University of Connecticut
- Start Date: 12 Dec, 2022
- 6 weeks
- Study Content: Videos
Learn to lead a sustainable lifestyle as you delve into key climate issues and understand how to address environmental challenges.
Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
Course Description
This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.
Unpack the concepts of environmental ethics
Environmental issues are often discussed in the media but we rarely take a deep dive into how these issues affect our own lives and how best to make a difference in addressing them.
On this six-week course, you’ll understand how environmental issues can be constructively approached.
You’ll be introduced to environmental ethics and the different theories within it to explore the moral status of human beings and of our environment.
With this knowledge, you’ll engage in social learning to discuss issues and share suggestions for actionable solutions for our planet.
Explore environmental aesthetics and different environmental movements
You’ll delve into different aesthetic concepts to understand the aesthetic value that landscapes and other environmental features have for humanity.
Next, you’ll explore environmental movements, such as ecofeminism, and understand how they can be used to address key issues.
Unpack fast fashion and environmental justice
To gain a deeper understanding of sustainability, you’ll explore your lifestyle and how sustainable it is. Next, you’ll reflect on our responsibilities and obligations to future generations.
You’ll delve further into specific issues, such as fast fashion, to understand its environmental toll and how it impacts humans. With this knowledge, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of environmental justice.
Explore the environmental impacts of meat consumption
Finally, you’ll delve into the issues of meat production and consumption. You’ll explore alternatives to the current system to understand the solutions to reduce the industry’s environmental impacts.
Learning from the experts at the University of Connecticut, you’ll finish the course as a more knowledgeable and proficient steward of our planet.
This course is designed for anyone with an interest in humanity’s interaction with the environment.
It will be most beneficial if you would like to be better equipped to address the pressing issues of our time.
Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.
University of Connecticut
This university is part of the partnership between eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn.
This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.
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