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Oct 13, 2024
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ENVS 105 - The Science of Sustainable Living 5 CR
Introduces the science of sustainability as it relates to our everyday lives. Topics covered include sustainable practices pertaining to buildings, foods and agriculture, environmental health, carbon emissions, life-cycle analysis and waste, renewable energy, transportation, social justice, and personal economic choices. Students who take this course will learn how to make more sustainable choices in their day-today life.
Course Outcomes - Provide a good working definition of sustainability that includes environmental, economic, and social justice factors.
- Discuss ways to consume less energy and reduce carbon footprint in the home, business, and transportation.
- Describe ways each person can identify and reduce exposure to toxins in everyday life.
- Discuss ways to produce, transport, and distribute food more sustainably.
- Differentiate between renewable and non-renewable resources, and describe traditional, as well as new, more innovative techniques for producing, using, and conserving those resources.
- Explain economic and political factors that may either help or hinder the movement toward a more sustainable global society.
- Discuss how local actions can have a worldwide impact, and include positive and negative examples.
- Describe the concept of environmental justice as it relates to sustainability.
GenEd Outcomes: Connections - Global Citizenship
- Natural Systems (Science and the Natural World)
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