Practising Sustainable Development
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Equivalent to FETAC: Level 5 | Equivalent to QCF (UK): Level 3
Sustainable development in an international context.
Sustainable development is defined by the United Nations as ‘development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’. Sustainable development is the concern for both the present and the future inhabitants of the planet as a whole. This course will explain what sustainable development is and how the ecological, economic and social aspects of sustainable development overlap. The course also explains how systems practise can help manage complexity in the area of sustainable development and you will examine case studies which look at aspects of sustainable development in China and Scotland. This course will be of great interest to professionals who work in the areas of international development, sustainability or environmental science, to students who are pursuing a career in the areas of international development and sustainability, and to anyone with an interest in the ecological, economic and social aspects of sustainable development.
Modules in Practising Sustainable Development
In this course you will learn to: - understand more about measuring sustainability and footprinting; - understand the global trade in recycling; - understand the history of fishing in Scotland; - understand the tensions between nature and culture; - explain and apply the importance of the waste hierarchy to waste management; - realise that economic development changes the nature and amount of waste generated; - consider a case study of unregulated waste dumping and the environmental impacts contrasted with digital waste products (digital dumping); - recognise that informal waste collection systems play important roles in recycling and job creation; - compare and contrast waste output levels for a range of different countries; - understand how current ‘Western’ lifestyles and aspirations lead to increased consumption; - to appreciate how product availability and how product creation also leads to waste and undesired outputs; - explain and illustrate the waste hierarchy and its role in both informal and formal waste management systems; - appreciate the environmental implications of consumer behaviour;
Karim Yusoff - China
2013-04-20 14:04:13
powerful lesson here for aspiring international development activist..
Paul Shorney - Poland
2013-02-19 19:02:16
Course Module: Module 4: Case studies in sustainability - China and Scotland
Course Topic: Understanding waste in China
Comment: very thought provoking and something everyone should consider sharing
Lindiomar Vieira De Souza - Brazil
2013-01-22 23:01:39
Course Module: Module 2: Systems practise in sustainable development
Course Topic: Limits to growth
Comment: The fact is that we are understande that we are destroying everyhing,so now almost in the end decided to save.
Abdilahi Mohamud - Uganda
2013-01-22 15:01:00
Course Module: Module 1: What is sustainability?
Course Topic: Systems and hierarchies
Comment: it is great to be connected with alison in order to share and gain an encridable knowledge ..
Leonard Nzenwa - Nigeria
2013-01-11 17:01:09
Course Module: Module 5: Sustainable Development Assessment
Course Topic: Sustainable Development Assessment
Comment: This is deeply insightful. It provides a more-than-a-knowledgeable-dose of a course to launch oneself into this field of study and practice.