Professional Communication Seminar
If you want to do some extra work in-between our classes, you can follow the links below. They will allow you to read or listen to documents dealing with (1) the social and solidarity-based economy, (2) the circular economy, (3) businesses and the climate crisis, (4) third places, (5) entrepreneurship in the social economy (projects).
Audio. What future for the social economy?
1. At work: the social and solidarity-based economy
Video. Why do you want to work for this NGO?
Video. How to be a social entrepreneur?
Article. “Muhammad Yunus deserves credit for empowering the poor”, The Conversation, April 2011.
2. The circular economy
Resource: Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Video. Ellen MacArthur on the basics of the circular economy
Resource. The circular economy glossary
Article 1. “‘Repair cafés’ are about fixing things – including the economy”, The Conversation, May 2014.
Article 2. “An Airbnb for washing machines? How to achieve a circular economy”, The Conversation, February 2015.
Article 3. “Circular economy: ancient populations pioneered the idea of recycling waste”, The Conversation, January 2019.
Article 4. “A circular economy could end waste – at the cost of our privacy”, The Conversation, November 2020.
Article 5. “‘Upcycling’ promise to turn food waste into your next meal”, The Conversation, June 2021.
Article 6. “NZ’s government plans to switch to a circular economy to cut waste and emissions, but it’s going around in the wrong circles”, The Conversation, November 2021.
Article 7. “Turning the housing crisis around: how a circular economy can give us affordable, sustainable homes”, The Conversation, July 2023.
Article 8. “One-and-a-half billion tyres wasted annually – there’s a better way to recycle them”, The Conversation, January 2024.
3. Businesses and the climate crisis
Video. Planned obsolescence, perceived obsolescence
Paper. Rivera, Julio L. & Amrine Lallmahomed. (2020). Environmental implications of planned obsolescence and product lifetime: a literature review. International Journal of Sustainable Engineering 9(2): 119-129.
Article. “Planned obsolescence exposed at Apple and Microsoft, in light of new French regulations”, GreenMatters, April 2021.
4. Third places
Video. Third places in history: What’s a third place?
Article. “McDonald’s: you can sneer, but it’s the glue that holds communities together”, The Guardian, June 2016.
Article. “‘Third places’ as community builders”, Brookings, September 2016.
5. Entrepreneurship in the social economy (Projects)
Video. The social entreprise 101
Video. Pitching your project