This article presents the idea of a circular economy (ce) as a practical implementation of postulates of the sustainable development of the economy. The focus is on the current situation of the use of natural resources and their capacity to meet global needs.

The main aim of the paper is to analyse and evaluate the possible relation between circular behaviours undertaken by the households and the socio-economic features describing them. The paper presents the results of the author’s research conducted among Polish households on the territory of two voivodeships: Podkarpackie and Małopolskie.

An analysis of the results of research on circular behaviours taken up by the households and perceived benefits from them

Purpose: The main aim of the article is to identify the households’ behaviours that can be described as ‘circular’, as well as, the analysis of the possible facilitation of their implementation through the specific product and service offers prepared by the companies.

The Value Proposition Canvas is a plug-in tool to the Business Model Canvas. It allows you to describe your Value Propositions and the target Customer Segments in more detail and evaluate the “fit” between the value you intend to create and the expectations your customers have.

This questionnaire is for the purpose of investigating behaviours related to the implementation of the circular economy by households and assessing the impact of these behaviours on their quality of life.

Aaron Hurst from his lecture for Social Entrepreneurship Academie:
We gain purpose from relationships. This is the biggest source of purpose. We gain purpose from having relationships with each other. From impact, when we do something for someone else, and it doesn’t have to be something gargantuan or on a world scale…

Green skills are perceived as composed of three dimensions classified as cognitive, psychomatic and affective. The promotion of sustainable development within these dimensions involves knowledge, skills and values.

The idea of closing the loop sounds like a great plan doesn’t it? There are however- as with anything- pros and cons. Let’s look at some of them.

Design Council’s Double Diamond clearly conveys a design process to designers and non-designers alike. The two diamonds represent a process of exploring an issue more widely or deeply (divergent thinking) and then taking focused action (convergent thinking).