Course Content

• The three strands of sustainable development
• Excess consumption and the ‘three planet’ lifestyle
• The ecological footprint
• The problems caused by non-sustainable lifestyles
• How individuals impact on the environment
• Natural resources and their importance
• Sustainability issues related to natural resources
• How goods and services are created
• The impacts of waste and how they might be reduced
• The impacts of energy usage and how they might be reduced
• The impacts of water usage and how they might be reduced
• The impacts of transport usage and how they might be reduced
• The concept of sustainable community
• The needs of a sustainable community
• The local and global benefits of sustainability