Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Uniting for a Sustainable Future: An Introduction to Global Sustainability
This course explored concepts of sustainability and sustainable development from a cross-disciplinary perspective. It examined human impacts on the environment including global challenges, and how to approach sustainability solutions on a global scale.
3 weeks, 4 hours per week
Kelum Gamage
Professor and Co-Director of Centre for Educational Development and Innovation
The University of Glasgow
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explain concepts of sustainability and sustainable development
- Reflect on social equity and economic development
- Explore human impacts on the global environment
- Investigate global challenges (Population, Poverty, Ecosystems, Climate Change, Energy, Water, Environmental, Inequality, Pollution and waste etc.)
- Evaluate sustainable solutions to global challenges
- Apply sustainability principles into day-to-day life
Syllabus
- Concepts of sustainability and sustainable development including SDGs
- Human impacts on the global environment
- Social equity and economic development
- Global challenges (Population, Poverty, Ecosystems, Climate Change, Energy, Water, Environmental, Inequality, Pollution and waste etc.)
- Examples of Sustainability (i.e. examples of sustainability in technology; fashion; transportation; food and agriculture; workplace etc.)
Issued on 21st September 2023
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