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Nature & Environment
Golden Globe Ocean Race: The next 50 years?
Dr David Assinder takes a look ahead at the next 50 years and explores the changes to our oceans.
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Society, Politics & Law
Introducing global development issues
Global development is at a critical turning point. This video will explore the key challenges and what you can expect to learn from the OpenLearn courses.
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Nature & Environment
How bad are things at the Great Barrier Reef?
Coral bleaching is being reported at unprecedented levels, caused by rising sea temperatures. Researchers explain what's going on.
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Nature & Environment
The world of water
Delve into the world of water to celebrate World Water Day (22 March), and take a look at our free courses and articles on the subject.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Putting algae and seaweed on the menu could help save our seafood
Sticking with our traditional salmon and tuna diet isn’t sustainable, Pallavi Anand and Daniela Schmidt explain why eating algae could expand our seafood menu.
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Society, Politics & Law
Why grow a tree? Barriers and boosters for landowners to adopt agroforestry
Planting trees can align environmental and development goals and integrate sustainable practices into rural livelihoods. However, there are many challenges in adopting agroforestry practices.
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Society, Politics & Law
Introducing key global development challenges
Global development is at a critical turning point. This course introduces ‘challenges’ as a spur to thinking critically and creatively about development’s future on a global scale. You will identify how the four key challenges of conflict, governance, justice, and transformation cut-across all areas of global development. These touch upon all ...
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Nature & Environment
Recycling and Waste
How much do you think about what you throw away? Do you know what happens to the things you chuck out? Find out more about waste and recycling with our FREE resources:
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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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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 ...