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Introduction to Week 1

What does sustainability mean to you? Watch this video to hear how University of Nottingham academics answer this question.

Welcome to everyone joining this course. We will introduce ourselves shortly but let’s start by finding out what sustainability means to us, coming as we do from so many different countries, contexts and cultures. Watch our opening video and see whose comments resonate most strongly with you. And then, respond to our ‘Think about’ to start the conversation.

Those of you in China can also view this video on our Tudou channel.

Think about: What does sustainability mean to you? Do you think you have a particular perspective related to your culture, education, job or interests?

Feel free to post your thoughts in the comments here below the opening video.

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