Upcycling: From Green Ideas to Starting a Business

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Upcycling: From Green Ideas to Starting a Business

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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

Business & Management, Entrepreneurship, Nature & Environment, Sustainability

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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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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