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Throwaway – the history of a modern crisis

House of European History • European Union • 2021

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Individual Resource

Levels and forms of education

Teacher Training

Museum Memorials and Exhibitions

Media

Other Levels and Forms of Education

Resource type

Audio-visual materials (photographs, videos, movies, audio files)

Digital tools (e.g. video games, quizzes, etc.)

Interactive formats (e.g. group work materials, board games, etc.)

Activities outside the classroom (e.g. tour guides, etc.)

Historic approaches concerned

Environmental History

Historic period

20th Century

19th Century

18th Century

21st Century

Countries or areas concerned

Europe

Languages

Dutch, English, Estonian, French, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Slovenian

Description

Rubbish. Perhaps the most visible and physical aspect of the looming environmental crisis. This digital offer explores the topic of waste from a transnational and transdisciplinary perspective. It offers a variety of content co-curated by 10 European museums. Read, Watch, and discover the changing and surprising nature of rubbish! Throwaway is a project that unearths the hidden history of waste in Europe while simultaneously highlighting its significance as a marker of social change. It displays the profound changes in how we have dealt with rubbish in bygone years, and the way we think, or don’t think about waste. By looking at the past, it makes current criticisms and the resounding calls for change relevant and meaningful.

Keywords

History of the environment

Sustainability

Waste

Climate Change