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Richard Boothman's rural background laid the foundations for a life-long interest in the environment and the issues affecting it. He has been an associate lecturer with The Open University (OU) in the United Kingdom for over 20 years. He set up Ideostone to educate individuals and businesses to understand the scale of the environmental challenges we face and to take whatever action they can.

In his work with the OU, Richard has supported many students from varying social and academic backgrounds. He has worked on four environmental undergraduate and post-graduate modules, a role that requires him to stay abreast of a range of global environmental issues, their causes and solutions. He has also used the expertise developed with the OU to provide training...
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Introduction to Environmental Issues
1.5-3 hrs 4,647 learners
By Ideostone Limited
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Identify some of the most pressing environmental issues we are facing
  • Describe how we are depleting natural resources and failing to manage waste
  • Outline the causes of climate breakdown, loss of biodiversity and pollution
  • Discuss the relationships between the issues listed and recognise the impact they are already having on humans and the world
  • Recognise the additional impacts environmental issues will have in the future if we fail to prevent further harm, including sea-level rise, desertification, human migration and extinction of many more species
  • Recall appropriate actions to reduce some of the listed additional impacts
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Introduction to Environmental Issues
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Introduction to Climate Breakdown
1.5-3 hrs 1,357 learners
By Ideostone Limited
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Summarise why we use the term ‘climate breakdown’
  • Recall the causes of climate breakdown
  • Identify why climate breakdown is such an important issue
  • Recognise why the future we may see is not the one we would like to see
  • Explain the basic science behind climate breakdown
  • Relate ‘tipping points’ to rapid changes to the global climate
  • Explain the issues surrounding climate breakdown confidently to others
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Introduction to Climate Breakdown
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It clearly define and list down environmental issues that are currently significant to study in this generation.
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