How can we shape our urban development towards sustainable and prosperous futures? This course explores sustainable cities as engines for greening the economy in Europe and around the world. We place cities in the context of sustainable urban transformation and climate change. We connect the key trends of urbanization, decarbonisation and sustainability. We examine how visions, … [Read more...] about Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities
Environmental Science and Sustainability
Our Earth’s Future
Our Earth’s Future is about the science of climate change and how to talk about it. You will learn from scientists in the fields of climatology, oceanography, Earth science, and anthropology who study how climate change is affecting people, populations, and ways of life. Explore the multiple lines of evidence for the human-induced climate change that is happening today, and … [Read more...] about Our Earth’s Future
Greening the Economy: Lessons from Scandinavia
How can we live a good life on one planet with over seven billion people? This course will explore greening the economy on four levels – individual, business, city, and nation. We will look at the relationships between these levels and give many practical examples of the complexities and solutions across the levels. Scandinavia, a pioneering place advancing sustainability and … [Read more...] about Greening the Economy: Lessons from Scandinavia
Tropical Forest Landscapes 101: Conservation & Restoration
Conserving and restoring tropical forest landscapes offers an opportunity to address pressing environmental and social challenges. Effective conservation and restoration initiatives support multiple objectives, including ecosystem functioning, climate change mitigation and adaptation, food security, and economic growth. This seven-week course explores the technical, social, and … [Read more...] about Tropical Forest Landscapes 101: Conservation & Restoration
Wood Science: Beyond Building
The central question of this course: “why study wood?†If “why study wood†is the question, one answer would be that it is the only raw material available to us that is truly renewable in human life span terms. Wood is as important to society today as it ever was, despite the development of many man-made substitute materials, changing resource availability, and the … [Read more...] about Wood Science: Beyond Building
