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Nature & Environment
How we can all tackle our digital carbon footprints
It might seem daunting but there are lots of steps we can take as individuals to reduce our digital carbon footprint. We can help you make a start.
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Nature & Environment
How can corporations reduce digital carbon footprints?
Corporations have a significant role to play in reducing the digital carbon footprint. This article examines the challenges faced and how much can be done to overcome them.
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Nature & Environment
Digital carbon footprints and remote working
With many people preferring to work from home, whether hybrid or full time, this article examines the carbon footprint cost of remote working.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Supporting female performance in sport and fitness
Do you support women’s performance in sport or fitness as a coach or parent? Are you a female athlete who wants to optimise your performance using recent research insights? If so, then this free course is for you. It addresses the problem of sports science research traditionally being male dominated and the assumption that if it works for men ...
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Society, Politics & Law
Introducing global development
This course will introduce you to ideas of global development and the interconnectedness of the world when it comes to understanding the most pressing social, economic, political, and environmental issues of this time. It will highlight the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and outline key global development issues such as ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Issues in women's health in relation to sport and fitness
Explore some themes in women's sport in the following animations.
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Society, Politics & Law
Ecology and economy under the fig tree in South Asian Cities
Trees in South Asia are protected for their religious symbolism, so you’ll find them in crowded cities. Shonil Bhagwat looks at their natural and cultural heritage.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Why do women need abortions?
Roe Vs Wade has been overturned, meaning half of US women will be stripped of their right to choose. Explore our video collection on women's abortion experiences based on Open University research that shows how an unintended and unwanted pregnancy can easily happen, even when using contraception.
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Nature & Environment
Can microplastics find their way onto your plate?
What harm can microplastics cause to human health and can they get into our food? Joanna Jesionkowska, a research student at The Open University, looks into this here.
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Nature & Environment
Sue Edwards: a life dedicated to flora and sustainable development in Ethiopia
Sue Edwards was a prominent British-Ethiopian botanist and an environmental and development champion. Yoseph Araya reflects on her life in this article...
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Science, Maths & Technology
Supporting sustainable and responsible space exploration
Silvio Sinibaldi explores some of the current challenges and opportunities in planetary protection.
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Nature & Environment
Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change
Raising awareness of local trees.