ENSC 121 - Environmental Sustainability

4 Credit(s)

Throughout the world we are experiencing unprecedented rates of global change. From globalization to climate change, humans are fundamentally altering human and natural systems. How do we promote human development while also ensuring our world’s natural resources are available for future generations? This is the challenge of environmental sustainability that we will be exploring in this class. We’ll learn how global change is affecting people and the planet and discover the importance of environmental sustainability moving forward. We’ll explore what it means to be environmentally sustainable and see what this looks like in practice. As part of this course, you will delve into a local sustainability project where you will face the challenges of assessing and implementing sustainability projects, and you will develop problem solving skills to overcome these challenges. $50 course fee

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