**Dimensions** * *[[Tool Attributes]]:* #guide #learning-tool #teaching-method #exercises #requires-facilitation * *[[Stakeholders]]:* #educators * *[[Value Generation]]:* #eco-design #life-cycle * *[[Sustainability Strategy]]:* #capacity-building #curriculum-development #design-thinking Ecodesign in Higher Education [kit](https://ecodesign.vlaanderen-circulair.be/src/Frontend/Files/userfiles/files/EHO-kit-leidraad-EN.pdf) provides a specific guide to teachers, professors, and education coordinators for integrating ecodesign into higher education programmes. Ecodesign fits within the term ‘[[Previous Versions/Version 1/4 - concepts/sustainable development]]’. Ideas related to sustainable curriculum, competence, methods and courses in relation to sustainability education are compiled in this kit. As part of this, there are themes such as: - Biomimicry - Ecodesign tools - Ecolabels - Effects on people and the environment - End of life cycle - Energy and resources - User behaviour - Closing cycles - [[Previous Versions/Version 1/4 - concepts/life cycle thinking]] - Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) - Materials and environment - Product-service combinations - Cleaner production - [[Previous Versions/Version 1/4 - concepts/systems thinking]] - [[Previous Versions/Version 1/4 - concepts/future thinking]] - Packaging and distribution - Legislation concerning ecodesign The kit has three sections: a guide, cards and a worksheet. There are three types of cards: - I) ==Learning content cards== describe the various relevant themes connected with ecodesign. - II) ==Teaching method cards== describe teaching methods that you can apply for integrating ecodesign in the programme. - III) ==Practical example cards== provide practical examples for specific learning content and teaching methods and can serve as inspiration for applying ecodesign in one’s own programme. ![[Previous Versions/Version 1/Files/EHO-kit-leidraad-EN.pdf]] [[Previous Versions/Version 1/3 - collections/educational courses, frameworks or methods]]