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About the Course

This course introduces the academic approach of Sustainability and explores how today’s human societies can endure in the face of global change, ecosystem degradation and resource limitations. The course focuses on key knowledge areas of sustainability theory and practice, including population, ecosystems, global change, energy, agriculture, water, environmental economics and policy, ethics, and cultural history. This subject is of vital importance, seeking as it does to uncover the principles of the long-term welfare of all the peoples of the planet. As sustainability is a cross-disciplinary field of study, this foundation requires intellectual breadth: as I describe it in the class text, understanding our motivations requires the humanities, measuring the challenges of sustainability requires knowledge of the sciences (both natural and social), and building solutions requires technical insight into systems (such as provided by engineering, planning, and management)....

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KF

Dec 18, 2016

It is a well prepared course. Contents are carefully organized and plenty of concepts and examples are included and analyzed. Overall, it is a excellent course to get an overview of sustainability.

MT

Sep 23, 2020

This course helps me to learn many things about sustainability. By this course, I am more interested in sustainable developments. I expect to learn more about this provided by Dr Johnathan Tomkin.

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By PUSHPENDRA S

Jun 1, 2020

Good course. I recommend this to all who wants to learn and improve their knowledge on sustainability.

By Dulat Y

May 18, 2020

One of the most interesting and useful course I have taken in my life! Professor Tompkins is the best!

By RK S

Sep 23, 2019

One of the best designed course in Coursera, gives you thorough knowledge of the Environmental Issues.

By Cristobal L c

Jun 23, 2020

me gusto mucho el curso, 100% recomendado, a cualquiera que este interesado en este tema le encantara

By Ashutosh P V

Jun 3, 2020

It was one great eye-opener. I wish to get a job with this. Thank you so much for your guidance John.

By Sergio A M A

May 23, 2020

Excelente curso, muy interesantes los temas y sobre todo muy actuales, excelente material de consulta

By Valerie G

Aug 18, 2019

Very interesting and complete, with a great mix of theory and real-life examples. Highly recommended!

By Pedro H D T A S

May 17, 2017

Everybody should do this course! Amazing how things are well explained and detailed! I am fascinated!

By Micaela S T Q

May 19, 2020

I am very grateful to Professor dr. Tomkin for his clarity, impartiality and transmitted knowledge.

By SURENDRA L

Apr 22, 2017

This is a great course, provides overall view of our life's with and without sustainable practices.

By Marcelo B

Jan 27, 2016

Muito bem estruturado, professor com didática, conteúdo muito bem embasado com dados globais reais.

By Safi A Y

May 28, 2020

Very much effective course .....I found a lot of statistics.It enrich my knowledge one step up....

By Chinmaya D

Nov 23, 2022

Changed perspective for many things, got to know new things. Respect to Faculty and all involved.

By CESAR A V M

May 17, 2022

This course is awesome, all the people around the world must to have a baseline in sustainability

By Eeva L

Jun 22, 2021

The course gives great foundation and all the needed vocabulary to discuss sustainability issues.

By Carolyn L

Jun 16, 2020

Informative class touching on a wide array of topics. This instructor (and school) is also great.

By Shannon S

Nov 17, 2019

Very informative and well-organized lectures and readings. An excellent course. Highly recommend.

By lalit j

Jul 2, 2018

The way course content was set and the way it was explained was very good and easy to understand.

By Statton H

Mar 23, 2022

This course was fantastic. Great material and overview. Professor Tomkin is a likable professor.

By Mukhtar A A K

Jun 9, 2020

Very interesting course, I learn lot of information about sustainability. Thank for your effort.

By Μιχάλης Μ

Jan 28, 2021

Well organized course. Overall, it is an excellent course to get an overview of sustainability.

By Marianne R

May 30, 2020

A necessary course for all aspiring environmentalists like me. Informative and straightforward.

By Leonardo F P

May 12, 2021

Curso excelente com tópicos super importantes, muito obrigado pelo conhecimento, gostei muito!

By Jonatan M

Aug 26, 2020

Great introduction to sustainability studies. An easy timeline and good quality on the videos.

By Anand T

Jul 22, 2020

Well structured course covering the essential components of sustainability. Enjoyed learning.