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About the Course

This course introduces the academic approach of Sustainability and explores how today’s human societies can endure in the face of global change, ecosystem degradation and resource limitations. The course focuses on key knowledge areas of sustainability theory and practice, including population, ecosystems, global change, energy, agriculture, water, environmental economics and policy, ethics, and cultural history. This subject is of vital importance, seeking as it does to uncover the principles of the long-term welfare of all the peoples of the planet. As sustainability is a cross-disciplinary field of study, this foundation requires intellectual breadth: as I describe it in the class text, understanding our motivations requires the humanities, measuring the challenges of sustainability requires knowledge of the sciences (both natural and social), and building solutions requires technical insight into systems (such as provided by engineering, planning, and management)....

Top reviews

KF

Dec 18, 2016

It is a well prepared course. Contents are carefully organized and plenty of concepts and examples are included and analyzed. Overall, it is a excellent course to get an overview of sustainability.

MT

Sep 23, 2020

This course helps me to learn many things about sustainability. By this course, I am more interested in sustainable developments. I expect to learn more about this provided by Dr Johnathan Tomkin.

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By Yoshida N

Jul 15, 2018

It gave me a good overview of sustainability, key terms and the future.

By Melissa S

Jun 15, 2020

Very interesting and nice presentation from more than one perspective.

By Johannes G A B

Apr 8, 2020

Very good introductory course with an appropriate level of difficulty.

By Alba C

Nov 12, 2019

Great. Simply, a course that everyone has to do. Simple and necessary.

By Enggar N

Aug 11, 2021

The course helps me a lot to me get overview on sustainability issue.

By Fabian S

Jul 7, 2020

Very interesting course, which enhanced my knowledge about the topic.

By Ritu S

Jun 19, 2020

Excellent course. Jonathon Tompkin is a great instructor I ever seen.

By Beatrice B

Jul 22, 2019

Very precise, detailed course on top of being incredibly interesting!

By Cecilia G

Oct 8, 2016

Creo que es un herramienta sumamente valiosa para cualquier individuo

By Tan J W G

Sep 15, 2020

Excellent starter course about energy sustainability for the future!

By SOFÍA H M

Jun 22, 2016

A brillian insight to sustainability and all the elements around it.

By Francisco A

Sep 12, 2020

Great course very insightful and well created. Thank you very much!

By Naufal A

May 19, 2020

I am very happy with this achievement and I will continue to study.

By Srividya R

May 4, 2020

The course was very informative and intensive! Absolutely loved it!

By Olga M

May 5, 2020

Great course! The information I learned there is really priceless!

By Jason H

Sep 28, 2015

Excellent course and material. Really enjoyed this one. Thank you.

By Furrukh K

Sep 13, 2020

well developed course, enhances trainee skills ... simply amazing

By Kathy W

Aug 21, 2020

Enlighting, a good option for those interested in Sustainability.

By Nedelia F

Feb 21, 2021

Great course! Perfect overview of sustainability's key elements.

By Bimal Y C

Jun 5, 2020

I found this course as an excellent introduction to the subject.

By Susan L

Sep 8, 2023

Loved the course! Great video lectures, challenging questions.

By Victoria S

Aug 23, 2020

Very comprehensive course that gives a lot of food for thought!

By Ediron W

Nov 7, 2015

excelente.... really really good I saw all videos in one night.

By Raditya J

Dec 20, 2020

Magnificent way to be introduced to sustainability. Well done!

By Muhammad W

Sep 19, 2020

This Course Is very Helpful for me to know about sustainabilty