Week 1 Further Reading
This is optional extra reading and not required for this course. For those of you who wish to explore this week’s topic further, here is an excellent resource to get …
Course: A Beginner's Guide to Environmental Science: Wicked Problems and Possible Solutions
Ecological Footprints
Building on this idea of a global environmental bank account, our ecological footprint gives us an idea of how much we as individuals are withdrawing from that account. Watch Dr. …
Demographic Transition Models
As we have seen, human population growth is dynamic. Demographic transition models aim to explore and explain the movement of human demography over time. Watch Dr. Nathan B. English examine …
E-waste
E-waste is a growing component of the waste stream that is comprised of anything that has had electricity run through it. Because of the components of e-waste, it can be …
Reuse, refurbishment and recycling: a circular economy
Reuse, refurbishment and recycling, along with reduction, are the major tools that we have to manage our waste production. Watch Dr. Nathan B. English discuss current and future waste management …
Age structures
In addition to the overall size of the population, another human demography factor that is interesting to scientists is age structure. Watch Dr. Nathan B. English explain how the proportion …
Week 4 Introduction
Welcome to week 4. This week we will turn our attention to waste generation and the ways that we can change our behaviours to address waste problems that affect the …
Human pressures on the global environment
We have seen that our population is growing but what has changed to make our human population grow so quickly? Watch as Dr. Nathan B. English discusses what has led …
Triple Bottom Line Accounting
While environmental science encompasses many goals, sustainability is at its core. Meanwhile, scientists and others approach sustainability issues in a cause, effect and solution manner, with quantitative and qualitative data …
Introduction to Week 3
Welcome to week 3. This week we will be discussing atmosphere and global climate change. Watch as Dr. Nathan B. English explains the topics this week will cover.
Common forms of energy
The environment has various forms of energy that are converted from one type to another by certain human and natural activities. Major forms of energy Energy can neither be created …
Introduction to Week 2
Welcome to week 2. In this week we will be examining the wicked problem of human demography. Watch as Dr. Nathan B. English explains the topics this week will cover.
The wicked problem of human demography: a growing issue
We will begin examining the wicked problem of human demography by discussing the global population. Watch as Dr. Nathan B. English examines how many of us there are, where we …
Course Introduction
Welcome to Introduction to Environmental Science. This online course is brought to you by the Central Queensland University. Throughout this course, you will be guided by Dr. Nathan B. English, …
What is the atmosphere?
We begin this week by taking a look at the fragile, yet extremely important atmosphere. Watch Dr. Nathan B. English explain what makes up the atmosphere, how it is structured, …
These articles are from the online course:
A Beginner's Guide to Environmental Science: Wicked Problems and Possible Solutions