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First steps towards embedding sustainability in learning design
Education & Development

First steps towards embedding sustainability in learning design

...climate change, ensuring no-one is left behind. The SDGs address the three core elements of sustainable development and demonstrate the breadth of sustainability topics. Reflection It is likely that your first step will be to reflect on what sustainability might mean to you in your context. This reflection is not only on environmental or social challenges, but is also...
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James Smith - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

James Smith - Earth in Vision

...climate change and salmon farming with the BBC’s Natural History Unit. He was a key member of the team that made the anthropological series Tribe, and worked on the BAFTA-winning Amazon with Bruce Parry and the follow-up series Arctic with Bruce Parry. He has made TV series about conservation in the Congo Basin, climate change in Alaska and deforestation in Brazil....
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Boost your Business, Computing and IT Skills
Digital & Computing

Boost your Business, Computing and IT Skills

...University and a range of short courses on FutureLearn. Try an Economics Free Course Explore a variety of topics related to government policy, international trade, business decision making, work and climate change. Check out our free economics courses below. Find out more about Economics qualifications at The Open University and a range of short courses on FutureLearn....
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Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change

...climate change and its impacts, particularly how confident we can be in model predictions. She blogs for PLOS at All Models are Wrong and on Twitter she is @flimsin. © ​ The Open University Transcript Stories of Change Project Tamsin Edwards interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin, interviewer TE: = Tamsin Edwards, Open University RH: Tell us about yourself and your blog....
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Mapping Britain
Society, Politics & Law

Mapping Britain

...spaces. Successful Cities The importance of egalitarianism in cities and how this is or is not reflected in town planning. De-industrialisation and Cities Attitudes to cities and the differences between larger and smaller cities. Planning and cities The increase in inequalities between affluent and less affluent. Notions of citizenship and the impact of climate change....
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Voices from the Global South: an international field trip
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: an international field trip

...Climate Change Conference. Departing from here, you will then engage with a series of videos from countries across the Global South. The International virtual field trip encourages you to appreciate the range of experiences of the climate crisis across the Global South. To recognise why learning from these experiences and knowledge is key to addressing the...
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Why you should visit the OpenLearn sustainability hub
Nature & Environment

Why you should visit the OpenLearn sustainability hub

...climate change to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, explore free, expert-led content that turns knowledge into action...We all know the planet’s facing some serious challenges - from the climate crisis to rising inequality - and many of us want to make a difference, but aren’t quite sure where to start. That’s where the OpenLearn sustainability hub comes in....
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Human impacts on the lives of animals
Nature & Environment

Human impacts on the lives of animals

...climate change. Many animals, including birds and frogs, now breed much earlier in spring in Britain than they did 20 years ago. Whether or not this is having a harmful effect on them has yet to be determined. Many plants and insects have extended their geographical ranges northwards in Europe and so seem to have benefited from climate change. Not so the golden toad of...
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