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 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 Life Cycle Thinking in the Use of Natural Resources

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.J. Koroneos ◽  
Ch. Achillas ◽  
N. Moussiopoulos ◽  
E.A. Nanaki
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Life Cycle Thinking ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Full Life Cycle ◽  
Life Cycle Stages ◽  
Sustainable Consumption And Production

The continuous increase of production and consumption of material in the developed world and the increase of the standard of living of the developing countries leads to the increase of the use of natural resources and the degradation of the environment. Life Cycle Thinking (LCT) is essential to sustainable consumption and production which will impact the use of limited resources. LCT is the process of taking into account in decision making both the resources consumed and the environmental and health pressures associated with the full life cycle of a product. It includes the extraction of resources, production, use, re-use, transport, recycling, and the ultimate waste disposal to provide goods and services and it helps in avoiding shifting the burdens among various life stages of a resource processing. It is important to use the life cycle thinking in analysing products because they may have different environmental impacts at different life cycle stages. It is important to note that some products have very high environmental impacts during the extraction and processing of their original natural resource but they may have minor environmental impacts when they are recycled. A good example is aluminium. The objective of this work is to analyze the importance of the life cycle thinking concept, and show its direct linkage to sustainability.

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 Life Cycle Thinking for Sustainable Consumption and Production towards a Circular Economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 202 ◽  
pp. 01003
Author(s):  
Shabbir H. Gheewala
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Current Model ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Life Cycle Thinking ◽  
Product Systems ◽  
Life Cycle Perspective ◽  
Responsible Consumption

The current model of a linear economy with end-of-pipe waste treatment is not sustainable. Cleaner production helps reduce resource use and emissions, but is still not an optimal solution without considering a life cycle perspective. Life cycle-based tools such as life cycle assessment and life cycle costing are useful for identifying optimal environmental and economic options for product systems. SDG 12 dealing with responsible consumption and production is key for sustainability. Developing of a circular economy requires life cycle thinking and life cycle-based tools for assessment. All these issues are discussed along with illustrative examples.

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