Wes - How to Change the World
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How to Change the World at Coursera Overview
Duration | 26 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
How to Change the World at Coursera Highlights
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- Flexible deadlines according to your schedule.
How to Change the World at Coursera Course details
- How can we use the things we share in common to address some of the most challenging problems facing the world? This course examines issues concerning poverty, the environment, technology, health care, gender, education and activism to help us understand better how to initiate positive change.
How to Change the World at Coursera Curriculum
What are Social Goods? From the Commons to Moral Revolutions
Introduction: Social Good and Tragedy of the Commons
Genealogy of the Idea of Social Good
Reciprocity and Giving Back to the Commons
From Legitimate Communal Regulation to Pressures for Exploitation
Fisheries Forests and Sustainable Productivity
Cultures of Trust and Reinforcing the Commons by Practicing Cooperation
From Copyright to Communities of Cooperative Practice
Recommended Readings
Poverty and Development
Extreme Poverty ? Introduction
Varieties of Poverty and Development
Listening to the Poor to Find Out What Works
Multi-Pronged Effort: Private Enterprise, Government and Inclusive Growth
Systematic Efforts to Find Out What Works Best
Breaking out of Cycles of Suffering
Inclusive Economic Growth and a Global Movement to End Poverty
Recommended Readings
Climate Change and Sustainability
Climate Change and Sustainability
Global Challenges and Local Responses
Making a Difference and Varied Challenges
Grassroots Politics and Climate Change (1)
Politics and the Disruption of Ecosystems
Conversation with a Climate Economist on Risk Management
Risk, Assessment and Reducing Likelihood of Disaster
Conversation on Energy, Sustainability and Solution Science
Solution Science and What We Can Do
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Disease and Global Health Care
Disease and Global Health ? Introduction
Democracy, Health and Engagement
Major Health Challenges and Responses (1)
Major Health Challenges and Responses (2)
Testing our Work to Make it Most Effective
Care, Organization and Making a Real Difference
Motivating Change and Holistic Responses to Poverty
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Women, Education and Social Change
Introduction and Quiet Violence Against Girls and Women
Social Entrepreneurship and Gender Lens Investing
Education and Risk Taking
Education and Building Human Capacity
Malala and the Courage of Education (1)
Malala and the Courage of Education (2)
You Can Have Impact: Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn (Part 1)
How We Can Change the World: Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
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Looking Back, Looking Foward
Wesleyan Students Share Their Thoughts about Change
Listening to the Local and Practical Idealism
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