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Sustainable innovations in enterprises
Money & Business

Sustainable innovations in enterprises

...Sustainable innovations in enterprises, introduces you to the importance of sustainable innovations, the role it plays in commercial and social enterprises and the importance to society. It explores cases of sustainable innovations in specialist areas – arts and humanities; science, technology and engineering; health & social care. The course also evaluates three...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
The drive to sustainability in Higher Education
Nature & Environment

The drive to sustainability in Higher Education

...sustainability and net zero in Higher Education (HE)...At COP26 the parties agreed to work towards further reductions to greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) to prevent catastrophic climate change. Transitional pathways need to be set, not just at national levels, but across sectors to achieve net-zero GHGE targets agreed under the COP 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global...
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Article 10 mins
Innovation Design: Sustainable Communities
Science, Maths & Technology

Innovation Design: Sustainable Communities

...sustainably may not be as unpalatable as you might imagine. Bedzed, Findhorn, Hockerton, Samsoe Island; these are all decentralised communities at the forefront of a major social and technological experiment. In our world of finite resources and massive over-consumption, “breathing” walls, earth-shelters, composting toilets, "living machines" to deal with wastewater...
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Audio 55 mins
Innovation Design: Energy and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Innovation Design: Energy and Sustainability

...sustainable future. You can find out more about innovation in design by exploring the albums "Design and Sustainability" and "Sustainable Communities". This material is taken from The Open University course T307 Innovation: designing for a sustainable future... Innovation Design: Energy and Sustainability A short introduction to this album. What makes customers ......
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Audio 31 mins
Climate change: transitions to sustainability
Nature & Environment

Climate change: transitions to sustainability

...sustainable. This free course, Climate change, takes on the task of trying to chart some of the ways in which it might be possible...Human societies have to take urgent action to end their dependences on fossil fuels. We have to alter the whole path of our development and decision making in order to make our societies both environmentally adaptable and sustainable. This...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Ideas about living sustainably
Nature & Environment

Ideas about living sustainably

...online Sustainability event for staff in 2020 and we looked at breaking this issue down into easier 'manageable challenges' in our lives, so we can all do our bit to create positive change. We invited a range of external speakers to share their ideas with colleagues and recorded these sessions to share wider with those looking to make sustainable changes in their lives....
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Activity 10 mins
Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability
Education & Development

Supporting learners to become agents for sustainability

...sustainably in the world...The pedagogies were: Learning through compassion Traditional wisdom as a sustainable pedagogy Participants discussed their understanding of compassion, and why compassion may be a useful idea for learning and thinking sustainably. Compassion is: [A word cloud of keywords and phrases from participants discussing their understanding of...
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Video 10 mins
Sustainable Design – Innovative design techniques
Money & Business

Sustainable Design – Innovative design techniques

...sustainable clothing adds to her experience of designing t-shirts...[Rhiannon hunt logo] As an environmental-professional-turned-designer, sustainability is really at the heart of what I do. It’s not only my motivation and inspiration, but also an incredible source of creativity and innovation. Designers have a tremendous opportunity to influence the sustainability of...
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Article 5 mins