Circular Economies

Working to develop supply chains that ‘close the loop’ on extractive and pollutive industries and move away from the ‘take, make, and throw away’ model of production; exploring strategies to create new industries, products and services that minimize waste, conserve energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and utilize outputs from one process as inputs in another.

Webinars

• Assessing and Promoting Circularity in Michigan's Dairy Sector—Webinar with Barry Bradford (March 2024)
• Building Infrastructure Reuse: A European Approach (November 2023)
• Circular Economies Institute Panel 6: Michigan Recycling Coalition (MRC) & EGLE (August 2022)
• Circular Economies Institute Panel 5: Chemical Exposures and Synthesis of Chemical Building Blocks (August 2022)
• Circular Economies Institute Panel 4: Sustainable Supply Chains & Battery Technology Research (August 2022)
• Circular Economies Institute Panel 3: Sustainable Packaging Systems & Polymer Science (August 2022)
• Circular Economies Institute Panel 2: Circular Economy, Transportation Systems & Mass Timber (August 2022)
• Circular Economies Institute Panel 1: Circular Economy, Bio-Based Solutions & Research (August 2022)
• Establishing an Entrepreneurial Friendly Region (April 2015)
• Montcalm Business Incubator Feasibility Study (July 2015)
• Action Plan for Employment District Mt. Elliott Industrial District (July 2014)
• Expanding Economic Literacy by using the Money Smart for Small Business Curriculum (July 2014)
• Promotion of Cooperative Enterprises in Distressed Urban and Rural Communities (July 2014)
• Youth Entrepreneurship (2 sessions) (July 2014)
• Strategies for Utilizing the Current Capacities of Arts Councils in Michigan (July 2013)
• Educational Attainment as an Economic Driver for States, Regions and Communities (October 2013)
• Michigan Garage and Basement Inventors Advancing Michigan's Economy (November 2013)
• The Innovation 5 Project (November 2013)
• Socioeconomic impact of urban gardening (2013)

Videos

• Psalm Bingham: Youth Entrepreneurship (September 2020)
• Ecotourism in the UP (July 2019)
• Risk Takers: Improving Communities through Economic Development (January 2019)
• Women Who Weld (July 2016)
• Aquahouse Trailer (September 2016)
• Placemaking and Student-Led, Faculty-Guided Projects (March 2015)
• Regional Economic Innovation: Skills Gap (August 2014)
• Pop Up Business Model/a> (September 2014)
• Geographic clusters as a means to rural economic growth initiative (July 2013)

Podcasts

• Co-Learning Plan - Norman Christopher. 2019
• Urbandale Farm. n.d.
• Underground Economy. n.d.

Research

• Making Deconstruction Economies Work in Michigan: A praxis based framework for deconstruction feasibility assessment in Michigan. 2023
• Strategies and Tools for Economic Development Organizations to Champion Equitable Economic Development. 2021
• Making ends meet: women's social capital development in regional informal economies. 2021
• Energy challenges in the Keweenaw: recruiting the community to develop innovative, acceptable solutions and local supply chains. 2021
• Virtue and policy in the Michigan circular economy. 2020
• Building a More Sustainable Economy in Michigan: Priority Actions for Supporting an Extended Producer and Circular Economy. 2020
• Pathways for lifecycle building practices: material reuse in tiny homes. 2019
• Highlighting the hustle: exploring the underground economy in Detroit. 2018
• Big box converted to co-op. 2018
• Assessment of the maker economy in Detroit. 2018
• Muskegon Deconstruction Hub. 2017
• The southend district: vision plan and economic development strategy. 2016
• Connecting leading edge talent development strategies. 2016
• An assessment of the role and funding of Michigan regions: a case for a demand-driven approach. 2016
• An assessment of the development of a sustainable ecotourism alliance org for Munising. 2016
• No Veteran Left Behind. 2015
• Blight Elimination in Muskegon Heights. 2015
• An assessment of the effects of mountain biking in Marquette and on Michigan's ecotourism economy. 2015
• Research on the Viability of the Pop-Up Business Model in Metropolitan Detroit. 2014
• Promotion of cooperative enterprises in distressed urban and rural communities. 2014
• Upper peninsula economic development data collection and marketing project. 2014
• Pop-up program development. 2014
• Operation above ground: improving licensing for new food businesses to promote a stronger Detroit food economy. 2014
• Accelerating capital: growing the greater Lansing region and investment through rare isotopes. 2014
• Tourism development strategy for Idlewild, Michigan. 2013
• Innovation 5: approach to advancing economic development through entrepreneurship, stem promotion and fostering innovation and collaboration. 2013
• Helping entrepreneurs revitalize our economy and society. 2013
• Makerspaces: Supporting an entrepreneurial system. 2013
• Educational attainment as an economic driver for states, regions, and communities. 2013
• Promoting youth entrepreneurship in Michigan: strategies for building on Michigan's entrepreneurial heritage. 2012
• Innovation brokering for a community-based economy. 2012
• Building a Creative Services Incubator: A Lesson on Developing Collaborative Relationships Across Diverse Stakeholders. 2012
• Beyond Midtown: Deploying the Anchor Strategy Throughout the City of Detroit. 2012
• A global review of innovative practices in regional SME exporting strategies and foreign direct investment attraction. 2012