prerequisites & Facts

Upcycling: From Green Ideas to Starting a Business

Course Topic

Diabetes, Dieting, Health & Fitness

University, College, Institution

Living in Minca

Course Skill Level

see course summary

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Degree & Cost

Upcycling: From Green Ideas to Starting a Business

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / Living in Minca you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
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School: Living in Minca
Topic: Business & Management, Entrepreneurship, Nature & Environment, Sustainability

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