As you work through this course you will need various resources to help you complete some of the activities.
Skip to content
My OpenLearn Profile
- Personalise your OpenLearn profile
- Save your favourite content
- Get recognition for your learning
Free course
Nature matters: caring and accountability
Free statement of participation on completion
This free course, Nature matters: caring and accountability, considers environmental responsibility and what may matter from a caring perspective and an accountability perspective. Caring for an environment compromising the natural world and ensuring accountability for harm or wrong done to the environment.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- describe environmental matters regarding obligation and entitlements from a ‘caring’ perspective
- appreciate the significance of environmental consequentialist ethics in conversations around developing care
- identify and compare formal and less formal expressions of environmental responsibility
- understand ‘accountability’ in the context of environmental issues
- identify the opportunities for conversations between scientific and non-scientific perspectives in promoting environmental responsibility.
You can start this course right now without signing-up. Click on any of the course content sections below to start at any point in this course.
If you want to be able to track your progress, earn a free Statement of Participation, and access all course quizzes and activities, sign-up.
Course content
Skip Your course resources
Your course resources
Tags, Ratings and Social Bookmarking
Ratings
Loading comment form...
Create an account to get more
Track your progress
Review and track your learning through your OpenLearn Profile.
Statement of participation
On completetion of a course you will earn a Statement of participation.
Access all course activities
Take course quizzes and access all learning.
Review the course
When you have finished a course leave a review and tell others what you think.
For further information, take a look at our frequently asked questions which may give you the support you need.
Have a question?Take your learning further
Making the decision to study can be a big step, which is why you'll want a trusted University.
The Open University has nearly 50 years’ experience delivering flexible learning and 170,000 students are studying with us right now.
Take a look at all Open University courses.
If you are new to university level study, find out more about the types of qualifications we offer, including our entry level Access courses and Certificates.
Not ready for University study then browse over 900 free courses on OpenLearn and sign up to our newsletter to hear about new free courses as they are released.
Every year, thousands of students decide to study with The Open University. With over 120 qualifications, we’ve got the right course for you.
TD866_2
Download this course
©1999-2018. All rights reserved. The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302). The Open University is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in relation to its secondary activity of credit broking.