Shaping the Future Through Sustainable Development
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Shaping the Future Through Sustainable Development at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 6 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
Shaping the Future Through Sustainable Development at FutureLearn Highlights
- Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate
Shaping the Future Through Sustainable Development at FutureLearn Course details
- The aim of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to protect human rights and preserve the natural world. On this four-week course from Taipei Medical University, you will delve into the 17 SDGs, and discover how they are being implemented all around the world.
- From fairer water resources management to climate action and disaster resilience, you will learn how ethical thinking could help us shape a better future.
- Besides being a basic human right, sustainable water management helps to protect ecosystems and improve urban living.
- In Week 2 of the course, you will discover new and ethical approaches to managing water and agriculture. You will unearth the many connections between water resources management and environmental protection.
- Next, you will expand your ethical thinking to consider innovations in sustainable economics, education, and healthcare.
- You will analyse a host of new initiatives helping to improve access to vital services for individuals and communities.
- In the final week of the course, you will consider one of the greatest challenges to sustainable development. You will investigate the catastrophic impacts of climate change, and reflect on strategies for building disaster resilience.
- By the end of the course, you will have an in-depth understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals, and a commitment to implementing them in your own life and community.
Shaping the Future Through Sustainable Development at FutureLearn Curriculum
SDG and Sustainability
Welcome to the course!
Shape the Future that We Want
Sustainable Development
The relationship between water resources and the environment.
From Ecosystem to Ecosystem: Exploring a New Paradigm for Water Resources Management
Sustainable Water Resources Management and Protection
Economy for Sustainablity
Shape the Future with Good Economy
Promoting Sustainable Economic Development: Consumer Cooperatives
Education for Sustainablitly
Service Learning
Service Learning Case Sharing
Health Care for Sustainbility
USR in Action
Health and Well-being
Climate Action and Disaster Resiliece for Sustianbility
The Vicious Cycle of Climate Change
Tzu Chi Four Stages of Disaster Relief
Final exam
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