By Princes Elaine Y. Espongja BA-ELS4, OJT

Here are the participating universities in the Circular Campus Programme.

The CPU College of Engineering, as part of its pursuit towards excellence, is yet again to partake in an initiative hosted by the Circular Cities Asia as Dr. Robles recently signed the MOA to participate in the “Circular Campus Programme” of the CCA.

This agreement will even build long term relationships between universities, innovators and industry experts on their shared journey towards circularity and sustainability.

This program designed to support universities on their zero-waste journey. It will introduce the approach to circularity in the urban context—combining circular economy principles, lean innovation, design thinking, and systems thinking to foster new ideas and solutions that reimagine university campuses as ecologically sustainable, highly livable and resilient ecosystems.

Moreover, the program webinars, workshops and toolkit that were offered prior the competition have given introduction to circular innovation frameworks and helped participants develop the in-demand skills for this emerging economy. Learning how to identify problems worth solving and ideate circular solutions. The circular innovation skills that participants develop from this program will be useful for the competition, and other problem-solving opportunities they will have in the future.

The Circular Campus Programme is run by Circular Cities Asia, with the support and expertise of our founding sponsor, RENERGii Asia. The programme is also supported by the Regional Project Energy Security and Climate Change Asia-Pacific (RECAP) of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) foundation.