Climate Change: Transforming your Organisation for Sustainability
Develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to lead change for sustainability in your organisation, from The Open University.
Duration
10 weeksWeekly study
10 hours
Climate Change: Transforming your Organisation for Sustainability
Explore how to transform your organisation in response to the climate crisis.
Organisations play a significant role in the transition to a low carbon society. This 10-week course from The Open University equips you with tools, skills, and courage to transform your organisation’s response to the climate crisis, whatever role or level you are within the company.
This microcredential views sustainability as social, environmental, economic, global, and future wellbeing, as defined in the Sustainable Development Goals. The course provides you with a working knowledge of sustainability challenges and inspirational case studies featuring innovative individuals and organisations collaborating to push the boundaries of radical action.
You’ll learn how to respond, transform, innovate, and lead change within your organisation by discovering new perspectives, the power of collaboration, tools, and skills that enable you to respond to the climate and ecological crises.
Learn how to identify potential short-term wins which can attract and involve a diversity of stakeholders
During this course you’ll discover the latest science on climate change and the ecological crisis and what this means for you using a range of footprinting tools. You’ll learn how to reframe the cultural norms, both personally and professionally, through exploration of different perspectives, and how to recalibrate your personal leadership style to a long-term approach.
Based on emergent organisational models, such as the ‘five ways of working’, you’ll explore how to identify potential short-term wins, and how to create a mutually beneficial environment in which collaboration and co-production thrive to achieve collective good.
At the end of the course, you’ll be invited to prepare your own action plan to reimagine an aspect of your own organisation for sustainability.
Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
Who is the course for?
This microcredential has been designed for:
- Anyone looking to develop their skills and advance their career in sustainability
- Professionals aiming to lead climate positive change, regardless of their role or level within an organisation
- Those who have identified an opportunity to implement change within their organisation whatever sector they may be, but are unsure about the solutions and tools to use
- People seeking new ways of working to add sustainability know-how to their skills set
The course draws on global best practice and delivers transferable skills for any industry.
Who will you learn with?
Claudia Eckert is a Professor of Design at the Open University. Her research focusses on empirical studies of development processes of complex products and tools, methods and concepts to support them
Dr Victoria Hands is Director of Sustainability at The Open University. As an experienced sustainability practitioner, she promotes ‘five ways of working’ from the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act
Emma Dewberry is a Senior Lecturer of Design at The Open University. Her research explores sustainable design, design education and eco-literacies to enable creative responses to ecological crises.
Who developed the course?
The Open University
As the UK’s largest university, The Open University (OU) supports thousands of students to achieve their goals and ambitions via supported distance learning, helping to fit learning around professional and personal life commitments.
Established
1969Location
Milton Keynes, UKWorld ranking
Top 510Source: Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020
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Your learning, your rules
- Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps to help you keep track of your learning
- Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
- Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores
Join a global classroom
- Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
- Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
- Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others
Map your progress
- As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
- Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control
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