English Language Learning Through Sustainability
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Course overview
- Provider
- Futurelearn
- Course type
- Free trial availiable
- Deadline
- Flexible
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Course author
- Michael Pryde
Description
With sustainability practices now included in many different environments, it’s important to understand the basic concepts of sustainability to help you communicate in your personal and professional life.
On this three-week course, you’ll learn how to explain, discuss, and implement sustainable change, using English as your communication tool.
You’ll discover how you can be part of a positive movement in your home, community, or workplace as you learn the vocabulary needed to address sustainability.
Learn how to discuss and improve sustainability practicesYou’ll discover how you can apply practical solutions using the English language to help improve sustainability in your area.
You’ll identify any sustainable processes that are already in place before exploring how you can start to drive positive change.
Explore the sustainability goals at the University of OtagoYou’ll learn the language needed to explain the 17 goals of sustainability (SDGs) as set out by the UN to help you gain a broader understanding of sustainability on a global scale.
Next, you’ll explore which sustainable goals are being carried out at the University of Otago, a world-leading institute and the first in New Zealand to sign the SDGs.
By the end of the course, you’ll have the knowledge and confidence to communicate sustainability issues and implement change in your professional and personal environments.
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