University of Reading
- Start Date: 27 Feb, 2023
- 2 weeks
- Study Content: Videos
Discover how switching to a systems mindset could help overcome the global environmental challenges we face today.
Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
Course Description
This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.
Take a big picture approach to the climate and biodiversity crisis
With crises as vast, complex, and interconnected as climate change and biodiversity loss, focusing on one aspect of the problem will never be enough. Systems thinking offers a new way of seeing and understanding environmental issues, which could radically change how we go about tackling them.
On this two-week course from the University of Reading, you’ll learn what systems thinking is and how it could transform your approach to the climate and biodiversity crisis.
Explore why mindsets matter when it comes to environmental issues
Climate experts are clear that purely economic or technical fixes are insufficient to solve environmental problems. To achieve meaningful and lasting change, we need to shift values, mindsets, and worldviews.
Analysing examples of current solutions and their shortcomings, you’ll consider the pitfalls of surface thinking. You’ll delve into the root causes of environmental issues, and use these to envisage more effective solutions.
Investigate what it means to take a big picture approach
In the second week of the course, you’ll put systems thinking into practice. You’ll make use of tools for mapping out environmental issues, asking how they connect to each other and to you.
Be inspired to change your own approach to the problem
By the end of the two weeks, you’ll understand how systems thinking could inform your own approach to the environment.
You’ll be able to act and make a genuine difference to the climate and biodiversity crisis.
This course is designed for anyone with an interest in climate change and biodiversity, or in the theory behind systems thinking. It will be particularly valuable for students or young people hoping to integrate protection of the environment into their careers.
Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.
University of Reading
The University of Reading is ranked in the top 1% of universities in the world with a reputation for teaching, research and enterprise.
The University aims to deliver a world-class experience to all of its learners. Teaching is research-led, so learners can benefit from the expertise and hands-on knowledge of teaching staff.
The award-winning UK campuses in the south-east of England offer a fantastic environment in which to live and learn, with state-of-of-the-art facilities – all just 25 minutes from London.
This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.
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