Working with our environment - an introduction

Global warming: are we responsible? Is our environmental impact damaging the planet?...

Global warming: are we responsible? Is our environmental impact damaging the planet? This unit examines the use of ozone depleting technology, the impact of fossil fuel use and explores how the development of technology can influence the direction of a society. From the Industrial Revolution to the present day find out how we have changed the planet.

When you have completed this unit you should have:

developed an awareness of different ways in which our use of technology can affect the environment
developed your own skills in reading and interpreting texts and diagrams containing some technical descriptions

By: The Open University

Duration: 11 hours
Published on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Level: Introductory
Posted under: Environmental Science

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Working with our environment - an introduction

Introduction

Global warming: are we responsible? Is our environmental impact damaging the planet? This unit examines the use of ozone depleting technology, the impact of fossil fuel use and explores how the development of technology can influence the direction of a society. From the Industrial Revolution to the present day find out how we have changed the planet.

This unit is from our archive and is an adapted extract from Working with our environment: technology for a sustainable future (T172) which is no longer taught by The Open University. If you want to study formally with us, you may wish to explore other courses we offer in this subject area [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .

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