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Change Makers: Getting Started

Research support for Grade 7 students.

Book: Cradle to Cradle

Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough; Michael Braungart
Call Number: 745.2 MCD
Why not challenge the belief that human industry must damage the natural world? In fact, why not take nature itself as our model for making things? A tree produces thousands of blossoms in order to create another tree, yet we consider its abundance not wasteful but safe, beautiful, and highly effective.

Podcast: Safe and Circular

ThinkDIF. "Safe & Circular by Design: Making Positive Material Choices." Soundcloud. soundcloud.com/thinkdif/safe-circular-by-design-making-positive-material-choices. Accessed 24 Jan. 2020.

Video: Ellen MacArthur Foundation Food Initiative

Ellen MacArthur Foundation. "Ellen MacArthur Foundation Food Initiative." YouTube, 14 Jan. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY8xqd3PedQ&feature=emb_logo. Accessed 24 Jan. 2020.

Make Fashion Circular

Ellen MacArthur Foundation. "Make Fashion Circular." YouTube, 21 Nov. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iKHr-JnWYA&feature=emb_logo. Accessed 24 Jan. 2020.

The New Plastics Economy

NPEC. "The New Plastics Economy." Vimeo, 25 May 2016, vimeo.com/168011130. Accessed 24 Jan. 2020.