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Sustainable Production and Consumption

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Course Unit Code546-0801/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KOD009Ing. Jana Kodymová, Ph.D.
Summary
Global material flows, exploration of resources, consumers and producers approach. Tools for minimization of production/consumption on environment.


Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
To understand the impact of production and consumption to the global ecosystem on macro scale, global material flows, producers and consumers behavior.
Course Contents
1. Global material and energy flows for production and consumption, visible and hidden exploration of sources (Hidden backpack)
2. Influence on primary sources consumption in production – ecodesign, cleaner production
3. Substitution of primary sources by secondary ones – reuse, recycling
4. Tools for improvement of material recycling share – legislative, financial
5. Management of end-of-life waste collection and treatment
6. Sustainable consumption from producers’ point of view – ecoefficiency
7. Sustainable consumption from consumers’ point of view – ecological footprint, consumption patterns
8. Consumers’ access to information about environmental characteristics of product.
9. Legislative, economical and informational tools for individual consumption regulation
10.Tools for regulation of public consumption
11.Environmental ethics
12.Municipality support to sustainable consumption. Participation of NGO’s in SCP support.
13.Environmental education for sustainable consumption
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis,
published in 2005 by Island Press. (http://www.millenniumassessment.org/documents/document.356.aspx.pdf)
Environmental Science. Understanding, protecting and managing the environment in the Baltic Sea Region. Editors: Lars Rydén, Pawel Migula and Magnus Andersson. BUP Uppsala 2003 (http://www2.balticuniv.uu.se/bup-3/index.php/public/textbooks-course-materials/course-materials/environmental-science)
Web sources: www.wbcsd.org, www.unido.org, www.unep.org, www.who.org,
www.mzp.cz, www.cemc.cz,
Agenda 21. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/Agenda21.pd
ASHBY, M. F., Didac FERRER I BALAS and Jordi SEGALÀS. [2016]. Materials and sustainable development. Amsterdam: Elsevier/BH.
Státní politika ŽP ČR, Rámec ÚSV
Strategický rámec Česká republika 2030 (Úřad vlády ČR 2017).
Internet – stránky MŽP (www.mzp.cz), CENIA (www.cenia.cz),
CEMC (www.cemc.cz), Světová podnikatelská rada pro udržitelný rozvoj (www.wbcsd.org),Česká podnikatelská rada pro udržitelný rozvoj (www.cbcsd.cz), UNIDO (www.unido.org), UNEP (www.unep.org), http://ec.europa.eu/environment/green-growth/index_en.htm
ČSN EN ISO 14045, ČSN EN ISO 14051
Material flows. (http://www.materialflows.net/visualisation-centre/)
ASHBY, M. F., Didac FERRER I BALAS and Jordi SEGALÀS. [2016]. Materials and sustainable development. Amsterdam: Elsevier/BH. (dostupná na katedře)
Recommended Reading:
Web sources: www.mzp.cz,www.cemc.cz,www.cenia.cz
Various scientific journals
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/green-growth/index_en.htm
Resource Efficiency (www.unido.org)
US EPA: Principlles of Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production.
An International Training Course. 1999 (electronic version at lecturer)
Manual on the Development of Cleaner Production Policies — Approaches and Instruments. UNIDO CP Programme, Vienna 2002
Internet – stránky MŽP (www.mzp.cz), CENIA (www.cenia.cz), CEMC (www.cemc.cz),
Odborné časopisy
Kolektiv autorů: Ekosystémy a lidský blahobyt. Syntéza. Vydalo Centrum pro otázky životního prostředí, Univerzita Karlova Praha 2005. ISBN: 80-239-6300-7
Surovinová politika ČR (www.mpo.cz), Materiálové toky. Český statistický úřad (http://dw.czso.cz/pls/rocenka/rocenka.indexnu)
US EPA: Principlles of Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production.
An International Training Course. 1999 (electronic version at lecturer)
Manual on the Development of Cleaner Production Policies — Approaches and Instruments. UNIDO CP Programme, Vienna 2002
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Seminars, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 34