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By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
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Explain what is meant by a complex system and its relevance to sustainability
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Evaluate the Brundtland definition of sustainable development
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Explain how economy and ecology work together as one system
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Summarise the prospects for a circular economy
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Identify the effects of the agricultural and industrial revolutions
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Identify and discuss the practical and moral issues around inequality
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Evaluate the difficulty in assigning causation in complex systems
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Discuss the implications of past actions for current generations
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Describe what is meant by the term 'tragedy of the commons'
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Explain what is meant by globalisation, and its implication for sustainability
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Discuss the major problems of sustainability and the prospects for solutions
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Discuss the range of views on approaches to development
