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The drive to sustainability in Higher Education
Nature & Environment

The drive to sustainability in Higher Education

...Energy SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production SDG 13 - Climate Action Such HE sustainability drives can be classified into three broad areas: Sustainable campus initiatives; Education for Sustainable Development (ESD); and sustainable HE teaching and learning systems. Sustainable campus initiatives Most HE institutions have established sustainability policies to...
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The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...energy in joules and electric current in amperes. A detailed understanding of these units is not needed yet, and would make a rather dull start to this course. In the few places where units appear, please skip past them if the meaning is unclear. Many physical quantities span vast ranges of magnitude. Figures 1 and 2 use images to indicate the range of lengths and times...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Training for endurance in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for endurance in sport and fitness

...energy system) for the length of the climb and prevent fatigue (cardiorespiratory endurance). Muscles will need to continually contract in order to provide propulsion, strength and maintain technique (muscular strength endurance). Using a combination of cardiorespiratory and muscular strength endurance, climbers can maintain a constant high speed and/or workload close to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Earthquakes
Science, Maths & Technology

Earthquakes

...energies released by earthquakes...Earthquakes: 1.1 What happens during an earthquake? - The Earth is an active planet, with activity occurring in the oceans, in the atmosphere and in the solid Earth itself. This course looks at a dramatic example of solid Earth activity: earthquakes. You probably have some idea from newspapers, television or perhaps personal experience,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Joe Smith - Overview of Projects
Nature & Environment

Joe Smith - Overview of Projects

...energy. Our goal is to try to remind society of the fact that humanity’s relationship with energy has always been changing, it’s always been very dynamic, and so we’re just trying to loosen up the public imagination about energy in the present, which has got rather static around the theme of fossil fuels. And then of course I am keeping going some of my work with...
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The science of chocolate
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of chocolate

...energy food. For this reason, it is a ration of choice for many polar explorers – it can pack a lot of energy in a small space, which is ideal if you have to pull your own sled over miles in sub-freezing conditions. Early polar explorers weren’t aware that chocolate would have been suitable – they thought a high protein diet was more important. In fact, one reason...
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The Peace Dividend: why Good Friday Agreement matters to us and Earth
Society, Politics & Law

The Peace Dividend: why Good Friday Agreement matters to us and Earth

...energy and matter to produce the things we need (and, more unsustainably, want). The earth can only sustainably reproduce about 7 tonnes of material per person per year – the Northern Ireland economy consumes more than twice that (16.6 tonnes per person). Over 90% of this material is freshly extracted from the earth and will not be reused. Energy consumption continues...
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UK nuclear industry faces Brexit fall-out
Society, Politics & Law

UK nuclear industry faces Brexit fall-out

...Energy Agency, which has a safeguard regime similar to the EU’s and regulates international trade outside the EU. “ THE GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED TO CONSIDER THE POTENTIALLY SEVERE RAMIFICATIONS OF ITS BREXIT OBJECTIVES FOR THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY ” Euratom and the IAEA work closely together, but the two organisations have different methods and different personnel, so...
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