Upcycling: From Green Ideas to Starting a Business

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Upcycling: From Green Ideas to Starting a Business
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Overview

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

Duration	3 weeks
Total fee	₹4,450
Mode of learning	Online
Difficulty level	Beginner
Official Website	Go to Website
Credential	Certificate

Upcycling: From Green Ideas to Starting a Business

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Overview
Highlights
Course Details
Curriculum
Faculty

Upcycling: From Green Ideas to Starting a Business
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Highlights

Earn a certificate from Minca Ventures

Upcycling: From Green Ideas to Starting a Business
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Course details

Skills you will learn

Marketing Sustainability Waste Management

Who should do this course?

This course is for anyone looking to start their own upcycling company or who are interested in entrepreneurship, eco-friendly businesses and sustainability

What are the course deliverables?

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

More about this course

In 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.
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Upcycling: From Green Ideas to Starting a Business
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Curriculum

Addressing the world's environmental challenges

Let's get started

Environmental Challenges and Realities

Understanding Upcycling

Hands on Upcycling

Sustainable Fashion Design

Industrial Design

Creating Ideas

Turning Ideas into Action

Idea Validation

Marketing and Funding Sources

Conclusions

Upcycling: From Green Ideas to Starting a Business
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FutureLearn
Faculty details

Dr Sara Calvo

Expert in Sustainability and Social Enterprise. She is the co-founder of Minca Ventures Ltd, a certified coach and has experience providing consultancy services for social businesses across the globe