scholarly journals Development and Implementation of Online Learning Program for Environmental Education Based on Life Cycle Thinking

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 348-358
Author(s):  
Yoshie HIRAYAMA ◽  
Yuta AMANO ◽  
Yasuhiro OUCHI ◽  
Hiroki HONDO
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Life Cycle Thinking ◽  
Learning Program

scholarly journals Influence of Life-Cycle Thinking-Based Environmental Education on Awareness and Behavior

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-359
Author(s):  
Hatsuna TADAKA ◽  
Yoshii HIRAYAMA ◽  
Yukiko TAKAOKA ◽  
Shoko TSUDA ◽  
Tateki MIZUNO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Life Cycle Thinking ◽  
And Behavior

scholarly journals Development of Environmental Education Materials Based on Life Cycle Thinking on “Daily Life and CO2 Emission” for Junior/Senior High School

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 3_40-45
Author(s):  
Takaaki TAKEUCHI ◽  
Yoshie HIRAYAMA ◽  
Kiyotaka TAHARA ◽  
Asako TAKADA ◽  
Michiko SENO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Life Cycle Thinking

scholarly journals Use of Life Cycle Thinking in Environmental Education: Visualization and Recovery of the Missing Link towards Sustainable Consumption

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroki HONDO ◽  
Yoshie HIRAYAMA ◽  
Kota NAKAJIMA ◽  
Shunsuke YAMADA ◽  
Ichiro FUKUHARA
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Life Cycle Thinking ◽  
Missing Link

scholarly journals The evolution of life cycle assessment in European policies over three decades

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serenella Sala ◽  
Andrea Martino Amadei ◽  
Antoine Beylot ◽  
Fulvio Ardente
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
General Concept ◽  
Life Cycle Thinking ◽  
Environmental Footprint ◽  
Science And Policy ◽  
Policy Domain ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
The Eu

Abstract Purpose Life cycle thinking (LCT) and life cycle assessment (LCA) are increasingly considered pivotal concept and method for supporting sustainable transitions. LCA plays a relevant role in decision support, for the ambition of a holistic coverage of environmental dimensions and for the identification of hotspots, possible trade-offs, and burden shifting among life cycle stages or impact categories. These features are also relevant when the decision support is needed in policy domain. With a focus on EU policies, the present study explores the evolution and implementation of life cycle concepts and approaches over three decades. Methods Adopting an historical perspective, a review of current European Union (EU) legal acts and communications explicitly mentioning LCT, LCA, life cycle costing (LCC), and environmental footprint (the European Product and Organisation Environmental Footprint PEF/OEF) is performed, considering the timeframe from 1990 to 2020. The documents are categorised by year and according to their types (e.g. regulations, directives, communications) and based on the covered sectors (e.g. waste, energy, buildings). Documents for which life cycle concepts and approaches had a crucial role are identified, and a shortlist of these legal acts and communications is derived. Results and discussion Over the years, LCT and life cycle approaches have been increasingly mentioned in policy. From the Ecolabel Regulation of 1992, to the Green Deal in 2019, life cycle considerations are of particular interest in the EU. The present work analysed a total of 159 policies and 167 communications. While in some sectors (e.g. products, vehicles, and waste) life cycle concepts and approaches have been adopted with higher levels of prescriptiveness, implementation in other sectors (e.g. food and agriculture) is only at a preliminary stage. Moreover, life cycle (especially LCT) is frequently addressed and cited only as a general concept and in a rather generic manner. Additionally, more stringent and rigorous methods (LCA, PEF/OEF) are commonly cited only in view of future policy developments, even if a more mature interest in lifecycle is evident in recent policies. Conclusion The EU has been a frontrunner in the implementation of LCT/LCA in policies. However, despite a growing trend in this implementation, the development of new stringent and mandatory requirements related to life cycle is still relatively limited. In fact, there are still issues to be solved in the interface between science and policy making (such as verification and market surveillance) to ensure a wider implementation of LCT and LCA.

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