What is CircleCoLabs
Learning by making a difference
CircleCoLabs empowers young people to explore real sustainability challenges and design solutions for their schools and communities.
The project brings together Circular Economy, Maker Education and Service-Learning to make sustainability learning practical, creative and connected to real life.
Understanding how we can rethink, reuse, repair and redesign resources.
Learning through designing, experimenting, making and prototyping.
Connecting learning with meaningful action in the school and community.
How it works
From challenge to solution
Students learn by doing. They explore a local sustainability challenge, investigate the system around it, generate ideas and turn these into tangible solutions.
Along the way, they develop creativity, systems thinking, collaboration and problem-solving skills.
How it works
Practical tools for educators
CircleCoLabs provides educators with practical tools to bring circular and community-connected learning into the classroom: Competence Framework, Curriculum, Teacher Training, Classroom Activities, Facilitation Resources.
How it works
A European collaboration
CircleCoLabs is an Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership (2025–2027) bringing together partners from the Netherlands, Croatia, Portugal, Serbia and Germany. The project is coordinated by Designathon Works, in collaboration with PAR University of Applied Sciences, NUCLIO, KidHub, First Kragujevac Grammar School, and Stiftung Lernen durch Engagement.
Together, the partners combine expertise in Circular Economy, Maker Education, Design Thinking, Service-Learning and school education.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Nationaal Agentschap Erasmus+ Onderwijs & Training. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.