Circular Economies

Working to develop supply chains that ‘close the loop’ on extractive and pollutive industries and move away from the ‘make, take, 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.

MSU Circular Economy Faculty Forums

Videos

Webinars

• Building Infrastructure Reuse: A European Approach. November 2023

• 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

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

• 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