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Biofuels
Science, Maths & Technology

Biofuels

...carbon footprint' (where the net amount of CO2 released by a person, or by an object such a house, is zero). Activity 1 Timing: 20 minutes In this activity you should listen to the nine-minute audio clip in which Professor Chris Somerville, a global leader in biofuel research, discusses the potential of biofuels, and then answer the following questions. [You may find it...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Race and Youth Policy: working with young people
Education & Development

Race and Youth Policy: working with young people

...carbon footprint, or improve their health and sense of wellbeing, or both. Prioritising this intention might be caused by the growing evidence for climate change, or an uncomfortable conversation with the doctor about the importance of weight loss. In either case, his beliefs are influenced by the people around him, by what is being said or written about pollution or...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration

...carbon footprint, but it helps me mentally block out the ‘office’ area when I am in my living room and not working...Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration: 3.1 ‘Digital tools’ for communication and collaboration - The use of information and communications technology (ICT)-based tools is a central part of many roles in the workplace. Within an...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...carbon footprints?), the answer requires a look at the discipline of psychology. Psychology is a relatively new discipline, emerging from being a branch of philosophy in the late nineteenth century. Traditionally it has been defined as ‘the science of the individual’ and has influenced (and been influenced by) the idea that the human individual is master of his world;...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...footprinting (e.g. carbon footprint, water footprint) sustainability assessment. Some of these approaches understand environment as a system. That said, it is important to be aware that there are often different interpretations of system and its meaning in many environmental management approaches. Many of these interpretations hinge on whether a system is considered to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...carbon footprint' - an estimate of the total impact a product has on anthropogenic global warming. It is an area where there are often no clear-cut answers, and differing estimates of environmental impact can often lead to controversy. The use of oil-based transport makes an almost invisible contribution to the manufacture of all modern goods. I own a cotton jacket...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting

...carbon footprint’ and recycling practices. Activity 9 Internal and external pressures on organisations to be sustainable Timing: Allow around 20 minutes for this activity What are the pressures (internal/external) on your organisation to be sustainable? Share your thoughts below. Feedback Internal pressures can be company policies, culture, goals, strategies and how...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
An introduction to floodplain meadows
Nature & Environment

An introduction to floodplain meadows

...carbon footprint. You can find out more about this in the session on food security. Figure 3 shows how carbon is cycled in a floodplain meadow. [Described image] Figure 3 Carbon cycling in a meadow managed through annual haymaking and aftermath grazing in a pasture-fed system. Activity 1 Timing: Allow about 5 minutes Using just three of the species shown in Figure 2,...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs