Fundamentals of Sustainable Development (nonstop)

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After completing the course, the student will be able to:
– identify critical sustainability challenges, their causes and interdependencies, a as well as their diverse impacts on the environment and human beings,
– define key concepts relating to the different dimensions of sustainable development,
– identify the key sustainability goals and actors in sustainability policies and transitions,
– identify different perspectives and conflicts of values and interests related to solutions that promote sustainable development,
– consider their own lifestyle and consumption choices as well as the practices of their own professional field from the perspectives of responsibility and sustainable development.

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– The historical context of the sustainability crisis and the complexity of sustainability challenges
– Sustainable development as a concept and a policy process
– Sustainability transition and ecological reconstruction
– Environmental sustainability: preserving ecological balance and a healthy planet
– Social and cultural sustainability: fairly distributed human well-being
– Economic sustainability: an economy that serves the well-being of people and the planet

The online course provides students with basic knowledge of sustainable development and an understanding of how to act responsibly and in a way that promotes sustainability in working life and other areas of life.

The online course consists of four subjects, each of which includes learning materials and a test:

1. Introduction: from the sustainability crisis towards a sustainable future

2. Environmental sustainability: preserving ecological balance and a healthy planet

3. Social and cultural sustainability: fairly-distributed human well-being

4. Economic sustainability: an economy that serves the well-being of people and the planet